Our Changing Earth

Tectonic plates move because of

• thermal energy moving material within Earth

• mechanical energy moving wind and water

• thermal energy from the sun

• radiant energy from the sun

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Which type of plate boundary comes together?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• dinner

A civil engineer would want to know about faults because:

• they want to observe eroded landscapes before building

• they want to mark a volcano on the map

• they need to know where plate boundaries are located

• they need to measure the number of earthquakes

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What causes funny rock formations?

• sediment and weathering

• erosion and deposition

• weathering and erosion

• sediment and erosion

What type of boundary commonly forms mountains?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• hills

What layer of Earth is liquid?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

• Outer Core

Some ways rocks weather include:

• Freezing Water

• small plants

• tree roots

• all of them

Rocks that have layers formed by sediment cemented together are

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• boulders

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Quartzite rock is a metamorphic rock. This means it was formed by:

• Layers cementing together

• Heat and pressure

• wind and water

• melting and cooling

Pressure and temperature______________ as you move from the crust to the inner core.

• decrease

• stay the same

• increase