Layers of the Earth Review

List the mechanical layers in order (right side of the layers of the Earth notes)

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Sedimentary rock can be transformed into a metamorphic rock by which process?

• Weathering and Erosion

• Melting

• Cooling

• Heat and Pressure

Which part of the egg represents the core?

• Egg White

• Egg Yolk

• Egg Shell

• Egg Membrane (slimy)

Which igneous rock cools below the Earth's surface?

(a)  

Cementation is to ____ together while compaction is to _______ togehter

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Melting rocks turn them into magma. What does it turn into after it cools?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igenous

• Sediments

Heat and pressure causes an igneous rock to change into a metamorphic rock. What changes that metamorphic rock into sediments?

• Weathering and Erosion

• Cooling

• Compaction

  Cementation

• Heat and Pressure

What are the features of the oceanic crust?

• Least dense, thickest part, made out of granite

• More dense, thinnest part, made of basalt

• More dense, thickest part, made granite

• Least dense, thinnest part, made of granite

Which part of the rock cycle DOES NOT turn into sediments from weathering and erosion?

• Igneous rock

• Metamorphic rock

• Magma

• Sedimentary rock

Which one fo the features do not match with the CRUST of the Earth's layer?

• Outermost layer of the Earth

• Thinnest layer of the Earth

• Oceanic and Continental

• Broken into large sections called tectonic plates