science exam

Location A is a _____ Plate boundary, where lithospheric plates are moving ____. Volcanoes erupt to generate new lithosphere. A ____ is called the ____ It is also a rift ____ that forms as the plates move away from each other.

• divergent, apart

  mountain chain, deep sea, valley

• Convergent, apart,

  mountain valley, mid-ocean, chain

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• fossil fuels

• water

• copper

• all of the above

At what type of plate boundary does subduction occur

Which layer of the Earth is the only one that is a liquid?

• mantle

• outer core

• crust

• inner core

Name the boundary

Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?

• F

• E

• B

• A

When sediments get carried away by wind, water, ice, and gravity we call this.

• cementation

• erosion

• compaction

• weathering

Most metamorphic rocks form

• when minerals in magma cools and hardens

• deep underground

•  on Earth's surface

•  in lakes

What is subduction? Describe what happens to the lithosphere. Subduction is the process where one lithospheric plate_______ another lithospheric plate. Lithosphere is_____ at subduction zones.

The ____ Era has the most complex organisms.

• Mesozoic

• Cenozic