Geology Quiz

Forms from cooled off lava or magma

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Forms when exposed to enough heat and pressure

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Forms when sediment is deposited in a new place, then compacted and cemented over time.

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

The process of rocks forming, and turning into other rocks

• Rock process

• Rock cycle

• Rock transformation

• Rock formation process

What contributes to the motion of tectonic (lithospheric) plates?

• Convection currents

• Nothing in particular

• Earth's gravity

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In convection currents, ________ magma rises, and _________ magma sinks back down.

• Cooler, Hotter

• Solid, Liquid

• Liquid, Solid

• Hotter, Cooler

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the outermost layer of Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

The inside layer of Earth is the

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

The crust and upper mantle are referred to as the __________.

• Outer layer

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• oceansphere

At this plate boundary, these plates are moving away from each other.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform