Hall EOY Mini Review

According to Dr. Edgar, a planetary geologist, a planet needs two things to be habitable. What are they?

• frozen water and liquid water

• liquid water and plants

• soil and oxygen

• liquid water and an energy source

Which sphere of a rocky planet is made up of all of the rocks on its surface?

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets can be thought of as a ____________ that is made up of interacting spheres.

• landform

• model

• biosphere

• system

Scientists can use models to...

• show facts that will never change in world.

• draw a copy of something we can see around us.

• test their ideas about the natural world

• get evidence about processes that are difficult to observe.

How do scientific models compare with the real, natural processes they represent?

• They are both the same

• They are both different

• They are similar in important ways, but not exactly the same

• There is no relationship between models and natural processes

What is the ability to make things move or change?

• eccentric

• emotion

• exact

• energy

What is the movement of sediment from one place to another, often caused by wind and flowing water?

• energy

• weathering

• work

• erosion

Which type of rock is formed when heat or pressure deep underground changes existing rock?

• igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• marble

The rock that is formed when sediment is pressed and glued together is

• igneous

• marble

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

The process by which rock material moves under earth's outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion is

• abduction

• subduction

• reduction

• action