Earth science Rozycki 2024

Latitude and Longitude are a way we use to map our world. Latitude MEASURES North and South of the equator.

• True

• False

Continental Crust is made out of Granite.

• True

• False

Alfred Wegener's theory was the ____ theory and was supported by Fossils, Climate, and Land features.

• Sea Floor Spreading

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Subduction zones

This type of plate boundary shows two plates moving away from each other. Which type of plate boundary is this?

• Subduction

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

When you have continental crust meeting oceanic crust, you get this feature.

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Subduction zones

The focus of an Earthquake is the part inside the Earth where it originated.

• True

• False

On a seismograph reading, which is the first wave to arrive at the station?

• Primary Waves

• Surface Waves

• Seconday Waves

Viscosity refers to the speed of a volcano's eruption. What does viscosity mean?

• Quickness of Lava

• Composition of lava

• Temperature of lava

• Resistance to flow

In the rock cycle, what happens when sedimentary rock changes into metamorphic rock?

• Melting and cooling

• Heat and pressure

• Weathering and Compaction

• None of the above

The lithosphere is located where in our Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core