Earth Formations Quiz

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

What is Rock Cycle?

• The series of a processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and froms again by geologic processes.

• The rising of regions of the Earth´s crust to higher elevations.

• A rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment.

What are Tectonic plates?

• Large moving pieces on Earth's surface that are made of rock.

• where two plates divide

• The inner core of the earth

• where magma rises up and solidifies

How do tectonic plates move?

• Wind

• Convection currents

• Water

How many layers does Earth have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Starting with the outermost layer, what is the order of the Earth’s layers? 

• Crust, inner core, mantle

• Core, mantle, crust

• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

What is the center of the Earth called?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Biosphere

• Core

What layer of Earth do we live on?

• Crust
• Core
• Mantle

What is weathering?

• Breaking rock into smaller pieces

• Moving material around the Earth's surface

• The build up of land

• Features on the surface of the Earth

What is erosion?

• Breaking rock into smaller pieces

• Moving broken pieces of rock around the Earth's surface

• The build up of land

• Features on the surface of the Earth