Topic 3 Minerals and Rocks Review

Which type of rock is formed from cooled magma or lava?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Name 3 categories/classifications of rocks?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Lava

Which of the Earth's interior layers do we live on?

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Which is the thickest layer of the Earth's interior layers?

• Crust

• Core

• Mantle

The ________ contains convection currents which help move the tectonic places.

• Crust

• Mantle

• Inner Core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The tectonic plates and convention currents are found in this part of the mantle?

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mesosphere

Which type of rock is formed when small rock particles of the remains of dead plants and animals are pressed and cemented together?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Which rock is changed by heat or pressure of by chemical reactions?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Which layer of the Earth's interior causes the Earth to have a magnetic field and is also a liquid layer?

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

This layer is solid and has the most pressure of all!

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Inner Core