Geology Vocabulary Quiz

What is the layer of Earth above the core, containing magma?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Core

Magma is ______ rock.

• Solid

• Molten

• Frozen

• Sedimentary

In geology, what is the chemically distinct outermost layer of the lithosphere called?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• Hot spot

A hot spot in geology is a place where molten material from Earth's mantle reaches the ______.

• Core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Ocean

Precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid, is known as ______.

• A) Acid Rain

• B) Acid Precipitation

• C) Chemical Weathering

• D) Physical Weathering

A geological hot spot is where molten material reaches the ______.

• Core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

• Ocean

The theory that explains the division of Earth's lithosphere into plates is called ______.

• Plate Tectonics

• Richter Scale

• Chemical Weathering

• Tsunami

What is erosion?

• The accumulation of minerals

• The physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape

• The process of soil formation

• The chemical breakdown of rocks.

What is parent material?

• The top layer of soil

• The underlying rock material from which the inorganic components of a soil are derived

• A type of mineral

• A form of erosion.

Parent material is the underlying rock material from which the ______ components of a soil are derived.

• organic

• inorganic

• liquid

• gaseous