Geology

The ridge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean formed along a _____________________________.

• convergent

• divergent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Formed by cooling & solidification of magma

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Extrusive Igneous
• Intrusive Igneous

Which compositional layer is shown by letter B?

• Crust
• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which model is depicting a transform boundary between two plates?

• top

• middle

• bottom

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What event will happen at a transform boundary?

• Mountains will form

• Volcanoes with form

• Mid-ocean ridges with form

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A ranking of a minerals from softest to hardest

• streak test
• luster test
• Mohs hardness scale
• fracture

The hardest mineral on the Mohs Hardness scale

• Talc
• Obsidian
• Diamond
• Quartz

Minerals are inorganic which means that

• they were once parts of living things.
• renewable
• they were never part of anything living.
• they are nonrenewable

The _______________________ of a mineral can be metallic or nonmetallic.

• luster

• color

When testing the ________________________of a mineral, we can use the white or black plate and look at the color of the powder the mineral left behind.

• hardness

• streak