Environmental Science Geology and Minerals

Refer to the following parts of the earth;

"Surrounds the core and is primarily composed of solid rock."

• Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

Refer to the following parts of the earth;

"Outermost and thinnest zone of the earth that lies under the continents and ocean."

• Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Asthenosphere

Refer to the following parts of the earth;

"Layer of rock within the mantle whose convection currents cause plate movement."

• Core

• Crust

• Mantle

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The North American and Eurasian plates are moving apart from one another and creating the Mid Atlantic ridge. This is an example of what type of plate boundary?

• Covergent, such as the plate movement that causes earthquakes in Japan and the Philippines.

• Divergent, such as between the African and Arabian plates.

• Transform, such as the plate boundary in California that caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

• Subduction, such as along the West Coast of South America.

• Convection, which causes molten rock beneath the surface to move in opposite directions.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Techtonic plates move slowly across the asthenosphere on...

• Ocean currents because the less dense material rises to the surface.

• Ocean ridges because they are diverging place boundries.

• Plate boundries because there is techtonic movement along all the plate boundries.

• Convection currents as a result of differences in density.

• Groundwater because it is always moving beneath the surface.

Convergent boundries between two continental plates produce;

• Mountain Ranges

• Oceanic Trenches

• Oceanic Ridges.

• Transform Fault Lines

• Subduction Zones

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The weathering of rocks from wind, water, and thermal expansion is known as;

• Kinetic Weathering.

• Biological Weathering.

• External Weathering.

• Chemical Weathering.

• Physical Weathering.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Refer to the terms below; Forms when pre-existing rock is subjected to high temperatures, pressure, or chemicals.

• Oil Shale

• Igneous

• Metamorphic.

• Sedimentary

• Leachate

Refer to the terms below; Forms when existing rock is weathered and deposited as small grains;

• Oil Shale

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Leachate

Refer to the terms below; Forms when magma cools and hardens;

• Oil Shale

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary.

• Leachate