Chapter 9 Test

an underground volcanic mountain found on the ocean floor

• lava

• deep ocean current

• seamount

• upwelling

This type of rock is formed as a result of heat and pressure.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

This type of rock is formed as a result of cooling lava.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

This type of rock is formed when wind and water break down other rock types.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Examples of this type of rock include granite, basalt, and obsidian.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Examples of this type of rock include sandstone, shale, and limestone.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Examples of this type of rock include marble, gneiss, and slate.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Label the rock cycle. What word belongs in the top rectangle?

• metamorphic

• igneous

• magnetite

• coriolis

Does this diagram showing the movement of lithospheric plates as convergent, divergent or transform?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

When a dense oceanic plate meets a less dense continental plate at a convergent boundary, the denser plate is forced down into the earth’s hot mantle. The same process can occur when two oceanic plates converge. The denser one will plunge down into the earth where it will be destroyed by melting. What is this process called?

• Subduction.

• Erosion.

• Deposition.

• Sedimentation.