Which of the following is an INFERENCE?

What is the study of meteors and comets?

The study of the physical properties of the sea is called...?

Once a scientific relationship has been proven many times and is not proved wrong it becomes a(n)...?

A tornado has been spotted. Which type of earth scientists will be on the TV?

Which of the following BEST explains the nature of science?

If a scientific law is proved wrong:

Which of the following is true about density?

The point in the earth's orbit when it is farthest from the sun

Day and night is caused by the earth's ---

When a satellite views the whole earth as it travels north to south, it is in a --- orbit

The day in September that the sun shines directly on the equator is called --

What do we call the part of earth made up of gases?

The solid part of earth

The time when an extra day is added to equal out the 0.24 days in the Earth's rotation

The day with the most daylight hours

The point in the moon's orbit when it is closest to the sun

The day when the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Capricorn

The earth's circumference is smallest if measured around the:

During daylight savings time...?

The earth's magnetosphere is not symmetrical because:

Seasons are caused by the earth's...?

In what month is the earth farthest from the sun?

The area of the earth that gets at least one day of direct sunlight per year is:

The structure of the interior of the earth was determined by:

Which of the following is true about weight?

Which type of seismic wave can ONLY travel through solids?

Summer occurs because a part of the earth:

The stress that involves pulling rocks apart

Cool rocks are more likely to ----- when subjected to compression

Oceanic crust is more likely to subduct than continental crust because oceanic crust is:

When all the land was joined we had one big OCEAN which Wegener called:

The surface between two fault blocks along which movement occurs is called:

Which letter indicates the footwall in this diagram?

Scientists think that the convection currents that are responsible for the movement of lithospheric plates are found in the:

Paleomagnetic data can be used:

Which is a thrust fault?

Which is a normal fault?

The direction of the imaginary line where a fault plane intersects the earth's surface is called the:

The change in the size and/or shape of rocks due to applied pressure is called:

The sketch shows rock layers in which of the following fold types?

Which of the following would cause continental crust to sink?

If the earth is not getting bigger and new material is being added to the crust at one boundary, what must be happening at another?

Folds tend to occur:

What type of mountain is formed when magma pushes up but does not erupt onto the surface?

High flat land pushed upward but not close enough to a plate boundary to be folded by plate collisions is called a(n):

The Himalayan Mountains are an example of a convergent boundary with ----- crust.

The Mid Atlantic Ridge is an example of a ------- boundary.

Convection occurs because heated material becomes

A scientific theory is:

Seafloor spreading occurs as magma rises at ----- boundaries

What type of mountain is formed when chunks of rock are shifted and uplifted?

Volcanism occurs in Hawaii because:

Which of the following natural disasters of occurs with the least warning?

Subduction causes melting because of:

During an earthquake you should:

Dark colored lava is also called

Earthquakes tend to occur at – – – boundaries

When a solid rock erupts on the surface it is a liquid known as:

While exploring the volcano that has been dormant you observed volcanic lapilli first and ash later. You are therefore most likely to be moving––––– the volcano

Some attempt is made to predict earthquakes using information about:

The elastic rebound theory states that as rock becomes stressed, it first

Lock tubes are formed when:

A large seismic sea wave is called a:

The point along a fault where the slippage of the earthquake begins is called the

Olympus Mons is the tallest volcano in the solar system because:

Earthquakes do not occur, in general, at depths below 650 km because:

The type of earthquake that the most damage is:

The depression that results when a cone collapses into an empty magma chamber is a:

Factors that allow magma to push its way upward include temperature and:

Explosive volcanoes tend to contain large amounts of:

Most magma reaches the surface at:

Areas of volcanism within lithospheric plates not at plate boundaries are known as:

Lava with a wrinkled, ropey surface that forms when mafic lava hardens is known as:

A stratovolcano is also called a ---- cone.

The easiest way to distinguish between volcanic ash and volcanic dust is to compare their:

The heat that causes the melting of the Moon's interior is probably generated by:

According to the elastic rebound theory, after an earthquake, the rocks on either side of a fault are in:

The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus is the:

The ratio of the mass of a mineral to its volume (how heavy it is for its size) is the mineral's

color is not a reliable clue to the identity of a mineral because:

which of the following groups of nonsilicates are also known as salts?

Which of the following groups of non-silicates are also known as salts?

Which of the following types of silicates has the tetrahedrons arranged in a line?

All silicates, carbonates, and sulfates contain:

Which of the following minerals could scratch corundum?

The two most common minerals in the earth's crust are quartz and...?

Which of the following is NOT part of the definition of a mineral?

Some crystals like calcite split light so much that one dot looks like two. This is called:

The tendency to glow under ultraviolet light is called:

When a mineral does NOT break in straight lines it is said to have:

The color of the powdered form of a mineral is:

The appearance of the light reflected from the surface of a mineral is called:

The splitting of slate into flat layers illustrates its:

The changes during which rock changes from one type to another and back again is called:

Which of the following is an organic sedimentary rock?

Magma that solidifies underground forms rock masses known as:

Rock that is formed from magma is called:

What rock is formed by the metamorphism of sandstone?

What is formed when water deposits minerals in holes in existing rocks?

Which type of metamorphism occurs due to plate tectonic activity over a large area?

Large crystals form in igneous rocks when they cool:

Sedimentary rocks that form from rock fragments are called:

Which of the following rock types could form from a metamorphic rock?

When metamorphic rocks have layers they are said to have:

What type of rock forms when existing rock is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reaction?

Which rock type is most likely to contain fossils?

Which type of rock forms from pieces of other rock?

When schist is exposed to heat and pressure but does not melt, it may change to:

Sedimentary rocks that form from minerals that were once dissolved in water are known as ----- sedimentary rocks.

What rock is also known as volcanic glass?

What type of rock forms when magma begins to crystallize underground, then erupts and finishes crystallizing?

Coquina is the rock that makes up the fort in St. Augustine, Florida. What is it made of?

The remains or traces of ancient plants and animals are called: