TCSS Geology Unit Test [1] Name Asha Iman 1. Order the layers of the Earth’s surface from lowest to highest temperature. (S6E5a) The Crust, The Mantle, The Outer Core, The Inner Core. 2. Identify the thickest layers of the Earth. (S6E5a) The Mantle 3. Identify the layers of the Earth shown in the diagram to the right. (S6E5a) 1 Inner Core 2 Outer Core 3 Mantle 4 Crust 4. Identify the layer of the Earth in the diagram to the right which makes up 70% of the Earth’s mass and is mostly solid but capable of flow, causing changes in the Earth’s surface. (S6E5a) The Mantle makes up 70% of the Earth’s mass and is mostly solid but capable of flow, causing changes in the Earth’s surface. 5. Which is the thinnest layer with large amounts of silicon and aluminum? (S6E5a) …show more content…
The Crust is the layer of the Earth with large amounts of silicon and aluminum. 6. Plate tectonics describes movements mainly in which layer of the Earth? (S6E5a) The Lithosphere. 7. Which layer of the Earth has the greatest pressure, density, and temperature? (S6E5a) The Inner core has the greatest pressure, density, and temperature. 8. Why is the inner core of the Earth solid? (S6E5a) The inner core is solid because of all the high pressure. 9. Explain how convection currents cause the Earth’s crust to move. (S6E5a) All the heat in Earth has the energy to move plates. 10. Explain the density changes that occur between the layers of the Earth’s surface. (S6E5a) The deeper you go, the density changes. 11. Identify evidence that suggests the continents were joined together at one time in the past. (S6E5e, f) Some evidence is that the climate changed, and fossils of animals in place which is not their habitat. 12. Where do most geologic events take place? (S6E5e, f) Most geological events happen near plate boundaries. 13. At which type of boundary do tectonic plates move apart? (S6E5e, f) Tectonic plates move apart at divergent boundaries.
14. Which type of boundary does the diagram to the right illustrate? (S6Ee, f) The diagram to the right illustrates Convergent Boundaries. 1 TCSS Geology Unit Test [1] Name_______________________________ 15. The pictures above show how the continents on Earth’s surface have changed position over a very long period of time. What explains this change? (S6E5e, f) Continental Drift explains this change. 16. The diagram to the right shows the location of volcanoes around the world. Based on the diagram, describe where volcanoes are MOST LIKELY to form? (S6E5e, f) Volcanoes will most likely form on the ring of fire, or plate boundaries 17. The diagram to the right illustrates what type of geologic event? Explain. (S6E5e, f) The diagram illustrates mid ocean seafloor spreading. 18. The image to the right shows a mountain range. Explain how mountain or mountain ranges are formed. (S6E5e, f) Convergent Boundaries collide, creating mountain ranges. 19. Define Continental drift. (S6E5e, f) Continental drift explains 20. Explain how seafloor spreading causes continental drift. (S6E5e, f) 21. Where do earthquakes most likely occur? (S6E5e, f) 22. Describe a volcano. (S6E5e, f)
2 TCSS Geology Unit Test [1] Name_______________________________ 23. Describe a subduction zone. (S6E5e, f) 24. Describe how a tsunami is formed. (S6E5e, f) 25. Describe an earthquake. (S6E5e, f) 26. What causes oceanic features such as trenches, volcanic islands, and mid-ocean ridges? (S6E5e, f) 27. The diagram to the right shows how the Hawaiian Islands were formed. Based on the diagram, what is a reasonable hypothesis for the islands in the distant future? (S6E5e, f) 28. Identify the physical features of the ocean floor numbered in the diagram above. (S6E3c) 29. Explain the effects of tectonic plate movement on the Earth’s crust. Be sure to explain the formation of different landforms. 3
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At the end of the last ice age windblown silt covered the lava and basalt deposits. This silt would go on to create the fertile rolling hills of the Palouse. This soil is more than a hundred feet deep in places. Soon, enough time passed for vegetation to take place and more soil started to form.1 The lava flows would end up damming streams flowing from the mountains; in turn forming the current lakes of the region. Layered between the flows of basalt are sand and gravel deposits that washed down from mountains.1
Earthquakes are a natural part of the Earth’s evolution. Scientific evidence leads many geologists to believe that all of the land on Earth was at one point in time connected. Because of plate tectonic movements or earthquakes, continental drift occurred separating the one massive piece of land in to the seven major continents today. Further evidence supports this theory, starting with the Mid-Atlantic ridge, a large mass of plate tectonics, which are increasing the size of the Atlantic Ocean while shrinking the Pacific. Some scientists believe that the major plate moveme...
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The Rocky Mountains were created by the Laramide orogeny, which began roughly 75 million years ago (Connor and Harrison 10). In the paleographic map below it shows the oceans wand where all the landmasses were during this time (DeMets). This can possible give one a better perspective as to what was going on, through out the rest of this process. Most mountains are created by plate boundaries. Either by continental collisions, or subduction zones at plate boundaries usually create mountains. The Rocky Mountains were not, though. These mountains were formed away from plate bo...
In the chart below, provide the missing information -- either the name of each region illustrated, or the function of each region -- and then provide the letter for the location of each region based on the diagram below. Each correct answer will earn for the team two points. (For clarity, the colors of the letters assigned to each region matches the colors of the region displayed in the diagram, so when in doubt, follow the color.) Finally, answer the four questions below the chart. The point value for each of the four questions is given along with the question.
Volcanoes have always been a mysterious wonder of the world. Volcanoes have shaped the landscape and the very ground that we all live on. People have written stories of their disastrous eruptions, and painted their marvelous shapes on canvas. The essay will outline some of the more famous volcanoes and how they have impacted are history. Mount Vesuvius that destroy the great city of Pompeii, Krakatoa they spewed deadly ash on small village town, and Mount St. Helen, the only volcano in my own country to every erupt during my own time period.
The Permian Period was the last period of the Paleozoic Era. During this geological time period’s earlier stages glaciation was extensive. Middle Permian began to warm, and by the late Permian the environment was hot and dry. The environmental conditions were so extreme that the marine and terrestrial life forms were greatly affected. According to research the drastic climate change could have been caused by the formation of Pangaea. In 1912 Alfred Wegener while studying his theory of the continental drift, discovered Pangaea’s very existence. A combination of all of Earth’s landmasses joined together and covered 1/3 of Earth’s surface. Pangaea was f...
This is because all of them move the crust in different ways. Weather it be a few tenths of degrees or multiple degrees, the plates are always moving. Sometimes when these plates collide, things like volcanoes can come to form. The boundaries can make things like: folded mountain ranges, volcanoes, earthquakes, trenches, mid ocean ridges, and rift valleys. Convergent boundaries are when the plates collide into each other.
quickly. I will be able Image displaying the Rock Cycle. Please have someone assist you with this. When it pours out on Earth's surface, magma is called lava. Yes, the ad is a ad.
How Are Mountains Formed? Mountains are formed over long periods of time by forces of the earth. Mountains just don’t appear anywhere. Most are formed when plates, or huge pieces of the Earth’s crust, pull and push against each other. Great mountain ranges are formed by the movement of tectonic plates.
Atmosphere: The Earth has one of the most versatile atmospheres because of the way the solar system here picks up water and carries it around the Earth for redistribution. We have a thick atmosphere that consists mostly of oxygen and nitrogen that helps plants and animals survive so well here on Earth. We also have a "greenhouse effect" that warms our atmosphere and it's surface.
Earth was formed 4.8 billion years ago (3) . It became the home for hazelnuts because it had an atmosphere and environment which allowed for life to prosper in later years. Earth’s surface was once composed of a single landmass, known as Pangaea (1).Over time it was broken up into seven different plates which were free to move as a result of movements in the hot, semi-liquid magma beneath the...