Name _______________________ Earth Science Unit Test Study Guide We will be taking the Earth Science unit test

on Thursday, January 31. If you can answer the following questions you will do GREAT. So study, study, study!!!! Remember to have your parents sign this before you turn it in!
1. List and describe the 4 major layers of the earth. (Sci)

Crust-thinnest layer, coldest layer, life lives there, top layer, oxygen, natural resources Lithosphere inbetween Mantle-2nd layer, thickest layer, magma, 2 sub layersasthenosphere, mesosphere, 3 colors red, orange and yellow, liquid, 2nd hottest, convections waves cause movement there, Outer corebottom part is hottest section (same as inner core), nd 2 largestliquid (appears solid), white, metalic Inner corehottest layer, center of earth, white, appears solid, but is liquid. Metalic

2. Why are a higher percentage of lighter minerals found in the crust? (Sci)

Density allows for less gravity pull (pressure.)

3. Who is Alfred Wegner? (Sci)

Man who came up with theory of plate tectonics

4. What are 3 pieces of evidence he used to propose Continental Drift? (Sci)

Pangea Layers Age Fossils, Broken mountain chains Types of rocks Glacier Coal deposits

5. What is convection current? (Sci)

Waves of heat that move up and down.

6. Draw, label and tell what occurs at the 3 types of plate boundaries? (Sci)

Subduction Divergent Convergent Transform

7. What is an earthquake? (Sci)

Pressure from pushing or pulling finally gives way Snag of 2 plates finally gives
8. Is there a pattern where most earthquakes are found? Why or why not? (Sci)

Yes, because they run on major fault (plate boundary) lines

9. What is between the crust and the mantle? (Sci)

Lithosphere
10. Draw the rock cycle.

Erupt Crystallize Melting

Weathering Transportation/ deposit Compacting

Metamorphism-

11. Define the following rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary (Sci)

Igneous-heat, cooling creates either large or small crystals Metamorphicheat and pressure Sedimentary--pressure

12. Who is Sir Isaac Newton? Tell 3 things about him. (Sci)

Mathematician, scientist3 laws of motion, law of gravity, law of light refraction

13. What is force? (Sci)

Pressure put on something

14. What is friction? Give a real life example when you would want it and when you wouldnt. (Sci)

Result of 2 or more objects rubbing against each other.

15. What is Newtons first law? Give a real life example of it (Sci)

Law of inertia-- object at rest remains at rest

16. What are the 3 types of volcanoes and describe each one.

Shieldsmall volcano, doesnt explode slowly oozes out, multiple layers, made of lava flows, looks similar to a shield, calmest, not as dangers Strato- highly explosive, steep, pretty, most deadly of all volcanoes, has a small crater, can have a volcanic chain Cinderconecrater like a bowl, simplest, Shoots out pumice and cinder blocks,
17. What is it called when a plate goes underneath another plate?

Subduction

18. What is it called when plates move away from each other?

Divergent
19. What type of mountains are formed when 2 plates converge? (Sci)

Folded mountains
20. Explain which of Newtons laws apply to a suspension bridge (be specific). (Sci)

Law of interia1st law

21. Name the upper mantle.

Asthenosphere
22. Name the lower mantle.

mesosphere
23. What is missing at the very center of the earth?

gravity
24. The inner core appears to be ____solid____. Why? Because

of all the

pressure

25. What are the parts of the inside of a volcano? --Know where they are located.

Side vent Crater Dikes Magma chamber Branch pipe Ash cloud Throat Crust

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