1. How does the temperature change as you go from the surface towards the center of the Earth?
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2. The three main layers that make up the Earth are the _______________, _______________, and _________________.
3. The _________________is a layer of rock that forms the outer skin of the Earth.
4. Basalt is found on the ____________________.Granite is found on the ________________________.
5. What is the difference between the inner and outer core?
Inner Core-_____________________________________________
Outer Core-_____________________________________________
6. How do convection currents move inside the Earth?
a- hot materials rise, while cooler materials sink
b- hot materials sink, while cooler materials rise
c- hot materials move up or down, while cool materials move sideways.
7. Which layer of rock within the Earth’s interior is the thickest? ________
8. Name the two parts of the mantle region
Upper most part=________________________________
Lower part =____________________________
Name:___________________________
Earth Changes Pre- Review #2
ANSWERS POSTED ON BLOG
1. State Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis about how the Earth’s continents have moved.
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2.
Name the three pieces of evidence Wegener used to support his
hypothesis. 1._______________ 2. _______________ 3._____________
3. _______________ carry the pieces of the Earth surface include oceanic and continental crust.
4.
True or False- The theory of plate tectonics explains that plates are
in constant motion because of the convection currents in the mantle.
5. Describe the movement of the plate boundaries below
Divergent boundary- ________________________________________
Convergent boundary-_______________________________________
Transform boundary-________________________________________
6. True or False- Earthquakes can occur at plate boundaries and fault lines.
7. What was the supercontinent called 225 million years ago?
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Name:___________________________
Earth Changes Pre- Review #3
ANSWERS POSTED ON BLOG
1. Scientist know about the interior of the Earth due to ____________ waves that release energy during an earthquake.
2.
Rocks change shape and volume after an earthquake as tension,
compression, and shearing takes place. This is know as ___________.
3.
An earthquake occurs deep within the interior of the Earth at this
point, ______________. Energy is release and travels to the
___________, which is directly above the point within the Earth’s
interior.
4.
Energy travels to create an earthquake within three different seismic
waves. Name the waves and describe its energy movement.
_______________-________________________________________
_______________-________________________________________
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5.
The ______________ scale records the size of the seismic waves through
the use of a _________________ that is buried within the continental or
oceanic crust. The scale record the release of the energy from 0-9,
which is called the ________________ of the earthquake.
6.
A volcano is a weak uplifted spot within the crust that has melted
material called _____________ and once this reaches the surface it is
called __________ turning into solid rock.
7. Almost all earthquakes and volcanoes occur at (circle the correct answer).
a. faults, plate boundaries, Ring of Fire
b- faults and plate boundaries
c- Ring of Fire and breaks in the mantle
8. Describe the three types of volcanoes
_______________=___________________________________________
Cinder Cone =___________________________________________
_______________=___________________________________________
Caldera= volcano that can collapse due to magma emptying.
9. The type rocks that form from magma include ___________ and ____________ (that can float).
10. Rocks are classified into three groups
1.___________________
2.___________________
3.___________________
11. What does it mean to classify in science (think back to process skills).
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