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Unit 6 - Investigating Earth Materials
Test Description: This is a vocabulary set for TX Science, Unit 6, Investigating Earth Materials.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The somewhat fluid portion of the mantle upon which the lithosphere is located
A
Compaction
B
Asthenosphere
C
Compositional layers
D
Cementation
2) Process of binding and hardening sediments into hard rock
A
Core
B
Cementation
C
Compaction
D
Compositional layers
3) Process by which overlying pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments
A
Igneous
B
Compositional layers
C
Core
D
Compaction
4) Structural layers of Earth defined by the materials from which they are made
A
Lithosphere
B
Core
C
Compositional layers
D
Igneous
5) The central region of the Earth; primarily made of nickel and iron
A
Lithosphere
B
Mantle
C
Igneous
D
Core
6) A type of rock formed when crystallized through melting and cooling rock
A
Igneous
B
Mechanical layers
C
Mantle
D
Lithosphere
7) The solid and rigid outer layer of the Earth consisting of the crust and the solid portion of the upper mantle; positioned between the atmosphere and the asthenosphere
A
Mechanical layers
B
Mantle
C
Lithosphere
D
Mesosphere
8) The region inside the Earth between the core and the crust
A
Metamorphic
B
Mantle
C
Mesosphere
D
Mechanical layers
9) Structural layers of Earth defined on the basis of how materials act
A
Plasticity
B
Mesosphere
C
Metamorphic
D
Mechanical layers
10) The region of the mantle beneath the lithosphere and asthenosphere, but above the outer core
A
Plasticity
B
Mesosphere
C
Metamorphic
D
Rock cycle
11) A type of rock formed when igneous or sedimentary rocks are put under intense heat and or pressure in the Earth’s crust
A
Rock cycle
B
Plasticity
C
Metamorphic
D
Sedimentary
12) The quality of being easily shaped or molded
A
Rock cycle
B
Sedimentation
C
Plasticity
D
Sedimentary
13) The continual process by which rocks can be changed into different types of rock
A
Rock cycle
B
Semi-solid
C
Sedimentation
D
Sedimentary
14) A type of rock formed through the accumulation, compaction, and cementation of sediment
A
Semi-solid
B
Sedimentation
C
Asthenosphere
D
Sedimentary
15) The deposition of solid material from being suspended in a fluid (water)
A
Asthenosphere
B
Sedimentation
C
Semi-solid
D
Cementation
16) Having the qualities of both a solid and a liquid; exceptionally thick substance
A
Cementation
B
Semi-solid
C
Compaction
D
Asthenosphere
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