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What is a mineral?
a) Solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, crystal structure, defined chemical composition
b) solid
c) inorganic
d) Is made up of rocks

What is an igneous rock?
a) made up of all kinds of rock
b) formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
c) rock
d) plastic

What is a divergent plate boundary?
a) plate tectonics
b) where plates slide past one another
c) exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
d) an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide

What is a convergent plate boundary?
a) plate tectonics
b) where plates slide past one another
c) exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
d) an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide

What is a transform plate boundary?
a) plate tectonics
b) where plates slide past one another
c) exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
d) an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide

What is a topographic map?
a) shows changes in elevation
b) shows plate tectonics
c) I found my house
d) shows cities

What is a contour interval on a topographic map?
a) shows lines
b) a hill
c) shows the elevation increases between lines
d) some different kind of map

What is the rock cycle?
a) rocks
b) shows how one rock type transforms into another over time
c) minerals
d) time

What is a sedimentary rock?
a) formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
b) rock that changes using heat and pressure
c) the compaction and cementation of sediment
d) lots of minerals

What is a metamorphic rock?
a) formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
b) rock that changes using heat and pressure
c) the compaction and cementation of sediment
d) lots of minerals

Who came up with the idea of plate tectonics and continental drift?
a) Albert Einstein
b) Adam Peterson
c) Wayne Gretzky
d) Alfred Wegener

Layers from the outside to inside go as follows:
a) top, middle, bottom
b) who cares
c) crust, mantle, core
d) crust and core

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