Unit 6 - Investigating Earth Materials Question Preview (ID: 60905)
This Is A Vocabulary Set For TX Science, Unit 6, Investigating Earth Materials.
TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.
The somewhat fluid portion of the mantle upon which the lithosphere is located
a) Asthenosphere
b) Cementation
c) Compaction
d) Compositional layers
Process of binding and hardening sediments into hard rock
a) Cementation
b) Compaction
c) Compositional layers
d) Core
Process by which overlying pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments
a) Compaction
b) Compositional layers
c) Core
d) Igneous
Structural layers of Earth defined by the materials from which they are made
a) Compositional layers
b) Core
c) Igneous
d) Lithosphere
The central region of the Earth; primarily made of nickel and iron
a) Core
b) Igneous
c) Lithosphere
d) Mantle
A type of rock formed when crystallized through melting and cooling rock
a) Igneous
b) Lithosphere
c) Mantle
d) Mechanical layers
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) Lithosphere
b) Mantle
c) Mechanical layers
d) Mesosphere
The region inside the Earth between the core and the crust
a) Mantle
b) Mechanical layers
c) Mesosphere
d) Metamorphic
Structural layers of Earth defined on the basis of how materials act
a) Mechanical layers
b) Mesosphere
c) Metamorphic
d) Plasticity
The region of the mantle beneath the lithosphere and asthenosphere, but above the outer core
a) Mesosphere
b) Metamorphic
c) Plasticity
d) Rock cycle
A type of rock formed when igneous or sedimentary rocks are put under intense heat and or pressure in the Earth’s crust
a) Metamorphic
b) Plasticity
c) Rock cycle
d) Sedimentary
The quality of being easily shaped or molded
a) Plasticity
b) Rock cycle
c) Sedimentary
d) Sedimentation
The continual process by which rocks can be changed into different types of rock
a) Rock cycle
b) Sedimentary
c) Sedimentation
d) Semi-solid
A type of rock formed through the accumulation, compaction, and cementation of sediment
a) Sedimentary
b) Sedimentation
c) Semi-solid
d) Asthenosphere
The deposition of solid material from being suspended in a fluid (water)
a) Sedimentation
b) Semi-solid
c) Asthenosphere
d) Cementation
Having the qualities of both a solid and a liquid; exceptionally thick substance
a) Semi-solid
b) Asthenosphere
c) Cementation
d) Compaction
Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 60905 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 60905 in the upper right hand corner or click here.
TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In | Sign Up / Register
Log In | Sign Up / Register