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Squeezing sediment together in layers is called?
a) Cementation
b) Deposition
c) Organic sedimentary rock
d) Compaction

The dropping of sediments in layers is called?
a) Compaction
b) Erosion
c) Weathering
d) Deposition

Igneous rock is formed from?
a) Melting
b) Heat and pressure
c) Compacting and Cementing
d) Cooling of magma or lava

Which is the only type of rock that can contain fossils?
a) Metamorphic
b) Igneous
c) Sedimentary
d)

the process in which dissolved minerals crystallize and glue sediment together
a) Cementation
b) Deposition
c) Organic sedimentary rock
d) Compaction

the process by which running water, wind, or ice carry away bits of broken up rocks is called?
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Sediment
d) Cementation

The thinnest layer of earth is the.......
a) Mantle
b) Crust
c) Inner Core
d) Outer Core

What is the thickest layer of earth
a) Mantle
b) Crust
c) Inner Core
d) Outer Core

Which layer of Earth has the lowest temperature?
a) Mantle
b) Inner Core
c) Crust
d) Outer Core

This layer of earth is solid Iron and Nickle
a) Inner Core
b) Outer Core
c)
d)

This layer of Earth is made of liquid iron and nickel
a) Inner Core
b) Outer Core
c)
d)

Oceans, lakes, rivers, and clouds are all part of which sphere?
a) Geosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Hydrosphere
d) Biosphere

Rocks, minerals, sands, molten rocks, and fossils are all part of which sphere?
a) Geosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Hydrosphere
d) Biosphere

The parts of Earth where life exists are all part of which sphere?
a) Geosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Hydrosphere
d) Biosphere

The gases that are surrounding Earth are all part of which sphere?
a) Biosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Geosphere
d) Hydrosphere

A good example of a connection between the Atmosphere and the Hydrosphere would be?
a) Lake
b) Rain
c) River
d) Rocks

As you travel from the inner core to the crust, how would temperature, pressure and density of the material change?
a) They would both increase
b) They would both decrease
c) Only the pressure would increase
d) Nothing would happen

Metamorphic rock is formed from?
a) Heat and pressure
b) Melting
c) Compacting and cementing
d) Cooling of magma or lava

Sedimentary rock is formed from?
a) Melting
b) Cooling of magma or lave
c) Heat and pressure
d) Compacting and cementing

A coral reef in the ocean would be part of which sphere?
a) Geosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Hydrosphere
d) Biosphere

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