Earth Science Test

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1.
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The process of rocks changing
from one type to another is called the ______________.
2.
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How are igneous rocks formed?
3.
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what is lava?
4.
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What is weathering?
5.
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What are tectonic plates?
6.
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How is a divergent boundary formed?
7.
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What is the earths crust?
8.
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How many layers is the earth made up of?
9.
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What are fossils?
10.
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What forms the mid-ocean ridges?
11.
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what would happen if a person somehow reached the inner core of the earth?
12.
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What forms when plates slide past each other?
13.
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What are the three types of rocks?
14.
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How is a sedimentary rock formed?
15.
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What is formed by the plates being forced downwards?
16.
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what is the name of the center of the earth?
17.
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What are tectonic plates driven by?
18.
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What happens to the temperature and pressure as one goes deeper into the earth?
19.
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How is a metamorphic rock formed?
20.
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What is the state of the iron and nickel that make up the inner core?
21.
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What can cause erosion?
22.
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How do scientists learn about the age of earth
23.
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Can a metamorphic rock turn into an igneous rock?
24.
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How is a fossil formed?
25.
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What can fossils tell us according to the text?
26.
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What can divergent boundaries form?
27.
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According to the text, scientists estimate the mantle to be how thick?
28.
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what is the outer core made up of?
29.
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What do transform boundaries
cause?
30.
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What happens at convergent boundaries?