Atmosphere Study Guide

Question 1

What can cause changes to the landscape?

Answer 1

Plants
Animals
Humans
Ice
Water
Wind
Gravity

Question 2

Joey noticed a crack in the sidewalk.
Explain what may have caused this change to the landscape.

Answer 2

Explain how any of the following may have caused the crack:
Plants
Animals
Humans
Ice
Water
Wind
Gravity

Question 3

What is abrasion?

Answer 3

The grinding together of rocks and sediment

Question 4

What hardness does Granite have?

Answer 4

Hard

Question 5

What hardness does pumice have?

Answer 5

Soft

Question 6

What hardness does sandstone have?

Answer 6

Medium

Question 7

Where in the world do glaciers form?

Answer 7

Places where the climate is cold all year, like Alaska, Antarctica

Question 8

How does a glacier form?

Answer 8

Layers of snow build up over hundreds of thousands of years

Question 9

How does a glacier form?

Answer 9

Layers of snow build up over hundreds of thousands of years

Question 10

Define Moraine

Answer 10

Hill-like piles of unsorted rocks and sediment dropped by a glacier

Question 11

Define Erratic.

Answer 11

A large rock dropped by a glacier far from where it originated

Question 12

Define Erratic.

Answer 12

A large rock dropped by a glacier far from where it originated

Question 13

Define Striations

Answer 13

Long scratches in rock caused by the movement of a glacier

Question 14

Define Glacial Polish

Answer 14

Shiny appearance of rocks caused by the movement of a glacier

Question 15

How does the slope of the of the land affect the speed of a river?

Answer 15

More slope/steeper = faster river

Question 16

What are the four layers of the Earth (from outer to inner)?

Answer 16

Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core

Question 17

What are tectonic plates?

Answer 17

A large piece of the the Earth’s crust

Question 18

What is continental drift?

Answer 18

The movement of the Eath’s tectonic plates over time

Question 19

What occurs/forms at convergent plate boundaries?

Answer 19

Mountains

Question 20

What occurs at divergent plate boundaries?

Answer 20

Mid-ocean ridges

Question 21

What occurs/forms at transform plate boundaries?

Answer 21

Earthquakes

Question 22

Where do earthquakes usually occur?

Answer 22

At or near plate boundaries

Question 23

Say the order of oldest to newest layers (from bottom to top)

Answer 23

Lowest layer is oldest layer and youngest layer is the top layer

Question 24

What is a marine fossil?

Answer 24

Remains of a marine animal in rock

Question 25

What is a land fossil?

Answer 25

Remains of a land animal in rock