Chapter three: Earth Systems: Processes and Interactions

Question 1

Earth’s interior consists of what?

Answer 1

crust, mantle and core

Question 2

The_____ onsists of a series of plates that move over
the underlying _____in the process of seafloor
spreading

Answer 2

Lithosphere and asthenosphere

Question 3

What do Convection cells do ?

Answer 3

bring hot mantle rock upward beneath mid-
ocean ridges

Question 4

The rock cycle involves the formation and destruction of the three major rock types

Answer 4

Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic

Question 5

Igneous Rocks

Answer 5

Cooled and solidified from magma

Question 6

Types of Igneous Rocks

Answer 6

Gabbro, Granite, Diorite

Question 7

Aphanitic Igneous Rocks

Answer 7

cooled rapidly, extrusive

Question 8

Phaneritic Igneous Rocks

Answer 8

cooled slowly, intrusive

Question 9

Sedimentary Rocks

Answer 9

Form at Earth’s surface from the products of physical and chemical weathering

Question 10

Two main types of sedimentary rocks:

Answer 10

Detrital rocks, Chemical rocks

Question 11

Detrital rocks

Answer 11

an accumulation of solid material derived from physical and chemical weathering

Question 12

Chemical rocks

Answer 12

dissolved chemical weathering products that later precipitate from water