Earth's layers and Minerals

Question 1

Small scale study is:

Answer 1

study done with a small amount of data that is generalized

Question 2

Large scale study is:

Answer 2

covers a specific area with a lot of data and information.

Question 3

Earthquakes have three different waves known as:

Answer 3

S-Wave
P-Wave
Surface-Wave

Question 4

an S-Wave stops when it comes in contact with:

Answer 4

a liquid

Question 5

P-Waves a strong enough to go through:

Answer 5

Solids
Liquids
Gases

Question 6

Surface-Waves generally occur:

Answer 6

on the surface.

Question 7

Sonars are used to create an image of what the inner Earth looks like by using what type of seismic activity:

Answer 7

P-Waves and S-Waves

Question 8

Earth’s two main inner layers are known as:

Answer 8

The Earth’s Mantle and Core

Question 9

The Earth’s outer most layer known as the crust is broken down into what two categories?

Answer 9

Continental and Oceanic crust

Question 10

The Continental crust is know as being felsic. What does felsic mean?

Answer 10

Granitic, high in silica, very hard

Question 11

The Oceanic crust is known as being mafic. What does maic mean?

Answer 11

Basaltic, low in silica, soft

Question 12

The lithosphere has the ability to move or shift. What two layers of the Earth does the lithosphere consist of?

Answer 12

Mantle and Crust

Question 13

What is the plastic layer that flow readily called?

Hint: it is under the lithosphere

Answer 13

astenosphere

Question 14

What is topographic relief?

Answer 14

The vertical differences between high and low elevation.

Question 15

Orogenic belt means:

Answer 15

mountain belt, also referred to as mountain building

Question 16

Weather is:

Answer 16

The destruction of the lithosphere.

Question 17

What are the two types of weathering?

Answer 17

Physical weather and chemical weather

Question 18

At one point, what East coast mountain range dwarfed the Himalayan mountains before it was severely weather?

Answer 18

The Appalachian Mountains

Question 19

The incorporation and transportation of particles and rock fragments is known as:

Answer 19

Erosion

Question 20

Naturally occurring(not in a lab) inorganic solid with a definite atomic structure and chemical composition. 98% of our lithosphere is made up of:

Answer 20

Minerals

Question 21

of the 98% of the minerals that make up the lithosphere; what two major minerals make up 30% of that?

Answer 21

Oxygen and Silicon, and when combined make silica

Question 22

The hardest known mineral is:

Answer 22

diamond

Question 23

On the Moh’s hardness scale what is the fourth hardest minieral?

Answer 23

Quartz