exam

Question 1

What are the 4 layers of the Earth

Answer 1

Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

Question 2

Which of the 4 layers is molten rock?

Answer 2

Outer Core

Question 3

What two substances are the inner core made of?

Answer 3

Iron & Nickel

Question 4

What state of matter is the mantle?

Answer 4

Semi-solid

Question 5

In which layer would you find tectonic plates?

Answer 5

crust

Question 6

Which layer is the thickest (4 layers)?

Answer 6

Mantle

Question 7

What are the 3 types of tectonic plates?

Answer 7

convergent, divergent, transform

Question 8

What type of plates cause mountain ranges to form?

Answer 8

convergent

Question 9

What two types of plate boundaries do earthquakes occur at?

Answer 9

convergent &
transform

Question 10

What does subduction mean with reference to plate boundaries?

Answer 10

One plate slides
under another

Question 11

True or False-Igneous rocks make up ½ of all rocks in the Earth

Answer 11

False 2/3

Question 12

How are igneous rocks formed?

Answer 12

cooling of magma

Question 13

What’s the difference between lava and magma?

Answer 13

lava – above ground, magma-
under

Question 14

where is extrusive igneous rocks formed

Answer 14

Formed outside of earth

Question 15

Give one example of an extrusive igneous rock

Answer 15

basalt, pumice, quartz, obsidian

Question 16

Describe the size of crystals in an extrusive igneous rock

Answer 16

small, not seen to naked
eye

Question 17

What is an intrusive igneous rock?

Answer 17

Formed inside of earth

Question 18

Describe the size of crystals in an intrusive igneous rock

Answer 18

large, can be seen by naked
eye

Question 19

Give one example of an intrusive igneous rock

Answer 19

granite

Question 20

What is a batholith?

Answer 20

chamber of magma beneath Earth’s surface

Question 21

What do sedimentary rocks tell us about the history of a landscape

Answer 21

where water
once was

Question 22

What are sediments?

Answer 22

the broken down pieces of rock

Question 23

Define weathering

Answer 23

the breakdown of rock

Question 24

What are the three actions that cause weathering?

Answer 24

wind, rain, ice

Question 25

What is erosion

Answer 25

the carrying away of the sediments from weathering

Question 26

The weight of overlying rocks on sediments is called?

Answer 26

compaction

Question 27

the formation of hard rocks after millions of years is called?

Answer 27

cementation

Question 28

Give one example of a sedimentary rock

Answer 28

sandstone, limestone, mudstone, conglomerate

Question 29

What is the name for the organic matter

Answer 29

dead animals & plants)

Question 30

. What is the name for a fossil that is the footprints of a dead animals?

Answer 30

trace fossil

Question 31

What does the latin word meta mean?

Answer 31

change

Question 32

What does the latin word morphic mean?

Answer 32

form

Question 33

What are the two ways in which rocks undergo metamorphism

Answer 33

heat and pressure

Question 34

Describe how contact metamorphism occurs

Answer 34

change due to heat from magma intrusion

Question 35

Where does contact metamorphism occur?

Answer 35

beneath the Earth’s surface

Question 36

Describe the two ways in which regional metamorphism occurs

Answer 36

change due to pressure of overlying rocks or convergent plates

Question 37

What types of rocks can undergo metamorphism?

Answer 37

all types of rock

Question 38

By how much does the temperature increase for every 1km you travel beneath the Earth’s crust?

Answer 38

25 degrees Celsius

Question 39

Name one type of metamorphic rock

Answer 39

gneiss, marble, slate, quartzite

Question 40

True or False: metamorphic rocks are stronger than other rock types

Answer 40

true

Question 41

What do the arrows on food webs represent

Answer 41

energy transfer

Question 42

What is an example of a producer on a food web

Answer 42

grass

Question 43

What is the apex predator on a food web

Answer 43

the animal that does not get eaten by anything

Question 44

What do decomposers do on a food web

Answer 44

break down dead animals/plants

Question 45

what is a primary consumer

Answer 45

an animal that eats the grass

Question 46

what is a secondary consumer

Answer 46

the animal that eats the primary consumer

Question 47

what is a omivore

Answer 47

an animal that eats plants and meat

Question 48

what is a herbivore

Answer 48

an animal that eats plants

Question 49

what is a carnivore

Answer 49

an animal that eats meat

Question 50

what are the 7 categories of the taxonomy triangle

Answer 50

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Question 51

What are the characteristics of monera

Answer 51

single celled organism (unicellular) made up of simple cells lacking cell parts such as a necules (often found in other cells) e.g. bacteria

Question 52

what are the characteristics of a plant

Answer 52

e.g trees, flowers, grass, algae all can make their own food through sunlight and water (photosynthesis) mulitcelluar

Question 53

what are the characteristics of an animal

Answer 53

mulitcelluar rely on other organisms for food

Question 54

what are the characteristics of fungi

Answer 54

cannot make their own food e.g mushroom

Question 55

what are the characteristics of protist

Answer 55

unicellular more complex than monera as they have a necules cam move around within their enviroment