Physical Science Test 6

Question 1

Sediment

Answer 1

Small, sold fragments of and other materials that are carried and deposited by wind, water, or ice. Examples would be mud, sand, gravel

Question 2

Sedimentary rock

Answer 2

Rock formed when chemical reactions cement sediments together, hardening them

Question 3

Igneous rock

Answer 3

Rock that forms from molten rock

Question 4

Metamorphic rock

Answer 4

Igneous or sedimentary rock that has been changed into a new kind of rock as a result of great pressure and temperature

Question 5

Plastic rock

Answer 5

Rock that behaves like something between a liquid and a solid

Question 6

Earthquake

Answer 6

Vibration of the earth that results either from volcanic activity or rock masses suddenly moving along a fault

Question 7

Fault

Answer 7

The boundary between two sections of rock that cam move relative to one another

Question 8

Focus

Answer 8

The point where an earthquake begins

Question 9

Epicenter

Answer 9

The point on the surface of the earth directly above an earthquakes focus

Question 10

Earth’s crust

Answer 10

Earth’s outer most layer of rock