Exam 8: Earth From the Inside Out

What is the depth of the newly forming Hawaiian island, Loihi?

The study of the shape of the Earth's physical landform features and how they change over time is known as:

Which of the following is classified as a metamorphic rock?

To be considered a mineral, a naturally occurring inorganic solid must have a specific chemical composition and a characteristic ______ structure.

Which sample is an example of sedimentary rock?

Intrusive igneous rock, formed deep below the Earth's surface, cools to form plutons, in which the largest of those are called:

Which rock sample is formed from cooling and solidifying magma?

Landforms that are found in narrow zones and usually along the margins of lithsopheric plates are:

Two chemical elements make up 70 percent of Earth's crust by weight. What are the two elements and what family of minerals do they form?

Rocks are classified according to how they are formed.

In the photograph of rock samples and outcrops, shown below, sample (A, B, or C)_____ is the rock held together by naturally occurring cement.

The strongest rocks, in terms of their propensity to wear down, tend to be found in what type of locations?

Sample (A, B, or C)_____ is a rock formed when mineral and rock particles are transported by water, wind, or ice and then deposited in a given location. Such rocks are classified as sedimentary rocks.

Pangea is the name of the supercontinent proposed by Harry Hess.

What are the four requirements necessary to classify a solid material as a mineral?

The name of the single super-continent that Wegener suggested eventually broke apart and drifted into different directions creating the earth's continents that exist today was known as:

Using changes in seismic wave velocities, we know that the Earth's inner core is stable in what phase?

In the northern part of Pangaea, mountain ranges tend to match up in North America and Europe.

Using the figure below, where would you find the densest material on Earth?

Wegener used plant and animal fossil evidence to help build the theory of continental drift.