Table of Contents
Table of Contents............................................................................................................1
Prelude (And Just What is Geology) and Chapter 1 (The Earth in Context).............. 2
Chapter 3 (Patterns in Nature: Minerals)...................................................................... 4
Chapter 4 (Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks)...................................5
Chapter 6 (Pages of Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks)..............................................7
Chapter 7 (Metamorphism: A Process of Change)...................................................... 9
Chapter 15 (Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts)....................................................10
Chapter 2 (The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics).............................................12
Chapter 5 (The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions)............................................... 14
Chapter 8 (A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes)...................................................................16
Chapter 9 (Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Geologic Structures and Mountain
Building).........................................................................................................................17
Chapter 10 (Deep Time: How Old is Old?).................................................................. 18
Chapter 14 (Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water)......................... 19
Chapter 16 (A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater)...........................................................20
,Prelude (And Just What is Geology) and Chapter 1 (The Earth in
Context)
The big bang theory best describes the The Earth's core is made up primarily of
formation of the universe ___.
● True ● Iron
How old is the universe? What are the two most abundant
● Approximately 13.8 billion years elements in earth's crust?
old ● O and Si
When did the Big Bang take place? Continental crust is ___ that oceanic
● Approximately 13.8 billion years crust
ago ● Thicker than and less dense than
Put the following items in the proper The lithosphere flows to accommodate
chronological sequence from oldest plate tectonic movement
event to youngest event ● False (asthenosphere)
● The Big Bang
● The formation of our solar Which area corresponds with the
system material that has the leas amount of
● The formation of Earth density
● The formation of Earth's moon ● Continental crust
What word best describes an immense When the earth experiences ______ the
ball of incandescent gas? originally homogeneous Earth
● Star developed a dense core and a light
crust
Which layer is a convecting solid? ● Differentiation
● Mantle
Where is the Moho Discontinuity
The __ is the most massive internal located?
layer of the Earth (think of the inner core ● Between the crust and the upper
and outer core as separate layers) mantle
● Lower mantle
, What powers Earth's external heat
engine?
● The Sun
What is a consequence of a Mars-sized
body impacting the Earth?
● Earth tilted
● Earth heated and melted
● The moon formed
Approximately how old is the Earth?
● 4.5 billion years old
What Earth feature is created from the
movement of liquid iron in Earth's outer
core?
● Magnetic field
Table of Contents............................................................................................................1
Prelude (And Just What is Geology) and Chapter 1 (The Earth in Context).............. 2
Chapter 3 (Patterns in Nature: Minerals)...................................................................... 4
Chapter 4 (Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks)...................................5
Chapter 6 (Pages of Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks)..............................................7
Chapter 7 (Metamorphism: A Process of Change)...................................................... 9
Chapter 15 (Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts)....................................................10
Chapter 2 (The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics).............................................12
Chapter 5 (The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions)............................................... 14
Chapter 8 (A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes)...................................................................16
Chapter 9 (Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Geologic Structures and Mountain
Building).........................................................................................................................17
Chapter 10 (Deep Time: How Old is Old?).................................................................. 18
Chapter 14 (Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water)......................... 19
Chapter 16 (A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater)...........................................................20
,Prelude (And Just What is Geology) and Chapter 1 (The Earth in
Context)
The big bang theory best describes the The Earth's core is made up primarily of
formation of the universe ___.
● True ● Iron
How old is the universe? What are the two most abundant
● Approximately 13.8 billion years elements in earth's crust?
old ● O and Si
When did the Big Bang take place? Continental crust is ___ that oceanic
● Approximately 13.8 billion years crust
ago ● Thicker than and less dense than
Put the following items in the proper The lithosphere flows to accommodate
chronological sequence from oldest plate tectonic movement
event to youngest event ● False (asthenosphere)
● The Big Bang
● The formation of our solar Which area corresponds with the
system material that has the leas amount of
● The formation of Earth density
● The formation of Earth's moon ● Continental crust
What word best describes an immense When the earth experiences ______ the
ball of incandescent gas? originally homogeneous Earth
● Star developed a dense core and a light
crust
Which layer is a convecting solid? ● Differentiation
● Mantle
Where is the Moho Discontinuity
The __ is the most massive internal located?
layer of the Earth (think of the inner core ● Between the crust and the upper
and outer core as separate layers) mantle
● Lower mantle
, What powers Earth's external heat
engine?
● The Sun
What is a consequence of a Mars-sized
body impacting the Earth?
● Earth tilted
● Earth heated and melted
● The moon formed
Approximately how old is the Earth?
● 4.5 billion years old
What Earth feature is created from the
movement of liquid iron in Earth's outer
core?
● Magnetic field
