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PRAXIS 5005: Science Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Igneous Rock Correct Answer: formed when hot magma cools beneath the
ground
or
lava cools above the ground
forms crystal like/ glassy rocks
ex: granite, pumus, basalt
Sedimentary Rock Correct Answer: Changed by pressure
does not involve heat
Usually near water/ involves water
sometimes contain fossils
forms from previously weathered and erroted material which may have been
igneous, sedimentary, rock metamorphic rock.
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ex: dolemite, limestone, sandstone
Metamorphic Rock Correct Answer: Has been changed by great heat and
pressure
altered, partially remelted
ex: slate, marble
Plate tectonic theory Correct Answer: Lithosphere is made up of major and
minor plates
Sit on viscous (thick fluid) part and move with it
Three types of plate boundaires Correct Answer: 1. Transform boundaries: they
slide past each other causing friction/ earthquakes
2. Divergent boundaries: two plates that pull away from each other/ creates
new crust
3. Convergent boundaries: plates push into each other/ one goes under called
subduction
The atmosphere is composed of Correct Answer: 78% nitrogen
21 % oxygen
List earths atmosphere layers in order from lowest to highest. Correct Answer:
Troposphere
Stratosphere
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PRAXIS 5005: Science Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Igneous Rock Correct Answer: formed when hot magma cools beneath the
ground
or
lava cools above the ground
forms crystal like/ glassy rocks
ex: granite, pumus, basalt
Sedimentary Rock Correct Answer: Changed by pressure
does not involve heat
Usually near water/ involves water
sometimes contain fossils
forms from previously weathered and erroted material which may have been
igneous, sedimentary, rock metamorphic rock.
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ex: dolemite, limestone, sandstone
Metamorphic Rock Correct Answer: Has been changed by great heat and
pressure
altered, partially remelted
ex: slate, marble
Plate tectonic theory Correct Answer: Lithosphere is made up of major and
minor plates
Sit on viscous (thick fluid) part and move with it
Three types of plate boundaires Correct Answer: 1. Transform boundaries: they
slide past each other causing friction/ earthquakes
2. Divergent boundaries: two plates that pull away from each other/ creates
new crust
3. Convergent boundaries: plates push into each other/ one goes under called
subduction
The atmosphere is composed of Correct Answer: 78% nitrogen
21 % oxygen
List earths atmosphere layers in order from lowest to highest. Correct Answer:
Troposphere
Stratosphere
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