APES Earth's Resources note set 1

Which earth layer is made up of the upper mantle and the crust?

• core

• lower mantle

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

Hot, molten rock inside the earth is called ...

• lava

• magma

• igneous rock

• minerals

What type of rock is formed when magma and lava cools and hardens?

• minerals
• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic

Rock particles carried and deposited by water, wind & ice.

• sedimentary rock

• sediment

• metamorphic rock

• igneous rock

Why has meat consumption increased over the last 50 years?

• Because of the rise in the world's population and in the people's income.

• Because there are more animals to slaughter now rather than in the past.

• Because vegetable consumption has decreased.

• Because of the greenhouse effect.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is a CAFO?

• a concentrated agricultural food operation

• a confined animal feed operation

• a corny animal feed operation

• a completely agonizing food operation

Which of the following best describes a transform boundary?

• An area where two tectonic plates move away from each other

• An area where two tectonic plates slide past one another

• An area where two or more tectonic plates collide

• An area where two or more tectonic plates fuse together at a suture zone

Area where new crust is being created at a divergent plate boundary

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Area that exhibits a growing nonvolcanic mountain chain due to uplift

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Area that exhibits island arcs

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E