Virginia Earth Science Crustal activities

The solid rock outer zone of the Earth is:

• Mantle

• Crust

• Fault

• Lithosphere

Crust is in a constant ​ (a)   , and there is much evidence to support the idea that the ​ (b)   has always been changing.

Some of these changes can be directly observed, such as the results of and ​ (c)   , crustal movements ( both ​ (d)   ) along ​ (e)   zones and volcanoes on the surface of the earth.

• state of change
• Earth's surface
• earthquakes
• horizontal and vertical
• fault

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The lithosphere is the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the :

• crust

• Upper Mantle

• Earth's plates

• all of these

The Earth's lithosphere is in a constant state of change, in order to maintain a state of ​ (a)   .

The minor crustal changes include the deformation and displacement of ​ (b)   ​ (c)   a layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground.

• dynamic equilibrium
• strata and fossils.
• Strata

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Which term means:

1. a state of balance between continuing processes

• Metabolism

• Aesthenosphere

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• Homeostasis

Match the following

• Lithosphere

• the thick, mostly solid layer of rock that lies between the Earth's crust and its core

• Strata

• Solid rock outer zone of the Earth

• Crust

• layer or a series of layers of rock in the ground

• Fault zones

• area of the crust where the crust can slip

• Mantle

• consisting of the Earth's crust and the upper portion of the mantle

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The earth's surface indicate that the original formations of rock have changed through past Earth movements:

Match the picture with types of movements.

• Folding

• 
• Tilting

• 
• Faulting

• 

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Marine fossils such as Corals , fish, and other marine animals have been found in the tops of mountains thousands of feet above sea level, what caused this?

• Subsidence

• Uplift of rock strata

• folding

• faulting

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Fossils of shallow water near the coast have been found in rocks of the ocean floor

What caused this

• Uplift of rock strata

• Folding

• Faulting

• Subsidence.

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Label the parts of the map of Major plate areas:

a

b

c

Major active volcanoes

Spreading plate boundaries

Pacific ring of fire