Earth's Structure and Rock Cycle

What are the four layers of the Earth from inside to the outside?

• Crust, Outer core, mantle, inner core

• Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• Mantle, outer core, inner core, crust

Which is the largest layer of the earth?

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

What is the only liquid layer of the Earth?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What are the three types of rocks

• sediment, lava, morphic

• Magnitie, graphite, Sulfur

• sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which type of rock is the cooled lava from a volcano?

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

• igneous

• magma

What causes a sedimentary rock to change into a metamorphic rock?

• cooling

• melting and freezing

• erosion and pressure

• heat and pressure

What causes a rock to break down into sediment?

• weathering and erosion

• heat and pressure

• compaction and cementation

• Air pressure

Which type of rock forms from extreme heat and pressure?

• Igneous
• Sedimentary
• Organic
• Metamorphic

Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called

• Erosion
• Deposition
• Compaction
• Weathering

When sediments are pressed together tightly, this is called ____________.

• Compaction
• Cementation
• Weathering
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1