Chap 8 science quiz 4/14

What are 2 ways that the movement of earths plates change the surface of earth?

• When Earths plates slide past each other, an earthquake occurs, which can cause a landslide.

• When Kyah plays on his VR headset

• When global warming causes the icebergs to melt

• When earth's plates come together a mountain may form.

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Describe the rock cycle including descriptions of how one type of rock can change to another type of rock

• Rocks are formed only through volcanic activity.
• The rock cycle is a process which rocks are constently changing. Sedementary rocks form when weathered material becomes comented in layers. Igneous rocks form when melted rocks cool and harden. Metomorphic rocks form when other rocks undergo.

• Metamorphic rocks are created by cooling down magma.
• Sedimentary rocks can only become igneous rocks through erosion.

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How do you determine the streak of a mineral?

• Measure the mineral's weight on a scale.
• Heat the mineral until it melts.
• Examine the mineral under a microscope.
• Rub the mineral on a rough. white, surface

How can igneous rock turn into metamorphic rock?

• Igneous rock can turn into sedimentary rock through erosion.
• Heatpressure

• Igneous rock transforms into metamorphic rock by cooling and solidifying.
• Igneous rock changes into metamorphic rock through chemical weathering.

Which solid layer has the greatest amount of decayed material in it?

• C horizon
• B horizon
• topsoil

• A horizon

what rock is this?

• none of the above

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Which energy resource takes the shortest time to form?

• Biomass energy

• Nuclear energy
• Geothermal energy
• Wind energy

When 2 plates jerk into each other, what event does it cause?

• Tsunami

• Landslide
• Volcano
• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Give an example of a natural pollutant?

• Plastic waste
• Volcanic Eruption

• Industrial chemicals
• Sewage runoff

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How do farmers prevent wind erosion of topsoil?

• Irrigating fields daily without other methods
• Farmers plant rows of tall trees along the fields

• Planting only grass seeds
• Using chemical fertilizers exclusively