Topic 4: Earth's Features

How are renewable and nonrewable energy sources different?

• Renewable energy resources can be replaced. Nonrenewable energy resources can't be replaced.

• Renewable energy resources can't be replaced. Nonrenewable energy resources can be replaced.

Why are volcanoes found near the Ring of Fire?

• Volcanoes are caused by the collision of plates around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

• Volcanoes are caused by the waves in the ocean.

• Volcanoes are not near the Ring of Fire.

Earth has three types of rock. They are connected in a pattern called the rock ___________.

• cycle

• heat

• weathered

Igneous rock may get ______________ into particles.

• sedimentary

• cycle

• weathered

At times, great _________ and/or pressure can cause rock to form metamorphic rock.

• heat

• weathered

• sedimentary

What processes produced this land feature?

• Weathering and erosion. Rock has been broken into particles and carried away. Only the strong rock remains.

• Weather. Rock has been broken into particles.

• Erosion. Rock has been carried away.

2 is _____________.

• topsoil

• humus

• subsoil

• parent material

______________ rock forms when molten material beneath Earth's surface rises and cools.

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

What information do you need to draw a topographic map?

• I would need to know the climate of a place.

• I would need to know where states and cities are.

• I would need to know all the land features that would appear on the map; how tall mountains are; how deep valleys are; locations of rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds; the shapes and sizes of landforms

What is one part of the rock cycle process?

• Metamorphic rock forms when rock particles collect in a shallow sea.

• Sedimentary rock is formed from cooling magma under Earth's surface.

• Igneous or metamorphic rock is broken into particles, or sediment. 

• Sedimentary rock crystals form as the rock cools and becomes solid.