Science 903 self test 1 study guide

Aristotle

deduced earth's shape

core

deepest part of the earth

atmosphere

earth's layer of gas

meteorites

extraterrestrial indicators of the earth's internal composition

Conglomerate is primarily mud or clay.

false

Dome mountains are pushed upward by sideways pressure.

false

Igneous rocks contain large amounts of carbon.

false

TRUE/ FALSE Oceans cover almost 50% of the earth's surface.

false

The rock that underlies the ocean is granite.

false

Igneous rocks are made mainly of compounds of __________.

Silicon and oxygen

igneous

rock cooled from magma

sedimentary

rock made from particles

batholith

a large mass of intrusive igneous rock that is beneath the earth's surface

metamorphic

category of rock that results from pressure and heat

core

central atmosphere of iron

granite

cores of continents are made chiefly of this

The mantle is apparently molten throughout.

false

Pyramid builders

first to calculate earth's diameter

Metamorphic rock originated under conditions of __________.

high temperature and high pressure

sills

igneous intrusions injected between horizontal layers

mantle

interior layer of rock

Shield volcanoes result from __________.

liquid lava

nitrogen

most abundant gas in the atmosphere

Crust

outer shell of the earth

Mantle rock becomes liquid when ___________.

pressure is reduced

Newton

reasoned that earth bulges at equator

Extrusive rock is not associated with__________ mountains.

remnant

metamorphic

rock changed by heat and pressure

sea mounts

submarine mountains that were once active volcanoes

rhyolite

the equalizing of granite that has crystals too small to be seen.

volcanic shield

the mountain type that results from fluid lava

asthenosphere

the partially melted zone in the upper mantle

sandstone

the sedimentary rock that may become quartzite

folded

the type of mountains resulting from sideways pressure on the crust

Metamorphosed limestone is marble.

true

Rapidly cooled rock contains small crystals.

true

Some meteorites have the same composition as the earth's core.

true

The asthenosphere is located in the upper mantle.

true

Volcanoes are located along zones of __________ in the crust.

weakness

intrusive rock

magma that does not reach the surface