Lab: Environmental Changes in a Watershed — Unit test Answers

Which is one source of the sediments that form sedimentary rocks?

Which word identifies the agent that carries the energy released from earthquakes?

Which statement explains one way that lakes form?

Which part of the shallow ocean descends sharply away from the continental shelf?

Where are extrusive igneous rocks typically found?

Which features form along all types of plate boundaries?

Which type of volcanic mountain has wide, gentle slopes?

What percentage of Earth’s water is fresh water?

Which process forms sedimentary rock in the rock cycle after sediments accumulate and combine?

Which statement describes divergent boundaries?

A rock is found in an area that once had an active volcano and has since been affected by erosion. The rock has individual black and white crystals that are easy to see.Which other description fits the rock?

Which is one of the main categories of sedimentary rocks?

The image shows a cross section of a volcano.

Which sedimentary rock is burned to produce energy?

Why is the unsaturated zone not filled with water?

Which statement is an example of an observation a scientist would make to classify a rock?

According to the theory of plate tectonics, which is one feature that plates carry?

Study the image of this rock.

Study this image of lithospheric plates.

The table shows the thickness, top density, and bottom density of the different layers of the Earth. Thickness (km)Density (g/cm3)Types of Rock FoundTopBottomCrust302.22.9Silicic rocksUpper mantle7203.44.4PeridotiteLower mantle2,1714.45.6Magnesium and silicon oxidesOuter core2,2599.912.2Iron+oxygenInner core1,22112.813.1Iron+oxygen