December 9, 2008 8 grade Science: Mrs. Bryant Sections 2.1 ...

December 9, 2008 8th grade Science: Mrs. Bryant Sections 2.1 & 2.2 Vocabulary Quiz Modified Name: ___________________________ Date:____________________ Period____

1. A fracture in the Earth's lithosphere is called: a. stress b. fault

2. The force applied by an object pressing on, pulling on, or pushing against another object is called:

a. stress b. focus

3. A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rocks along a fault is called:

a. seismic wave b. earthquake

December 11, 2008 8th grade Science: Mrs. Bryant Sections 2.1 & 2.2 Vocabulary Quiz Modified

Name: ___________________________ Date:____________________ Period____

Identify: A. Pyroclastic flow B. Lava

C. Magma

D.____ a mountain that forms as continental crust crumbles and bends into folds. a. folded mountain b. fault-block mountain

E.____are mountains that form as blocks of rock move up or down along normal faults.

a. folded mountain b. fault-block mountain

A.

____I am a ball of hot, solid metals at Earth's center.

B.

____I'm the name that Alfred Wegener gave to the huge supercontinent that he

proposed had once existed. C.

_____I'm the thin layer of rock that surround Earth.

D.

_____I'm Earth's thickest layer, measuring nearly 2900 kilometers.

E.

_____I occur in a deep valley formed as tectonic plates move apart.

Word Bank 1. Inner Core 2. Pangea 3. Crust 4. Mantle 5. Rift Valley

Circle the word that correctly matches the definition. 6. Definition: I am one plate sinking beneath another. Continental Drift

A. Deduction B. Subduction 7. Definition: I'm the hypothesis that proposed that Earth's continents were once joined in a single landmass and then gradually moved apart.

A. Continental Drift B. Continental Joining

8. Definition: I'm the layer of liquid metals that surrounds the inner core.

A. Outer Core B. Mid Core

9. Definition: I'm the transfer of heat within a material.

A. Condensation B. Convection 10. Definition: I'm Earth's crust and the very top of the mantle combined. A. Lithosphere B. Troposphere

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