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Unit 7: The Earth review game

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  • Give one fact about the crust.
    Any correct fact
  • What do you call the place that two tectonic plates meet?
    Plate boundary
  • What is it called when magma rises to the surface of the Earth?
    An eruption
  • The top layer of the Earth is called the__________
    Crust
  • Which landform is formed when water flows from the mountains to the ocean?
    Rivers
  • Valleys are created by the ____________ caused by rivers.
    Erosion.
  • The very center of the Earth is called the _____________
    Inner core
  • Name any two landforms.
    Ocean, river, mountain, valley or any other landform.
  • Which type of rock is made from the cooling of lava and magma?
    Igneous rock
  • Use your hands to show the three ways that tectonic plates can move.
    Three correct motions.
  • What is it called when plates under the ocean move apart, magma rises and is cooled by the water to form more sea floor?
    Seafloor spreading.
  • Which type of rock is made from other rocks put under intense heat and pressure?
    Metamorphic
  • How are mountains formed?
    Tectonic plates pushing together, with one being forced up.
  • Give one fact about the mantle.
    Any correct fact
  • Give one fact about the inner core.
    Any correct fact
  • The Earth's crust is made up of about 20 _______________.
    Tectonic plates
  • Which two plate movements can cause earthquakes?
    Moving together and rubbing against each other.
  • Which type of rock is made by the squashing together of sediments?
    Sedimentary
  • The second deepest layer of the Earth is the __________________
    Outer core
  • What is it that causes the tectonic plates to move?
    The movement in the mantle.
  • What is a volcano?
    A gap in the Earth's crust that magma flows through.
  • What is it called when the ground shakes because of tectonic plates?
    Earthquake
  • Give one fact about the outer core.
    Any correct fact
  • Name one way in which volcanoes are formed.
    Any correct answer.
  • The layer of the Earth below the crust is called the ______________
    Mantle