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Virginia Earth Science SOL Module 2 Earth's materials and plate tectonics overview quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which is part of the definition of a mineral?

  2. Which property is most reliable for telling apart pyrite and gold, which look alike?

  3. A rock has large, interlocking crystals visible to the eye. How did it most likely form?

  4. Which process forms sedimentary rock?

  5. Which layer of Earth is liquid?

  6. S-waves do not reach the far side of Earth from an earthquake. What does this show?

  7. At which boundary is new oceanic crust created as plates move apart?

  8. What is the main force that drives the movement of tectonic plates?

  9. How many seismograph stations are needed to locate an earthquake's epicenter?

  10. What is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake?

  11. Why does thick, high-silica (felsic) magma erupt more explosively than runny magma?

  12. Which of these is a non-renewable resource?