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You are walking through the Louisiana swamp. Choose the correct answer to follow the right path. Choose the wrong answer and you will fall into the alligator infested waters.

The red top layer of an apple is like the ___ or top layer of the earth.

a. mantle

b. crust

c. core

Watch this picture and tell what it describes.

a. Convergent boundary

b. Divergent boundary

c. Transform boundary

The middle of an apple is like the middle of the earth called the __.

a. crust

b. core

c. mantle

a. Convergent boundary

b. Divergent boundary

c. A river

Watch this picture, it shows a ____.

a. Divergent boundary

b. Convergent boundary

c.

Watch this and then pick what boundary it describes.

You are correct.This is a convergent boundary. Click here to continue your journey.

The type of rock that is like a transformer because it changes from one type of rock to another such as

slate is ---.

a. Metamorphic rock

b. Sedimentary rock

c. Igneus rock

Rocks, such as coal, that are formed from rocks sticking together are---.

a. Sedimentary rocks

b. Igneus rocks

c. Metamorphic rocks

Rocks made from molten material such as granite are --.

a. Igneus rocks

b. Metamorphic rocks

c. Sedimentary rocks.

When a mineral splits evenly, it is called ___.

a. shatter

b. luster

c. Cleavage

__ is when a mineral does not break evenly or it shatters.

a. fracture

b. luster

c. cleavage

Determining if a mineral shines is a characteristic of a mineral called __.

a. magnetism

b. color

c. luster

Alfred Wegener said that the continents were once one large mass, but drifted apart due to

earthquakes and floods and called it ___.a. technotronics

b. Continental drift

c. Continental divide

Similar plants, animals, and fossils in different continents give proof of the

__.a. Rock theory

b. tsuanami

c. Continental drift

The __ crust is thickest.

a. bread

b. continental

c. ocean

The continental drift was caused by the lithosphere splitting into pieces called:

a. Dinner plates

b. Oceanic plates

c. Tectonic plates

The __ of plate boundaries as likely areas of earthquakes and volcanic actions.

a. middle

b. edges

c. center

____ is the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other.

a. Fault

b. Surface tension

c. Richter scale

A diamond is a 10 on the ___.

a. Diamond scale

b. Mohl scale

c. Tuff scale

What scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake?

a. balance

b. the Richter scale

c. earthquake scale

Rocks are a mixture of ___.

a. cement

b. clay

c. minerals

Fill in the ??.

a. magma

b. sediment

c. rock

????

Fill in the ???.

a. Igneus rock

b. Sedimentary rock

c. Metamorphic rock ????

Fill in the blank.

a. Metamorphic rock

b. Igneus rock

c. Sedimentary rock

????

You are correct. Click here to continue your journey.

Fill in the blank.

a. magma

b. sediment

c. Metamorphic rock????

Fill in the blank.

a. Igneus rock

b. sediment

c. Metamorphic rock

????

You are correct. Click here to continue your journey.

Weathering and erosion lead to sedimentary rock because __.

a. Weathering breaks rocks into sediment.

b. Erosion moves the sediment.

c. Both are correct.