Types of Rocks
The hardest type of rock
metamorphic
Three types of plate movement
Transform, convergent, divergent
What is the supercontinent called?
Pangea
Number of stages in the rock cycle
three
Three types of rocks
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
A lot of earthquakes occur here
ring of fire
What does "drift" mean in continental drift
They move slowly over time.
Weathering is
breaking down of rocks
Type of rock would a fossil be found in
sedimentary
Tectonics plates float on this layer of the Earth
mantle
These two continents are often said to fit together like puzzle pieces.
South America and Africa
the way the Earth constantly recycles rocks
the rock cycle
Similarity of metamorphic and sedimentary rocks
made with pressure
Layer of the Earth we live on
Crust
How did Pangea break apart
movement of plate tectonics
Erosion is
carrying away rocks and minerals
Intrusive igneous rocks cool here
underneath the surface of the Earth
What can be created when two parts of Earth's crust move towards each other
Mountains, volcanoes or earthquakes
Three pieces of evidence of continental drift
continents fit together, similar animal remains, similar rocks
One way a rock cycles
sedimentary-metamorphic-igneous