Volcanoes
island chain that was formed by hot spots
What is Hawaii?
part of the earth's crust that lies under the ocean
what is oceanic crust?
when a mineral breaks cleanly and evenly
what is cleavage?
an educated guess
what is a hypothesis?
volcanoes and _________ form at plate boundaries
what are earthquakes?
earth's layer that lies just underneath the plates
what is the mantle?
what units used for density
what is g/ml?
what is conclusion?
another name for a composite volcano
what is a stratovolcano?
plates move away from each other at this type of boundary
what is divergent?
when a mineral breaks apart in jagged and irregular ways
what is fracture?
things that are kept the same during an experiment
what are constants?
volcano that is unlikely to erupt again
what is extinct volcano?
last year, we used icing and ______________ to model plate tectonics
What are graham crackers?
a mineral must be natural, inorganic, solid, have a definite compositon, and have a ________________ structure
what is crystalline?
the variable that is measured
what is the dependent variable?
molten rock underneath the surface
what is magma?
hottest layer of the earth
what is the inner core?
a rock that contains a metal or other useful mineral
what is ore?
a list of steps that details how to complete your experiment
what is procedures?