The Rock Cycle
To form igneous rock, this moves upwards through the layers of the Earth and cools, then crystallizes.
What is liquid magma?
These are the top layers of the Earth?
What are oceanic crust, crust,
This rock type is formed from layers of weathered debris, minerals, and shells that are pressed and cemented together.
sedimentary rocks
Identify two main types of volcanoes based on their shape
composite and shield
Which layer is made mostly of liquid iron and nickel?
mantle
Which type of rock is changed by heat and pressure?
metamorphic
These three things provide evidence of continental drift.
What are fossils, climate, and the continents look like they could be part of a puzzle?
What are the large pieces of Earth's crust called?
tectonic plates/ crustal plates
What was the name of the supercontinent that once joined all continents?
Pangea
This occurs when continental plates converge.
What is folded mountains form?
Which layer is the hottest and most dense?
inner core
Which is not a type of rock?
(a) igneous
(b) fossil
(c) metamorphic
fossil
Give one example of a sedimentary rock
limestone/ sandstone
Why was Wegener's theory not immediately accepted?
He could not explain the force that moved the continents.
What type of boundary forms when plates slide past each other?
Transform plate boundary
this layer consists of hot, molten liquid magma
mantle