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Melted, liquid rock that reaches the Earth's surface.
Lava
At which type of plate boundary do we see sea floor spreading?
divergent
Name the three types of rocks.
Metamorphic, Sedimentary and Igneous
What kind of rock is made from small pieces of rock and other materials being pressed together?
Sedimentary Rock
What scientist(s) is responsible for developing the theory of continental drift?
a. Galileo b. Newton c. Watson and Crick
d. Wegener
d. Wegener
What is the hot melted rock that is gound below the Earth's surface called?
Magma
What type of physical weathering occurs whens rocks are gradually worn down?
erosion
When two plates slide past each other, it is called a__
Transform Boundary
What kind of rock is made from intense heat and pressure?
Metamorphic Rocks
Which grain type in igneous rocks shows a texture in which you can see the crystals within the rock?
coarse
Fault Line
What is the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by ice, water, wind, temperature, plants, animals, or by chemicals?
a. sublimation b. lithification
c. cementation d. weathering
d. weathering
When tectonic plates slide past each other, this may cause ___________ to occur?
Earthquake
What type of metamorphic rock is identified by its minerals rearranging into layers?
foliated
Which is not a type of sedimentary rock?
a. foliated b. chemical c. organic d. clastic
foliated
Rocks that form below Earth's surface are _____
a. intrusive b. internal
c. extrusive d. external
intrusive
Name the three types of faults (boundaries)
convergent, divergent, and transformative
Which organic sedimentary rock forms when pieces of dead plants are buried under other sediments in swamps?
a. slate b. shale c. coal d halite
c. coal
_________ describes how light is reflected from a mineral
a streak b. luster c. hardness d. cleavage
According to the continental drift theory, a single, huge continent once existed. What was that continent called?
Pangea
What type of boundary occurs when 2 plates push together
Convergent
At what plate boundary do we expect to see mountains form?
convergent
These are loose materials that have been broken off of rocks and are moved by wind, water, ice, or gravity
sediments
Which types of rock comes from volcanic eruptions?
igneous
felsic magma is thick and slow moving. This would create ________
a. light colored rocks b. dark colored rocks
c. no effect on the rocks color
a. light colored rock