Naming Tectonic Plates
What is the name of Plate 1?
What is North America?
What is the name of the scientist that came up with the theory of Plate Tectonics?
Who is Alfred Wegner?
The ability of a mineral to scratch or be scratched by another mineral is known as what?
What is hardness?
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
What is heat and pressure?
What is the outermost and smallest layer of earth known as?
What is the crust?
What is the name of Plate 8?
What is Eurasia?
A divergent boundary occurs when two plates...(DESCRIBE MOVEMENT)
What is divide or seperate or divorce?
The color of a mineral's powder is known as what?
What is streak?
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
What is weathering, erosion,deposition, compaction & cementation?
This is the layer of earth in which we live and where continents and oceans can be found?
What is the crust?
What is the name of Plate 7?
What is Africa?
A convergent boundary creates what type of landforms?
What is mountains, islands or volcanos?
Pyrite is a solid, has a crystalline structure, is made of elements and compounds, inorganic and naturally occurring. Is it a mineral?
What is yes?
What rock type has cemented layers?
What is sedimentary?
What process occurs in the mantle that slowly moves the tectonic plates?
What is convection currents?
What is the name of Plate 13?
What is Antartica?
The San Andreas Fault causes many of the earthquakes in California. What boundary do we find faults?
What is transform boundaries?
The way the surface of a mineral reflects light is known as?
What is Luster?
Igneous rocks are created by what process?
What is cooling & hardening of magma?
The lithosphere consists of which two layers?
What is the crust & upper part of the mantle?
What is the name of Plate 2?
What is the Pacific Plate?
What boundary is a mid ocean ridge found at?
What is a divergent boundary?
Building blocks of rocks are known as ___________
What are minerals?
A type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions is known as?
What is metamorphic rock?
Which layer of earth is solid and made of metals like iron & nickel?
What is the inner core?