the relative size of things
scale
Rock
the rock type formed to heat and pressure deep underground
metamorphic rock
hot liquid rock below the surface of earth
magma
Convergent Boundary
a measure of how hot or cold something is
temperatrue
the rock type formed when magma cools and becomes solid
Igneous Rock
the rock type formed when sediment is pressed together and glued together
sedimentary rock
What type of tectonic plate is moving away from each other
divergent
What type of tectonic plate is moving toward each other
convergent
a noticeably different form or state of the same substance
phase
the process of sediment being buried and pressed together
compaction
the process of sediment being glued together
cementation
What type of tectonic plate is sliding against each other
transform
Any of Earth's main continuous areas of land, such as Africa, Asia, and North America
continent
a pull between two molecules that is always the same for a substance
molecular attraction
a diagram that shows the inside of something looks like
cross-section
the process by which all rock formations of a region are pushed up due to plate motion
uplift
the sudden pushing out of something such as lava from a volcano
eruption
the slow pulling apart of land that is caused by plate movement
rifting
the way molecules move around relative to each other
freedom of movement
the movement of sediment from one place to another often caused by wind or flowing water
erosion
the process by which rock material moves under earths outer layer and into the mantle due to plate motion
subduction
An extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
Mesosaurus
one of the large sections of hard solid rock that make up earths outer layer
plate