Earth Materials
Rock formed deep underground where heat and pressure cause existing rocks to be changed
Metamorphic rock
A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
Evidence of life millions of years ago
What are Fossils?
Provides evidence that the continents on tectonic plates have moved away from each other in the past
What are fossils of the same plants and animals found on widely separated continents?
The process in which rocks undergo transformations
Rock cycle
Clean water to drink and the foods we eat are _____ that are vital to human life.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Describes the movements of tectonic plates over long periods of time
What is Continental Drift?
Part of the recycling of seafloor material includes its destruction. This happens where?
Where is at trenches where rock material is subducted.
Rock formed by the deposition of sediments cemented together over geological time
Sedimentary rock
Many natural resources are
EVENLY OR UNEVENLY distributed around the world.
UNEVENLY
The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
What is Lithosphere?
The deepest parts of the ocean; long, narrow ditches
What are Trenches?
The ability of a system to do work
Energy
Describe the possible impacts in the future of using a renewable resource.
The resource could be renewed in the future.
Circular movements through the mantle
What is Convection Current?
A boundary formed when two plates move away from each other
What is Divergent Boundary?
Rock formed when lava or magma cools and solidifies
Igneous rock
Determined from the sum of potential and kinetic energy in a substance
total internal Energy
The theory that the outer layer of Earth is divided and moves across Earth’s surface
What is Plate Tectonics?
When two tectonic plates pull apart, a ____is formed on the ocean floor
What is Mid-Ocean Ridge?