What is older rock is at the bottom and younger rock is always on top
100
subduction is
What is when one plate is driven below another
100
what is the difference between weather and climate
What is weather is the day to day occurances in the atmosphere and climate is the average yearly weather over an extended period of time.
100
The layer of earth that water is located on is called
What is hydrosphere
100
What are some agents of weathering and erosion
What is water, (rivers, lakes, ice), wind, and gravity
200
what things are used to give us clues to Earth's past - 3 answers
What is fossils, rocks, the similarities of mountain ranges on different parts of the world.
200
Plate movement is caused in what layer
What is asthenosphere, where rock is partially melted
200
humidity is an example of
what is weather
200
The type of rock formed from different objects cemented together
What is sedimentary rock
200
an independent variable is
a dependendent variable is
What is a variable that you change to check your hypothesis
and a variable that is measured at the end of the experiment
300
The theory of Pangaea states that
What is all landmasses used to be connected
300
The boundary where earthquakes happen
What is transform boundary
300
difference in temperature between the air, land and water can be caused by
What are seasons, Earth's axis, ocean and land temperature mixtures
300
when the hydrosphere and atmosphere interact
What is water evaporates and rises to the atmosphere where enough accumulation can cause rain
300
what is the difference between weathering and erosion
weathering is the breaking down of rock while erosion is the movement of rock
400
What is the evidence of Pangaea
What is mountain ranges and continents look like puzzle pieces
400
mountains form when
What is one plate subducts another
400
the hydrosphere has an affect on our weather due to
What is evaporation of the water into the atmosphere
400
when one type of rock becomes another type of rock
What is metamorphic
400
Convection is the movement of heat through __________ and an example would be;
Conduction is the movement of heat through _______________ and an example would be
convection - through liquid or gas
conduction - through direct contact
500
Earth is how old
What is 4.6 billion years
500
A divergent boundary is when______________ and under the ocean ____________ forms.
What is when 2 plates move away from each other and create ocean ridges
500
difference in temperature between the air, land and water can be caused by
What are seasons, Earth's axis, ocean and land temperature mixtures
500
the 3 types of rock are
What is sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous
500
what is the difference between folding and faulting
What is folding is when rocks bend due to plate tectonics. Faults are when rocks diverge and break.