Plate boundaries and Volcanoes
What is molten rock within Earth called?
Magma
What is geography?
Geography is the study of the physical features of the Earth.
What is molten rock above ground called?
Lava
What is a correlation?
A correlation is matching rocks and fossils from separate locations
What type of plate boundaries form volcanoes?
Convergent plate boundaries
What is an inclusion?
When pieces of old rock become part of new rock.
What is a volcano?
A vent in Earth's crust.
When plate tectonics move away from each other what boundary is it?
Divergent plate boundary
What is superposition?
Superposition is the organization of rocks, the youngest rocks are toward the top and oldest rocks are found on the bottom.
What is relative age?
The age of a rock compared with other rocks nearby?
When plate tectonics slide past each other what plate boundary is it?
What are fossils?
Fossils are remains of once-living organisms found in rocks.
What is an unconformity?
An unconformity is a break in the rock record