layers of earth
rock cycle
plate tectonics
rock dating
extra ?s
100
During which part of the rock cycle does water break rocks apart?
What is weathering and erosion
100
A rock sample will most likely contain
What is minerals?
100
Which process explains why less dense, hot magma rises to the surface to displace more dense, cooler magma?
What is convection?
100
Which rock layer most likely contains fossils of the most recently evolved organisms?
What is the topmost layer?
100
Two plates with similar densities converge to form this type of landform.
What is a mountain range?
200
Shale is a sedimentary rock that can be metamorphosed into slate by
What is increased pressure?
200
This kind of rock will be produced from sedimentary rocks being buried deep below other rocks?
What is metamorphic rocks?
200
This type of feature is most likely formed at the convergent boundary of two continental plates.
What is uplifted mountain?
200
In a sample of rock layers, this is where the youngest rock will be.
What is the top?
200
At the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, new mountains keep forming and the old crust is being subducted at plate boundaries. This is an example of
What is sea-floor spreading?
300
This happens to the temperature of Earth's layers as you do deeper into Earth.
What is increases in temperature?
300
Igneous rocks are formed by this.
What is volcanic eruption?
300
Fossils of tropical plants being found on Antartica is evidence of this.
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics or Pangea?
300
This law explains why when observing several different fossil layers, scientists are able to relatively date the fossils.
What is the Law of Superposition?
300
This type of natural disaster is best explained by tectonic plate movement. (not earthquake)
What is a tsunami?
400
This layer of Earth has the greatest density.
What is the inner core?
400
This is the primary causes of earthquakes in California.
What is plates grinding past each other along active faults? (transform boundary)
400
This technique of aging fossils allows scientists to draw better conclusions about the age of a fossil by determining it's half-life.
What is radioactive dating?
400
Most of the active volcanoes are located here.
What is on tectonic plate boundaries?
500
The earth's core is solid due to this characteristic.
What is the pressure at the core is very high.
500
This location would be the least likely place for an earthquake to occur.
What is the center of a tectonic plate?
500
This outcome is a result of the collision between oceanic and continental crust.
What is subduction? The oceanic plate will subduct under the continental plate.
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