The Rock Cycle
Which type of rock is formed from magma/lava
Igneous Rock
Which layer of the Earth is liquid?
Outer core
What is cobalt used for?
Batteries
Please sing a line of the song about Alfred Wegener
Go for it
What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess
Which type of rock is formed through the process of compaction and cementation?
Sedimentary
Which two layers are mostly made of iron and nickle?
Inner and outer core
What is the energy source that drives the rock cycle
The Earth's core
What drives plate movement?
Convection in the mantle
In an experiment, which type of variable is the thing you change?
Independent
Which type of rock is coal?
Sedimentary
As you go deeper into the Earth, do heat and pressure increase or decrease?
Increase
What creates wind?
Differences in air pressure
What is formed at mid-ocean ridges?
New oceanic crust
In an experiment, what do we call the variables that don't change?
Controlled variables
Which type of igneous rock is formed when magma cools below the surface?
Igneous intrusive
Which layer of the Earth is mostly comprised of Oxygen and Silicon elements
The crust
Where can you find an ocean trench?
The pacific ocean near the continent
What process destroys oceanic crust at ocean trenches?
Subduction
In an experiment, what do we call the variable we measure?
Dependent variable
Which type of rock is formed in the mantle (aka NOT formed on the surface or the crust)
Metamorphic
Whats the farthest we have drilled into the surface of earth?
12.3 km
How do we classify rocks
By how they are formed
Which 3 types of evidence did Wegener use to develop his hypothesis for Continental Drift
Landforms
Fossils
Climate
Name all of the sections you had to complete for your science fair project:
Hypothesis, materials, procedure, experiment, data, conclusion