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Which plate boundary forms a trench?
Convergent
What are the three main types of volcanoes?
Composite volcano, cinder cone volcano, and shield volcano.
What are the layers of the rocks called?
Strata
What is erosion?
When wind or water breaks down sediments due to friction
Who can speak almost 5 languages?
Julianna
What are the three types of convergent boundaries?
Oceanic-oceanic, oceanic-continental, continental-continental
Which two processes lead to sedimentary rock?
Compaction and cementation
What is the difference between extrusive igneous and intrusive igneous?
Extrusive cools above earth's surface, igneous cools below it
Why is a composite volcano called a composite volcano?
It has layers of lava and ash
Who owns one husky and four chihuahuas?
Tino
Which type of plate boundary creates a new layer of lithosphere?
Divergent
Examples of 2 igneous rocks
andesite, basalt, dacite, obsidian, pumice, rhyolite, scoria,
What is the main cause of seafloor spreading?
Convection currents
What is another name for cooling in the formation of igneous rock?
Crystalization
Who wants to be a special education teacher when they grow up?
Ruth
Which type of volcano contains old volcanoes?
Caldera
Where the lava comes out of the volcano..
Volcanic crater (vent would also be accepted)
What happens when a main vent in a volcano becomes blocked?
A second vent forms
At which plate boundary does subduction occur?
Convergent
Who was once in a girl punk/emo rock band as a drummer/singer? (yes, singing and drumming at once)
Mrs. Rachel
At which plate boundary are earthquakes prone to happen?
Transform
Name two types of metamorphic rock.
phyllite, schist, gneiss, quartzite and marble
Name two types of sedimentary rock.
breccia, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, and shale
Explain why magma undergoes convection currents. Be very specific about who things rise and fall.
Hot magma, heated by the core, rises because it is less dense, but then falls as it cools and gains density.
Who once came in second at a Chinese singing competition at 6 years old?
Ing-Ing