Plate Tectonics
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The layer called the asthenosphere is part of the
What is mantle?
100
The vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy of an
What are seismic waves?
100
The Ring of Fire is a major volcanic belt around the
What is Pacific Ocean?
100
Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth's surface can change any rock to
What is metamorphic rock?
100
The three types of heat transfer are radiation, conduction, and
What is convection?
200
Sea-Floor Spreading occurs on
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
200
To measure horizontal movement of the ground along a fault, geologists could use a
What is a seismograph?
200
Belt of volcanoes around the rim of the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire
200
Igneous rock that formed when magma hardened beneath Earth's surface is called...
What is intrusive rock?
200
The place where two plates move apart are called ____________ boundaries
What is divergent?
300
The theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion is called
What is plate tectonics?
300
Slowest seismic waves that produce the most severe ground movements
What are surface waves?
300
an area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a(n)
What is a hot spot?
300
Limestone is an example of this type of rock
What is a sedimentary rock?
300
A theory that explains that formation, movement, and subduction of Earth's plates
What is theory of plate tectonics?
400
The light-colored rock that makes up most of the continental crust is
What is granite?
400
This type of seismic wave travels the fastest
What are primary (p) waves?
400
Molten, rock-forming material underground
What is magma?
400
Metamorphic rocks that have their grains arranged in parallel bands are said to be
What is foliated?
400
Wegner's idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface became known as
What is continental drift?
500
The uppermost part of the mantle and the crust together form a rigid layer called the
What is the lithosphere?
500
This type of wave comes after primary waves.
What are secondary waves?
500
Magma that reaches the surface
What is lava?
500
The series of processes that change rock from one type to another is called the
What is rock cycle?
500
Supercontinent
What is pangea
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