Ring of Fire
What is the Ring of Fire?
A large area around the Pacific Ocean where many plate boundaries meet and the site of the majority of tectonic activity (earthquakes and volcanoes) on Earth.
The definition of a tectonic plate
Which are metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary
The definition of Weathering
What is the breakdown of rock at Earth's surface by physical, chemical, or biological factors
Intrusive and extrusive are vocabulary words that pair best with this rock type
What is igneous rocks
Names of 2 major tectonic activities that happen around the Ring of Fire
Earthquakes and volcanoes
The name of the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift
Who is Alfred Wegener
This process turns molten magma into hard igneous rock
The difference between weathering and erosion
Weathering breaks rock into sediment, erosion moves those sediments to a new location.
A scientist who studies rocks, their formation, and the history of Earth's rocks would be called this
What is a geologist?
The reason why the Ring of Fire is the site of most tectonic activity
It is a site where many plate boundaries meet and interact
The difference between convergent and divergent plate boundaries
Explain the pathway in which an igneous rock could become a metamorphic rock
An igneous rock could end up underground, where it is subject to immense heat and pressure, which would turn it metamorphic
This explains how rivers are related to erosion and deposition
The running waters of rivers are great examples of how sediment might move via erosion. Because most rivers usually flow into a more stagnant body of water, deposition or drop off of sediments will occur when the water is no longer moving.
The process that recycles oceanic crust back into the mantle by pulling one plate underneath another is this
This amount of Earth's active volcanoes are found around the Ring of Fire
What is about 75%
The name of the original supercontinent
What is Pangaea?
What are compacting and cementation?
This process occurs when eroded material is dropped into a new location
What is deposition?
This landform is often created when two tectonic plates collide.
What is either mountains or volcanoes
Which are: USA, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, South America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Russia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, New Zealand
This "sphere word" is the fluid portion of the upper mantle that tectonic plates float upon
What is the Asthenosphere
Explain the pathway in which a sedimentary rock could become an igneous rock
A rock with holes in it breaks apart after water enters it and freezes inside. This process is called?
What is weathering
This sedimentary rock is very commonly burned as a fuel source and is formed from buried and fossilized plant materials
What is coal?