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Describe a transform boundary and what can occur
Plates sliding past one another, Earthquake
Cooling and crystallization
Igneous rock
What is a boundary. Actually a plate boundary
Whate 2 tectonic plates meet
Rocks are made of one or more _____________
Minerals
What is the tsurc backwards and where is it located.
Can you find it underwater
The crust, Thinnest layer, The earth's surface
Yes
What is a divergent boundary and what does it cause
Plates seperating . Can cause rift valleys
Extreme heat and pressure
Metamorphic rock
Define tectonic plates
Large massive sheet of rock that make up the earths surface
One example of a metamorphic rock
Marble, Gneiss, others
This layer is made of hardened iron and nickel
Inner-core
What is weathering
Wearing down of rocks due to wind , water, plants
and other factors
Breaking down of rock causes and compacting together
Sedimentary rock
A crack in the eath's surface is a
Fault
One example of Sedimentary Rock
Limestone Sandstone
The largest layer of the earth
Mantle
What are the 2 types of weathering
Physical and chemical
Does the rock cycle always go in its traditional order or can any type of rock become another based on conditions
Any rock can become another type of rock
The boundary where 2 plates collide together that can cause mountains
Convergant boudary
2 examples of Igneous Rock
Pumice, Granite
_______________ is the outer layer of _____________ and is maid of molten iron and nickel
outercore, innercore
What is the correct order for deposition, erosion and weathering
weathering, erosion and deposition.
Always this way. Has to break down, movve and settle!
2 positive impacts on the environments and 2 negative impacts on the environment
+ Reforestation, Conservation etc...
- Minining, deforestation etc...
wHO DEVELEOPED THE THEAORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
Alfred Wegener
Molten rock underneathe the earth's surface is called____________. When it breaks the surface it is called ________________
magma, lava
2 factors lessen as you go from the innercore to the crust. What are they?
Heat and pressure