Vocabulary
Small pieces of sediment that are compacted togeter into a new rock
What is Sedimentary Rock?
When two plates slide past each other
What is a Transform boundary
The sudden, intense shaking of the Earth's surface caused by the release of energy in the lithosphere.
What is an earthquake?
Forms when hot magma or lava cools down and hardens
What is Igneous Rock?
When two tectonic plates move towards each other and collide
What is a convergent boundary?
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Lava is above ground, magma is under ground
Plates float on top of the _______________________.
What is the Mantle
Pre-exsisting rocks that change into a new rock due to heat and pressure
What is Metamorphic Rock?
When two plates move away from each other
What is divergent boundary?
What is the name of the super continent before they shifted away from one another?
What is Pangea?
The reason something has occurred or is occurring.
What is causation?
What is the order of Earth's layers from center to surface?
Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust
When lava cools above the surface of the earth, ________________is formed.
Two events happening together or at the same time, but not causing one another.
What is correlation?
Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal
What is the inner core
The liquid layer of Earth's core
What is the outer core?
When lava cools and hardens under the surface of Earth, ________________ is formed.
What is Intrusive Igneous rock?
Long crack in the surface of the Earth where earthquakes usually occur
What is a fault line?
A measure of the total energy released at the source of an earthquake
What is magnitude?