Rocks
Plates
Rock Cycle
Pangea
Pretty rocks
100

What are the three types of rocks?

Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic 

100

What are the 2 types of plate boundaries?

Divergent and Convergent 

100

What is the 1st step of the rock cycle 

Magma forms under the Earth's surface in the crust or mantle and erupts on Earth's surface as lava.

100

What is Pangea 

The state of earth before the continents broke apart

100

Where are Diamonds made

Below Earth's upper mantle 

200

Limestone is a type of?

Sedimentary Rock 

200

What is subduction?

 A process where one edge of one plate is forced below the edge of another plate. 

200

What is the 2nd step of the rock cycle 

 Transportation

200

What does the word "Pangea" mean 

"All Land" or "All Earth"

200

Daily Double 

What is the popular purple gem called 

Amethyst 

300

Is water one of the forces that drive the rock cycle?

Yes 

300

Earths crust is broken up into several large rocky pieces called?

Plates 

300

What is the 3rd step of the rock cycle 

Deposition  

300

Who discovered Pangea 

Alfred Wegener

400

In what stage of the rock cycle rock is pushed deep under the Earth’s surface, they may melt into magma.

Changing to Igneous 

400

Daily Double 

Name the boundary 


Convergent 

400

What is the 4th step of the rock cycle 

Compaction & Cementation

400

What was Pangea called 

A Super continent 

500

What is molten rock material called?

Magma 

500

A subduction zone is formed...

when one plate sinks below the other

500

What is the 5th step of the rock cycle 

Metamorphism 

500

What caused Pangea to break apart 

Rifting began as magma welled up through the weakness in the crust, creating a volcanic rift zone.

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