Plate Tectonics
The Rock Cycle
Rock Identification
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100
What is a convergent boundary?
Two plates moving towards each other.
100
How is a sedimentary rock formed?
Compaction and cementation of sediments.
100
What is a characteristic of an igneous rock?
Crystals, holes, glassy, etc.
100
What are the Hawaiian Islands created from?
A hot spot
100
What state park is Cannon Cliff a part of?
Franconia Notch State Park
200
What is a divergent boundary?
Two plates moving away from one another.
200
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
Heat and pressure causes the combining of rocks.
200
What is a characteristic of a sedimentary rock?
Sandy feel, pebbles, visible fossils, layers, etc.
200
What cools faster, an extrusive igneous rock or an intrusive igneous rock?
Extrusive.
200
What is someone who studies fossils called?
Paleontologist
300
The San Andreas Fault has what kind of plate movement?
Transform.
300
Igneous rocks are formed from cooling magma. What is the difference between an intrusive igneous rock and an extrusive igneous rock?
Intrusive cools beneath the surface of Earth and extrusive cools on or above the surface.
300
What is a characteristic of a metamorphic rock?
Wavy banding, looks melted together.
300
Explain how Conway Granite formed.
180 million years ago it cooled beneath the surface.
300
What is the best soccer team in the English Premier League?
Arsenal.
400
What process causes tsunamis to form from earthquakes?
Subduction
400
Sand at the beach was likely created by what processes?
Weathering and/or erosion.
400
What is the difference between a rock and mineral?
A mineral is naturally occurring, solid, not living, and has a specific chemical structure. Rocks are made of minerals.
400
What causes the rock cycle to occur?
Convection currents and weather.
400
Pawtuckaway State Park is in what towns?
Nottingham and Deerfield
500
All can answer. Write down three pieces of evidence for plate tectonics. Be prepared to explain WHY they are evidence.
Jigsaw puzzle Pangea
Mid ocean ridges
Ring of Fire
Hawaiian Islands
Fossils and/or rocks of the same type and age on separate continents that appear to match up
GPS tracking
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500
All can answer. Is the rock cycle a set process? Explain using evidence.
Answers may vary. But, it is NOT a set process.
500
All can answer. What kind of rock is this?
Gneiss
500
ALL can answer. Draw a diagram of the rock cycle that we learned about in class.
Answers will vary. See notes.
500
What is the study of birds called? All can answer.
Ornithology