Igneous Rocks
Change
Grandma's dishes
Slip sliding away
Miscellaneous
100
This determines the crystal size in minerals
What is cooling time
100
A property of rock which increases when it is becomes metamorphic
What is density?
100
The Earth is made up of at least a dozen of these
What is plates?
100
Two plates moving away from each other
What is divergent boundary?
100
Faults and earthquakes occur here
What is transform boundary?
200
Formed for the cooling of a hot molten mass of rock.
What is igneous rock.
200
Forces which make rock metamorphic
What is heat and pressure?
200
The force that moves the tectonic plates around
What is convection currents in the mantle?
200
The boundary characterized by volcanic islands
What is oceanic oceanic?
200
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa is one
What is divergent boundary?
300
When a rock is cooled underground
What is intrusive
300
A metamorphic rock used as a black board in schools for decades
What is slate?
300
Where new ocean crust is formed
What is ocean ridges?
300
The boundary characterized by volcanic mountain range.
What is oceanic continental?
300
Where old crust is destroyed
What is deep sea trench?
400
When a rock is cooled rapidly in water or exposed to air.
What is extrusive?
400
A popular metamorphic rock from limestone found in bathroom counter tops
What is marble?
400
Evidence provided by magnetic bands supports this theory
What is seafloor spreading?
400
Boundary which forms folded mountain ranges such as the Himalayas.
What is continental continental?
400
One of the most famous or infamous faults in the world
What is the San Andreas Fault?
500
The igneous rock that makes up most of the state of California
What is granite?
500
Sandstone's metamorphic counterpart which is used in flagstone patios
What is quartzite?
500
The oldest crust
What is continental crust?
500
Where most divergent boundaries are found
What is underwater/seafloor?
500
What did all of these earthquakes have in common; Kobe, Northridge, Loma Prieta, Mexico City
What is unstable ground subject to liquefaction?
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