Rock Cycle
The rock cycle takes ________ of years.
A) Hundereds
B) Thousands
C) Millions
D) Billions
c) Millions
In a divergent boundary, the plates...
a) come together
b) move apart
c) press against each other and move in opposite directions
b) move apart
A _______ is usually formed by water cutting down rocks over millions of years.
A) Butte
B) Plateau
C) Canyon
C) Canyon
What is the tool called on the map that shows the cardinal directions North, South, East, and West?
Compass Rose
What is Minnesota's state bird?
The common loon (or the loon)
What is it called when earth materials are worn away and broken down by natural forces (like wind and water)?
Erosion
Transform boundaries usually create less intense earthquakes than convergent boundaries.
True or False
False, Transform boundaries have a higher chance of creating more intense earthquakes.
How is a butte different from a plateau?
A plateau is much bigger (big enough for animals to graze on).
What type of map highlights physical features such as mountains, rivers, and deserts?
Physical map
We end the golden shovel ceremony with the sentence "long live ________ _______"
Mother Earth
Rock is pushed way deep in the earth, melts, and then cools and hardens to form a new rock.
What type of rock is this?
Igneous
When a continental and oceanic plate come together in a convergent boundary, it creates a ___________ ________
subduction zone
In ________, there is a place where you can touch two plate boundaries at the same time.
Iceland
What type of map shows boundaries between states, countries, and cities?
Political map
Minnesota is known for its farming of _________ and ___________.
Corn and Soybeans
Under a lot of ______ and _______, one type of rock turns into another type of rock.
Which layer of the earth contains the tectonic plates?
The Asthenosphere
What is the main underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
satellites OR GPS
What are Mrs. Cuneos three big science values?
Connected, creative, and curious
Draw the rock cycle (you may abreviate the rock types)
Metamorphic <-- sedimentary --> igneous
Draw and label an oreo with the corresponding layers of the earth (based on our activity).
You should have a top layer, a middle layer, and a bottom layer.
Top layer (cookie)- Lithosphere
Middle layer (icing) - Asthenosphere
Bottom layer (cookie) - Mesosphere
The grand canyon features mostly ________ rocks.
Sedimentary
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what kind of rock?
igneous