Rock Cycle
A rock can be transformed into any other type of rock by going through the rock cycle, true or false?
what is, true?
What is the wave that often comes after a underwater earthquake?
What is a, tsunami?
What type of plate boundary causes mountains?
What are, convergent boundaries?
What happens to older oceanic crust as new rock is formed during seafloor spreading?
what is, it is pushed away from the mid-ocean ridge?
The inner and outer core both consist of what two items,
Nickel and Iron
What type of rock forms when heat and pressure change the structure, texture, or composition of sedimentary rock?
What is, metamorphic rock?
What is the highest risk place for earthquakes in the United States called?
What is, the Ring of Fire?
There are over _____ volcanoes in the world. What is the blank?
What is, 500?
What type of plates slide past each other?
What is a, transform boundary?
Where are the tectonic plates located?
What is, the Lithosphere?
In the rock cycle, this is when sediments are placed into a new location to eventually become new sedimentary rock.
what is, deposition?
What is the point directly above the earthquakes hypocenter?
What is, the epicenter?
__% of volcanoes and earthquakes happen in the Ring of Fire. What is the percentage?
What events are most common along plate boundaries?
What are, earthquakes and volcanoes?
What does the acronym "CMC" stand for?
Crust, Mantle, Core
What are most rocks composed of?
What are, minerals?
The earthquake had a ____________ of 6.3 last week! What is the blank?
Where are the most active volcanoes?
What is, the Ring of Fire?
Subduction is when one plate goes under another plate. What causes this plate to go under the other plate?
What is, a more dense plate?
How many layers of the Earth are there?
what is, 5 layers?
What is molten rock under the ground?
What is, magma?
The Ring of Fire goes from
What is, Asia -> California, U.S.A
Hawaiian Islands are
what is, volcanic?
What is the process by which new oceanic crust is added?
What does the acronym, "LAMOI" stand for?
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core