Rock Cycle
Continental Drift
Plate Boundaries
PLATE BOUNDARIES
100


What are the 3 rock types?


1. Metamorphic

2. Igneous

3. Sedimentary 

100

WHAT DOES A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY MAKE?  

A) OCEAN RIDGES

B) OCEAN TRENCHES

C) SEAFLOOR SPREADING

D) SUBDUCTION ZONE

E) MOUNTAINS

CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES MAKE: 

B) OCEAN TRENCHES

D) SUBDUCTION ZONE

E) MOUNTAINS

200

WHAT IS CONTINENTAL DRIFT?

A) THE CONTINENTS WERE ONCE TOGETHER AND THEN SEPARATED 

C) THE CONTINENTS WERE ONCE TOGETHER AND ARE STILL COMBINED 

A) THE CONTINENTS WERE ONCE TOGETHER AND THEN SEPARATED

200

HOW DOES A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY MOVE? 

A) 2 PLATES MORE FAR APART

B) 2 PLATES MOVE CLOSE TOGETHER

C) 2 PLATES MOVE (SLIDE) SIDE TO SIDE

A) 2 PLATES MORE FAR APART

200

WHAT DOES A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY MAKE? 

A) MID- OCEAN RIDGES

B) OCEAN TRENCHES

C) SEAFLOOR SPREADING

D) SUBDUCTION ZONE

A) MID-OCEAN RIDGES

B) SEAFLOOR SPREADING

300

WHAT IS EROSION?

A) BREAKDOWN OF ROCKS

B) MOVEMENT OF ROCKS

C) WHERE ROCKS GET DEPOSITED 

B) MOVEMENT OF ROCKS

300

WHAT ARE THE 5 PIECES OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CONTINENTAL DRIFT?

 

1. FOSSILS

2. ROCK PATTERNS 

3. GLACIERS

4. MOUNTAIN RANGES

5. FIT LIKE A PUZZLE (JIGSAW)

300

HOW DOES A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY MOVE? 

A) 2 PLATES MORE FAR APART

B) 2 PLATES MOVE CLOSE TOGETHER

C) 2 PLATES MOVE (SLIDE) SIDE TO SIDE

B) 2 PLATES MOVE CLOSE TOGETHER

400

WHAT IS WEATHERING?

A) BREAKDOWN OF ROCKS

B) MOVEMENT OF ROCKS

C) WHERE ROCKS GET DEPOSITED 

A) BREAKDOWN OF ROCKS

400

LOOKING AT THE GRAPH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DISTANCE OVER THE YEARS? 

A) CONTINENTS STAYES THE SAME

B) CONTINENTS MOVED CLOSER

C) CONTINENTS MOVED APART 

D) MOVED RANDOMLY

C) CONTINENTS MOVED APART


THEY ARE MOVING APART BECAUSE IT IS GOING UP ANF THIS GRAPH TALKS ABOUT DISTANCE AND AGE. THE DISTANCE IS INCREASING, MEANING CONTINENTS ARE MOVING APART. 

400

HOW DOES A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY MOVE? 

A) 2 PLATES MORE FAR APART

B) 2 PLATES MOVE CLOSE TOGETHER

C) 2 PLATES MOVE (SLIDE) SIDE TO SIDE

C) 2 PLATES MOVE (SLIDE) SIDE TO SIDE

500

STUDY THIS DIAGRAM FOR THE ROCK CYCLE.

JUST THE PICTURE OF THE ROCKS! 

IGNEOUS- SHINY

METAMORPHIC - HAS WAVY LINES

SEDIMENTARY- IS LAYERED

500

WHAT DOES A CONVECTION CURRENT DO? 

A) THEY SINK

B) ITS A LOOP WHERE IT CAN SINK OR RISE WITH COLD AND HOT

B) ITS A LOOP WHERE IT CAN SINK OR RISE WITH COLD AND HOT

500

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR FOSSILS, LIKE A CYNGOGNATHUS (A LARGE BODIES ANIMAL) TO BE ON 2 DIFFERENT CONTINENTS? 

HINT: THEY CAN NOT SWIM AND CAN NOT FLY!


WHEN THEY DIED, THE WERE BURIED/DECOMPOSED AND THE CONTINENTS SEPARATED SO SOME FOSSILS STAYED AND SOME LEFT TO THE OTHER CONTINENT

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