Rocks
Plate Boundaries
Earthquakes, Mountains, and Volcanoes
Vocabulary
Mystery Box
100
Which type of rock is formed by melting and cooling lava or magma?
Igneous rocks
100
What is name of this type of plate boundary?
Transform
100
Which geological event occurs at transform plate boundaries?
Earthquakes
100
What is magma that has reached the earth's surface called?
Lava
100
How many students are in enrolled in this class?
8A=26, 8B=23, 8C=23, 8D=22, 8E=17, 8F=24
200
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
By applying intense heat and pressure to an already formed rock
200
Which type of plate boundary can create mid-ocean ridges?
Divergent plate boundary
200
Which type of plate boundary creates some of the largest mountain ranges in the world?
Continental-continental convergent plate boundaries
200
What is the name of the scientist who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
200
What is the highest grossing movie of all-time?
Avatar
300
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering is break down of rocks into smaller sediments. Erosion is the process that moves the sediments by wind or water.
300
What is this type of plate boundary?
Convergent plate boundary
300
Which volcanoes can occur in the middle of a plate, rather than the plate boundary?
Hot spot volcanoes
300
What is the name of the crust and the upper portion of the mantle?
The lithosphere
300
Which athlete has the most Olympic medals of all time?
Michael Phelps?
400
What is the parent rock of marble?
Limestone
400
What is the process of one plate sliding under another and back into the mantle called?
Subduction
400
What is the name of the break in a rock that causes an earthquake?
A fault
400
What is the name of the supercontinent that Australia was a part of 135 million years ago?
Gondwana
400
What is the worlds most popular language?
Mandarin
500
How are sedimentary rocks formed? Provide details.
Small pieces of sediment are broken off an already formed rock by weathering and then moved to a new location by erosion and deposited there. Over time, more sediments are laid on top eventually resulting in compaction of the particles and cementation of the particles together.
500
What is the evidence for plate tectonics?
Ridge push, slab pull or convection currents
500
The mid-ocean ridge is an example of a ____________________ boundary and ___________________ occurs here where new ocean floor is formed.
divergent boundary; sea-floor spreading
500
What is the area on the surface of the Earth above where an earthquake starts?
The epicentre
500
What is the largest company in the world?
Walmart