Plate Tectonics
The Earth is not a solid ball of ______________.
What is rock?
_____________________ is molten rock on the inside of the volcano/Earth.
What is magma?
This rock has a root word that means fire.
What is igneous rock?
The ring of fire is found on this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
_____________ is the process by which rocks are broken down.
What is weathering?
The Earth is made up of ______ layers.
What is four?
___________________ is molten rock on the outside of the volcano/Earth.
What is lava?
________________ rocks are made of fossils, sediments, sand, and other rock.
What are sedimentary rocks?
This coast of the United States is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire.
What is the west coast?
____________ is the movement of rocks and sediments.
What is erosion?
The ___________ ____________ is the center of the Earth.
What is the inner core?
__________% of the Earth's earthquakes occur in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
What is 90%?
Metamorphic rocks are formed from high heat and high _________________.
What is pressure?
The Pacific Ring of Fire got its name from the ring of __________ that circle the Pacific Ocean.
What are volcanoes?
Tiny pieces of broken down rock are called _________.
What are sediments?
The __________________ of the Earth is broken into pieces called plates.
What is the crust?
Volcanoes are formed by _____________________ plate boundaries.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
______________ rocks are formed from the cooling and hardening of magma or lava.
What are igneous rocks?
The Pacific Plate under the Pacific Ocean is __________ than the plate under the continents.
What is heavier?
Weathering and erosion work together to change how our _____________________ looks.
What is environment?
The rocky plates float on the mantle and are in constant motion. This is called ____________ ___________.
What is plate tectonics?
______________________ are formed when an ocean plate dives below its neighbor and creates a bend.
What is a trench?
The _________ _________ is the process of rocks changing from one type to another.
What is the rock cycle?
____________% of all volcanoes on Earth are in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The ___________ __________ was an experiment we did that showed how weathering and erosion work together to create change.