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Continental Drift
Rocks and Minerals
Geologic Features and the Rock Cycle
Layers of Earth
Tectonic Plates
100

 Alfred Wegener’s theory that all continents were once joined and have since drifted apart.

What is continental drift?

100
Rock formed from cooling of melted rock (magma/lava)
What is igneous?
100

The name of the famous transform fault in California known for frequent earthquakes.

What is the San Andreas Fault?

100
The outermost layer of Earth
What is the crust?
100

The plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.

What is a transform boundary?

200

The name of the supercontinent that once existed.

What is Pangea?

200
Rock formed from heat and pressure on any other kind of rock
What is metamorphic?
200

The type of boundary that created the Himalayan Mountains

What is a constructive boundary?

200
What many scientists think is responsible for the movement of plates
What are convection currents?
200
This type of boundary occurs when plates collide.

What is a convergent boundary?

300
The finest grained category of weathered rock in soil
What is clay?
300
Bits of weathered rock that have been compacted and cemented together
What is sedimentary rock?
300

These are the remains or traces of ancient organisms often found in sedimentary rock.

What are fossils?

300

The four layers of the Earth 

What are crust, outer core, inner core and mantle?

300

This can happen when transform boundaries cause a fault

What is an earthquake?

400

Two types of non-climate evidence Wegener used to support his theory.

What are matching fossils and the "puzzle-piece" fit of coastlines?

400
The type of rock where fossils generally form
What is sedimentary rock?
400

The process where sediment is glued together by minerals to form rock.

What is cementation?

400
The majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur here.
What is the edges of the tectonic plates?
400

This process adds new material to the ocean floor as plates move apart.

What is seafloor spreading?

500

This specific reptile fossil was found in both Africa and South America, proving the landmasses were once connected.

What is the Mesosaurus?

500

The property of a mineral that describes how it reflects light (e.g., metallic or glassy).

What is lustre?

500

This feature forms on land when two continental plates pull apart, like in East Africa.

What is a Rift Valley

500
The layer of molten metals that is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field
What is the outer core?
500

The region surrounding the Pacific Ocean characterized by many volcanoes and earthquakes.

What is the ring of fire?