Plate Motion
What are the large pieces of Earth's outer layer called?
Tectonic plates
Name one of the three major rock types.
Igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic
What phase change occurs when ice becomes liquid water?
Melting
What is a population?
A group of the same species living in the same area.
What is 12 × 8?
96
What layer do tectonic plates move on top of?
The mantle
What type of rock forms when magma cools and hardens?
Igneous rock
What phase change occurs when liquid water becomes water vapor?
Evaporation
What happens when births exceed deaths?
The population grows.
What is wrong with this sentence: They took they're ball to the park, so they could play soccer.
They're should be their
What type of boundary forms when two plates move apart?
Divergent boundary
What process breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
Weathering
What phase change occurs when water vapor becomes liquid water?
What is an example of competition?
Snakes and Hawks eating small birds
Who was the fourth President of the United States?
James Madison
What type of boundary forms when two plates move toward each other?
Convergent boundary
What type of rock forms from heat and pressure?
Metamorphic rock
During heating, do particles move faster or slower?
Faster
Give one example of a resource organisms compete for.
Food, water, shelter, space, sunlight, etc.
What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?
Hedwig
What process occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate?
Subduction
What type of rock forms from compacted and cemented sediments?
Sedimentary rock
Which state of matter has particles moving the fastest?
Gas
What happens to a population if resources become scarce?
The population decreases