A collision at a converging boundary between two pieces of continental crust produces a
What is mountain range
100
A rock that forms from the cooling of lava at the surface and/ or magma below the surface is called
What is igneous rock
100
Before lava reaches the surface it is called
What is magma
100
The name of the Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
What is pangaea
100
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is cause by
What is convection currents in the mantle
200
A place where two plates grind past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a
What is transform boundary
200
During the rock cycle, a collision between a continental plate and an oceanic plate could force one plate down toward the heat of the mantle, which would produce what type of rock
What is metamorphic rock
200
Volcanic belts form along
What is the boundaries of Earth's plates
200
What technology did scientists use in the mid-1900s to map the mid-ocean ridge
What is sonar
200
True/False: Earth has twelve to fifteen very large plates
What is true
300
The name of the current geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the THEORY OF
What is Plate Tectonics
300
True/False: Continents move along with the plate they are part of
What is true
300
The shaking that results from the movement of rocks beneath Earth's surface causes
What is earthquakes
300
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
What is along the mid-ocean ridges
300
True/False: Earth's plates fit closely together with each plate touching all the plates that are next to it
What is true
400
A rift valley forms at a
What is divergent plate boundary
400
Geologist obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by
What is recording and studying seismic waves
400
An earthquake is caused by sudden shifts in which of the following layers of Earth
What is crust
400
The 3 types of evidence Wegener gave for Continental Drift are
What is Landforms, Fossils, climate
400
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers
What is crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
500
Mid-ocean ridges are found
What is in all of Earth's oceans
500
A dense ball of solid metal is
What is Earth's inner core
500
If geologist detect many small earthquakes in the area near a volcano, what can they infer about the volcano
What is probably about to erupt
500
A series of processes on Earth's surface and interior that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another is called
What is the rock cycle
500
Heat from deep in the Earth's interior is transferred to its crust by which of the following?