It's an Earth Thing
Pieces of Earth's crust
What are tectonic plates?
Transitions of rocks through repetitive stages
What is the Rock Cycle
The breakdown of rocks or minerals at or near the Earth's surface
The kind of rock most likely to contain fossils
What is sedimentary rock
A place where two tectonic plates meet
What is a plate boundary?
This layer of earth consists of the crust and upper mantle
What is lithosphere
These rocks are formed by the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
What are Igneous Rocks
Breaking down of rocks by changing the chemical composition
What is chemical weathering?
The law that describes how the oldest layers are often found at the bottom of a series of rocks
What is the law of superposition?
This type of plate boundary forms volcanoes, trenches, and mountains?
What is a Convergent Boundary?
A volcanically active location that is not near a plate boundary
What is a hot spot?
These rocks form from heat and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks
The breakdown of rocks or minerals by physical means
What is physical (or mechanical) weathering?
This means to compare two objects but not give a specific age
What is relative dating?
A plate boundary where the plates are sliding past each other
What is a transform boundary?
The reason plates move
What are convection currents?
These rocks form from sediments and oftentimes make layers
What are sedimentary rocks
The placement of rocks
What is deposition?
These types of features are younger than the rocks they cut through
What are cross cutting relationships?
Plates that are moving away from each other
What is a divergent boundary?
A divergent boundary found underwater. Where seafloor spreading occurs.
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
The energy that drives the rock cycle comes from this location in Earth
What is Earth's Core?
The transportation of broken down material
What is erosion?
Put these rock layers and events in order from oldest to youngest
What is B,T,N,H,R,M,K,C,G,S
When one plate sinks below another plate
What is subduction