Earth Processes
What type of tectonic plate boundary involves a collision between two plates?
Convergent
In what type of rock can you sometimes find fossils?
Sedimentary
This zone receives the most direct sunlight year round
Tropical Zone
These are the four types of fossils we discussed
Trace, Mold, Cast, Petrified
What are the two types of eclipses?
Solar and Lunar
What type of tectonic plate boundary involves a division of two plates?
Divergent
How are igneous rocks formed?
The Uppermost layer of the Earth is called...
The crust
Why is the ozone layer so important?
It blocks harmful UV rays from the earth
Which phase comes after the new moon phase?
Waxing Crescent
Describe the movement of air in a convection cell
Warm air rises, cool air sinks
The breaking down of a rock into fragments by wind, rain, snow, and ice is called...
Weathering
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is called:
Subduction
The strength of seismic waves of an earthquake is called
Magnitude
What is the difference between a convergent and divergent boundary?
Convergent- colliding
Divergent - dividing
This is the process by which new molten material, that lies under the ocean, rises up and pushes the existing plates aside, causing new oceanic crust as it moves.
Seafloor Spreading
Rocks formed when other rocks are changed by heat and pressure
Metamorphic
This climate zone has distinct rainy and dry seasons
Tropical wet and dry
This type of boundary neither produces nor destroys crust
Transform
BONUS: How many years has Ms. B been teaching in Greenville?
4!
These two processes change pieces of rock, minerals, or other materials into sedimentary rock
compaction and cementation
The process that lays down sediment in a new location:
Deposition
The beginning point of an earthquake:
Focus
Name the planets in order from the sun
Mercury Venus
Earth Mars
Jupiter Saturn
Uranus Neptune
What are the three criteria needed to be classified as a planet
1. must be round
2. must orbit the sun
3. must clear surroundings