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What landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?

mountains

volcanos


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What type of rock is changed by melting and cooling? 

Igneous rock

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What is the earth's crust made of?

Solid rock

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What type of plate boundary? 

Convergent plate boundary
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What type of geological events would create rapid changes to the earth's crust

Earthquake, tornado, volcano eruption 

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What landforms are formed at divergent boundaries?

mid ocean ridge

rift valleys


200

What type of rock is changes mainly by weathering and erosion? 

Sedimentary Rock 

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What is the mantle made up of?

magma

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What type of plate boundary is? 

Divergent plate boundary

200

How are most Tsunamis caused? Be specific with severity. 

Earthquakes with a magnitude over 7. 

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What landforms are at transform boundaries?

fault lines

rift valleys

earthquakes 

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What type of rock is made by heat and pressure?

Metamorphic rock

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What is the earth's inner core made mostly of? 

Iron and Nickel

300

Transform boundary 

400

How do fossilized marine life end up on a mountain? Describe the process in steps 

1. Fish die and move to the bottom of the ocean

2. Sediments are buried 

3. Plate tectonic plates collide creating a mountain

4. Wind water and ice erode the surface, uncovering fossils

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How does sedimentary become igneous rock?

melting and cooling

400
Where is the lithosphere?

The outer layer of the earth?

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What landform and process is this? 


Convection currents in the mantle creating a mid ocean ridge. 

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Which of the following tectonic plate boundaries is found at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Divergent Plate Boundary.

500

How does igneous become sedimentary rock?

Weathering and erosion

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Where is the athenosphere?

part of the upper mantle just below the lithosphere