Plate Tectonics
Define Science
What is the system of acquring knowledge through systematic experimentaion.
How many minerals make a rock?
2 or moree
Define a Fault
A break in the earths crust
Identify the three types of Volcanoes
Cinder Cones
Sheild Volcanoes
Compostie Volcanoes
At times when there forced towards each orher they crumble...
Uplift
What is Mealted Rock called
Magma
The underground orgin of earthquakes is
The Focus
What is Volcanoes form of
Maga
How many major plates are there?
12
Idenitfy the two igneous rocks.
Extrusive Intrusive
Above the focus id the...
Epicenter
One effect of The world caused by volacanoes...
Can change Earths Climate for severl years
What are Plates formed out of
Lithosphere
Idenitfythe difference Granitic and Basltic
Light-colored =granitic
Dark-colored=Basltic
Who study earthquakes
Seidmologits
Magama is ....
Melted rock that found beneath the surface of the earth
Two tectonic plates move towards each other one is formed down wards. This is called...
Subtuction
Define Fossils
A fossils is the remains or trace of a one living plant or animal
What happens when earthquakes occur on ocean floor?
Tsunamis
Tsunamis can travel up to speeds as....
700 to 800