Types of boundaries
A plate boundary name, where one plate is forced under the other
What is convergent plate boundary
The inner most layer of Earth is called..
What is the inner core
In a series of rocks, which rock is usually the oldest?
What is the rock on the bottom
Evidence of past life
What is a Fossil
The giant landmass the broke apart due to plates moving is called...
What is Pangea
Which plate boundary type has an addition of new rock
Divergent plate boundary
What are the two types of Crust we have?
What are oceanic & continental
Small sections of rock, they look like lines, are called...
What is strata
A view of the inside of something
What is a cross section
A converging plate boundary makes what type of landform?
What is a trench
The plate boundary between South America and Africa must've been... what type of boundary
What is a divergent plate boundary
What is the mantle made of?
What is Hot, liquid rock (Plasma)
What is the process scientists use to determine how old something is - relativly
What is relative dating
A very large section of Earth's outer layer
What is a plate
The process that divergent plate boundaries do (moving away) is called what...
What is sea floor spreading
In a sequence of events, which geologic process would occur first? Earthquakes, plate motion, volcanoes
What is plates move
Why is the inner core of Earth a solid?
What is pressure
Says that landforms on earth are caused by major catastrophies
What is catastrophism
A feature that forms on the surface of a planet
What is a landform
What is the nickname for the pacific plate?
What is the ring of fire
Draw a quick diagram of both a convergent and a divergent plate boundary
(one under the other) - convergent
(Triangle shape, meet @ top)
What occurs in the Mantle that causes the plates to move?
What are convection currents
List the three processes that shape Earth's surface
Uniformitarianism, catastrophism, gradualism
Liquid rock below the surface
What are the 3 classifications of a volcano
Dormant, active, extinct