Earth
What is the first layer of the Earth?
The crust
What directions do the pates move?
all(north, south, east, west)
What rock comes from a volcano?
Igneous rock
What are mountains made of?
rocks
How are sedimentary rocks made?
Sediments pressing together
What is the second layer of the Earth?
Mantle
Can plate tectonic's move continents? True of false?
True
What is an extinct volcano?
A volcano that is never to be considered to erupt again because the magma supply is none
What is the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Does the rock cycle every stop?
No it never stops.
What is the third layer of the Earth?
Outer Core
True or False. The plates keep moving and are still moving and are still moving today?
True
What are the two kind of volcanic eruptions?
Quiet and explosive eruptions
What forms mountains?
Volcanic activity and erosion
How do metamorphic rocks turn into magma turn into magma and lava?
Melting
What is the fourth layer of the Earth?
Inner core
What is divergent boundary?
The boundary go away from each other
How might a volcano be hazardous for plants and animals that live near by?
The volcano could be hazardous because of the gases in the air or the lava flows.
What is the longest Mountain range in the world?
Andes Mountain range
How do igneous rocks turn into metamorphic rocks?
Heat and pressure
What is the lithosphere?
It is the first 100 km in the crust and mantle
What is a convergent boundary?
They go towards each other
What part of the volcano moves the magma up to the top of the volcano?
Though the pipe the magma comes though to the top of the volcano
Give two examples of mountain ranges in the world that have been caused by folding
Two examples include Andes and the Himalayas.
Explain the rock cycle
Forces deep inside the Earth and at the surface produce a slow cycle that builds, destroys, and changes the rock in the crusts