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What are tectonic plates?
Enormous moving pieces floating on the magma underneath Earth's crust.
Frost wedging happens when_________?
Water freezes inside of a rock causing it to break.
What are the three basic interactions?
Divergent Boundaries, Convergent Boundaries, Transform Boundaries
How is a valley formed?
Moving Glaciers
What is the Rock cycle?
The different stages of Three different types of rocks
Where are tectonic plates located?
Underneath earths crust.
Sand particles carried by wind can grind against the surface of rocks. This is called__________?
Abrasion
What are Divergent Boundaries?
It is areas when plates move away from each other, Forming either mid-oceanic ridges or rift valley's .
How is a mountain formed?
They are formed by the movements of earths crust and tectonic plates.
What are the three different types of rocks in the rock cycle?
Sedimentary Rock, Metamorphic Rock, Igneous Rock
Where is the San Andreas fault located?
California
Rill and Gully erosion are caused by__________?
Water.
What are Convergent Boundaries.
It is a actively deforming region where two or more tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
How is a Volcano formed.
Volcanos form when magma from the earths upper mantel works its way to the surface.
How is Metamorphic rock formed?
It is made underground through, and is formed by heat and pressure and chemical reactions.
Where are convection currents located?
The upper layer of the mantle.
Soil is made of __________?
Water, Organic Material, Minerals, Weathered Rock.
What are transform boundaries?
It is a type of fault whos relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction.
How is a trench formed?
From a subduction zone.
How is Sedimentary Rock formed?
It is formed from particles of pre-existing sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous rock that is deposited or compacted and cemented together by natural processes.
What and where is a fault line?
It is the surface trace of a fault. It is between the fault plane and the earth's surface.
Soil formation is mostly caused by__________?
Rainfall
What does a convergent boundaries form?
They form Mountain Ranges.
How is a subduction formed?
They are formed by the collision between two oceanic plates of certain types
How is Igneous Rock formed?
It is formed by cooling and solidification of magma or lava