Types of rocks
An Igneouns rock is formed by?
They are formed from the cooling and solidification of molten (melted) rock.
What type of rock is an Clastic?
Sedimentry rock
What is it called when to plates move to getter.
Convergent boundery
What are the layers in the mantle
The upper part of the upper core, Mantle,Asthenosphere,crust
What makes up an sedimentary rock?
Pieces (clasts) of pre-existing rocks
What would be an example of organic.
coal, lignite, oil shale, or black shale.
What is it called when to plates move appart
Divergent boundery
How many KM is the inner core
6378
What is a Metamorphic rock?
Started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original igneous, sedimentary, or earlier metamorphic form.
What type of rock would a sedimentary rock turn into if it were organic?
An organic sedimentry rock.
What is is called when to plates move along each other
Transfrom boundry
What part of Earth's crust do we live on
continetal crust
What does intrusive rock mean
Igneous rocks that form when magma cools under the earth's surface.
Is granit a non foliated rock?
Some times
What happens when an earth quake acers
Two plates hit each other
What crust is at the bottom of are oceans
ocantic crust
What dose extrusive mean?
Any igneous rock that forms from lava cooling and crystalizing on the surface of the earth's crust.
What is the cycle that moves rock to difrent
The rock cycle
Who is Alfred Wegner
German meteorologist and geophysicist
What are the layers that make up the Lithosphere
crust