Words to Know
Plate Tectronics
A scientist who studies the history and structure of the Earth especially as recorded in rocks
Many geologists believe that all the continents once formed one big continent called this
Pangaea
Sometimes when plates move, openings are formed in the crust. These openings are called
Volcanoes
all rocks are made of this
minerals
a hole in the Earth's surface through which magma pours through the mantle
Volcano
Rocks formed by many different rock particles cementing together
Sedimentary Rocks
The movement of plate tectonics causes these
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Formation of Mountains
Volcanoes can form in these two places
On Continents or on ocean floors
this is a kind of rock made form hardened clay
Shale
A deep long valley in the ocean floor
Trench
Metamorphic Rocks
A piece of the Earths crust is called this
A Plate
When volcanoes occur on the ocean floor, they can create these
Islands
the wearing away of soil
Erosion
the process that breaks down rocks and minerals
Waethering
Rocks formed from Magma
Igneous Rocks
When one plate gets pushed down under another, this is formed
A Trench
True or False - the Hawaiian islands were formed when volcanoes occurred on the ocean floor
True
Valleys cut by glaciers are this letter shape
V shaped
Melted rock squeezed up from the Earth's Mantle
Magma
The three types of rock`
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Many of the earthquakes you see in the news occur along the west coast of this continent
The American Continent
In the year 79 AD, a volcano erupted in this city in Italy. Today you can see stone shapes cast by people who were surprised by the eruption. What is the name of this city?
Pompeii
Valleys cut by glaciers are this letter shape
U shaped