Plate Tectonics
movement of plates around the surface of the Earth
What is plate tectonics?
forms from lava and magma
What is igneous rocks?
What is the ozone layer?
lines of equal pressure?
What is isobars?
what the Earth revolves around
What is the Sun?
when plates move together
What is convergent?
compaction and cementing of broken pieces of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
the first layer of the atmosphere
What is troposphere?
storage location for water
What is reservoirs?
what we get when our Earth rotates
What is night and day?
when plates move apart
What is divergent?
existing rocks are changed by heat or pressure underground
What is metamorphic rocks?
the layer that contains the ozone layer
What is stratosphere?
small bodies of fresh water
What is pond?
the hottest star color
What is blue?
when plates move sideways
What is transform?
igneous rocks that have larger crystals
What is intrusive igneous rocks?
the outer layer in the atmosphere
What is Exosphere?
Large bodies of fresh water
What is lake?
what the tilt of the Earth causes
What is seasons?
name of the supercontinent
What is Pangea?
when rocks break apart
What is weathering?
The middle layer in the atmosphere
What is the mesosphere?
bodies of water that have a current
what is streams and rivers?
the brightness of a star