Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
NC Geology and Mass Movements
100
This type of rock is more likely to contain fossils.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
This type of plate boundary causes the formation of the mid-ocean ridges.
What is a divergent boundary?
200
This must happen for lava to transform into igneous rock.
What is cooling?
200
This is the cause of oceanic plates subducting beneath continental plates at convergent boundaries.
What is the relative density of basaltic oceanic crust compared to continental granitic crust
200
This is a name given for the region shaded in red due to its many earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
200
All of these events are preceded or characterized by seismic events.
what are volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis?
200
Unlike the piedmont or blue ridge regions, the outer banks of North Carolina (located within the coastal plains region) can change dramatically within the span of human lifetime. This is the cause of such changes.
What is ocean water?
300
Because sediment is deposited in horizontal layers, rock age ______ (increases/decreases) as depth of rock increases.
What is increases?
300
This type of plate boundary produces mountain ranges. (include plate type)
What is a convergent boundary (continental-continental)?
300
This is a step in the process by which an earthquake's epicenter may be determined.
What is plotting a circle around each of (at least) 3 seismograph stations with a radius equal to the distance of each station from the epicenter?
300
This type of plate boundary is most likely to produce a volcano. 
What is a convergent boundary?
300
These are the three geographic regions of North Carolina.
What is Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plains?
400
These are the three types of particles that are used to classify soil types.
sand, silt and clay.
400
The Eyjafjallajkull volcano in Iceland sits on top of this type of plate boundary.
What is a divergent boundary?
400
The roots of trees and other vegetation on hillsides hold soil in place. This mass movement might result from clearcutting forests on hillsides.
What is a landslide?
500
Frost wedging is classified under this type of weathering.
What is mechanical weathering?
500
This is the deadliest natural disaster in the US.
Flash floods