The Rock Cycle
Weathering
The broken up pieces of the crust are called
Plate Tectonics
Name one of the four major resources we talked about in class.
Soil, Water, Minerals, and Oil
Who presented the theory of continental drift?
Weneger
This tool measures P Waves and S waves.
Seismograph
Magma that is cooled and hardened turns into what kind of rock?
Igneous
The time and spatial scale of mountain building is what?
Large and Gradual
What is oil made of?
Dead Marine Organisms
Similar rock layers found on different continents provides evidence for?
Continental Drift
This natural disaster is caused by air heating unevenly
Tornado
These are the two types of processes that drive the rock cycle.
Interior and Surface Processes
This is the zone where one plate falls to the core of the Earth.
Subduction Zone
Why would different climates have different soil types?
Different decomposers, plant, and parent rock.
What is the name of the fern fossil that was found in India, Antarctica, South America, and Australia?
Glossopteris
These types of processes are caused by weathering and erosion.
Surface Processes
Weathering and Erosion are examples of what kind of process?
Surface
The upper mantle and the crust this special layers of the Earth's Crust.
Lithosphere
What would finding an area rich in gold tell you about the past geology of the location.
Once a location of a volcano, mountain, plate collision.
These types of deposits have been found in India, Africa, and South America
Glacial
This tool is used to follow storms
Radar
Name one reason the rock cycle is important and why?
resources, landmarks, Earth's history
Ocean ridges provide evidence for what?
Seafloor Spreading
What would finding an area rich in oil tell you about the past geology of that location.
Was once an ocean.
True or False: Ocean Ridges are the "birthplace" of new crust
True
Places that are prone to flooding, like New Orleans build these to help protect the land.
Dams or Levees