The Alps Reading
The Alps are located in
South-Central Europe
Tectonic Plates are
Move very slowly, bumping into each other, sliding past each other, and pulling away from each other. This causes earthquakes, mountains, and even the continents to move around over millions of years.
A fossil is
The remains or imprint of animal or plant life preserved in rock.
Rocks that form when pressure, temperature, or chemical processes change existing rock
Metamorphic Rock
The rock cycle only occurs underground
False
There are this many countries that the Alps makes a crescent shape through
8 Countries
Avalanches are
A large amount of snow that quickly moves down a slope
This rock layer is the oldest
A
The process by which igneous rocks are formed
Melting and cooling
____ rock forms from magma/lava.
Igneous Rock
The Alps got formed by
By colliding tectonic plates
Subduction is
Subduction is the action of two tectonic plates colliding and the less dense plate, submerges underneath the denser one.
Fossils give scientists evidence of
Earth's History
The name rock is given when it's broken down into smaller pieces
Sediment
This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled at the bottom of a valley millions of years ago.
Sedimentary Rock
This sea is next to the Maritime Alps
Mediterranean Sea
Climate Change is
Refers to the long-term changes in global temperatures and other characteristics of the atmosphere.
Looking at rock layers helps us learn about Earth's history
Finding fossils in the rock layers can help tell us about the types of plants and animals that lived in the area. As well as what conditions they lived in.
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another. Can be caused by water, wind, ice, and gravity.
Erosion
The changing of rocks from one type to another
The Rock Cycle
This sea is South of the Eastern Alps
Adriatic Sea
Erosion is
The process when materials on a land surface are broken down and carried by the wind, water, or ice.
A tree fossil was found in a layer of rock under a large lake. What might that tell scientists about the history of the area?
Finding a tree fossil under a lake can give scientists some evidence that the lake was not always there an that in history, the area was dry ground at some point.
Metamorphic rocks can become igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks
True
We live in this continent
North America