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Define: Rock Cycle
A process that slowly change rocks from one kind to another
Only happens to igneous rocks
Happens to only chemical rocks
A process that quickly change rocks from one kind to another
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This plate is:
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
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What are the 3 types of rocks?
Cementation, Solidification, Mortification
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
All The Above
they are all rocks
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where are plate tectonics located
S waves
under LA
p waves
crust and upper mantle of the Earth
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The Mantle creates the Earth's Magnetic Field
True
False
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What drives continental drift
Conduction curents
Convection currents
Contusion currents
Concussion currents
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How many types of rocks are there?
4
3
2
1
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what is Continental Drift
Theory that earth's lithosphere is in constant motion
the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across earth's surface.
i have no idea
its a thing when the earth moves
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The lithosphere consists of the _______________and the __________
asthenosphere and crust
outer core and inner core
asthenosphere and upper most mantle
crust and uppermost mantle
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Which layer of the Earth contains convection currents?
Crust
Outer core
Inner core
Mantle
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Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift was replaced by the Theory of
crustal forces
plate tectonics
paleomagnetism
paleomorfism
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What types of rocks come from Volcanoes?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
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When did the Earth form?
46 billion years ago
4.6 million years ago
46 million years ago
4.6 billion years ago
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Tectonic Plate
The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.
The region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere.
A section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere.
whree the mantle comes out of the Earth
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Plate Tectonics Is Caused By _______?
Convection Currents
Radiation Currents
Magma Currents
Conduction Currents
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One way Scientists learned about the layers of the Earth is from:
Space technology
subduction zones
The water cycle
Seismic (earthquake) waves
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What distinguishes the different layers of the Earth?
the properties of the layers
The amount of layers
the number of layers
Floridians should dress in layers
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This plate is:
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
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This plate is:
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
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what causes the rock cycle?
tectonic plates
weathering & erosion
lithification
heat & pressure
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How do plate tectonics
relate
to the
forming
of the
crust
of the Earth?
triangle and circle
none of the above
the plates are side by side
they push together and form a mountain
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Who theorized the drift of continental drift?
Albert Einstein
Ben Franklin
Alfred Wegener
Harry Hess
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Which two theories did the Theory of Plate Tectonics come from?
Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading
Continental Split and Seafloor Rising
Continental Spreading and Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift and Seafloor Rising
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What are the 2 types of metamorphic rocks
Non- foliated
Intrusive
Extrusive
Foliated
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What is NOT true of plate tectonics?
They are caused mainly by human impacts on climate.
They are constantly moving
They are stationary
They are caused by earthquakes.
