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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alfred Wagner discovered what super continent? | Pangea |
| The atlantic ocean is growing due to what process? | Sea floor spreading |
| The tectonic plates move because the heating and cooling of the asthenosphere, which is created by what? | convection currents |
| The earth is divded into 7 major and 22 minor what? | 7 major and 22 minor lithiosphereic plates |
| Most metamorphic rocks form what? | non foliated rocks |
| What is the process called when tectonic plates collide? | subduction |
| Erosion and depostion are in the process of making what rock? | sedimentary |
| What descibes a rocks texture? | grains, rough, smooth |
| What could a geoligist use to determine what kind of a mineral is in a rock? | the texture, shape, form, hardness, and streak |
| What are some of the forces that ware down rock? | weathering, erosion |
| Oraganic rock is sedimentary rock that formed from the remains of | mountains and other rocks |
| Geologists classify rocks according to | color and texture |
| heat and pressure change metamorphic rock into | foliated rock |
| Put terms in order | 1 depostion2 compaction3 cementaion4 erosion |
| what properties did you look for in rocks to determine what it was? | color, textures, streak, and density |
| what clues did you try to find? | the shape and weight |
| what resoureces could you use to help you to help |