HOT ROCKS Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Subduction | Relates to convection currents, gravity and rock density |
Weathering | Is where the rain, acid rain or wind breaks big rocks into little rocks (sediments) |
Erosion | Wind or Water carries sediments away to another place |
Volcano | Erupting mountain which spits out lava |
Lithosphere | The upper part of the mantle and the crust |
Igneous Rocks | Rocks that come from the mantle of the earth, which is comprised of molten rock (lava) |
Sedimentary Rocks | Rocks that are either made of eroded rocks or from coral reefs in the ocean. |
Metamorphic Rocks | Rocks that have changed by heat and/or pressure |
San Andreas Fault | A fault in California where the North American and the Pacific tectonic plates meet and slide past each other |
Continental drift | Create mountains when plates move towards each other & is the movements of continents |
Syncline | Folds which bend downwards |
Anticline | Folds which bend upwards |
Crust | The top layer of the Earth |
Convection currents | Heat currents within the mantle - they make the tectonic plates move |
Normal Fault | When forces act in different directions and one part slips downwards |
Reverse Faults | Pushed together and one part pushes upwards |
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