The process of sediments setting in a new location

The movement of rock particle by water wind, ice or gravity

Extrusive Igneous Rock

Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth’s surface

Rocks that are formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava

Intrusive Igneous Rock

Igneous rock that forms beneath the Earth’s surface

Molten rock that reaches the Earth’s Surface

Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface

Rocks that are formed from existing rock that undergoes heat and pressure changes

One of the forces that cause metamorphic rocks to form

The continuous process rocks undergo to from, breakdown, and transform into different rock types over time

Small particles of rocks, minerals, and organic material

Rocks that are formed from compacted and cemented sediments

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another, bringing rock deep into the Earth

The movement of rocks layers upward due to tectonic forces

The breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces by wind, water, or biological activity

the process of sediments being pressed together

A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.

convection currents in the mantle

circular currents where heated material rises and cooler material sinks back toward the core; this is what is responsible for moving the earth's plates; like a conveyor belt

An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it creating volcanoes

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats

Thin plates that form the ocean floor; more dense than continental plates

tectonic plate that lies under a continent, older and less dense

The process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock.

the processes that form igneous rock

a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone

oceanic-oceanic subduction

A boundary along which a plate carrying oceanic crust sinks beneath another plate with oceanic crust.

oceanic-continental subduction

A boundary along which a plate carrying oceanic crust sinks beneath a plate with continental crust.

continental-continental convergent boundary

when two continental plates collide, mountain ranges are created as the colliding crust is compressed and pushed upward (ex: the Himalayas)

the chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim

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Common Assessment Q1

Rock Cycle, Plate Tectonics

Question	Answer
Deposition	The process of sediments setting in a new location
Erosion	The movement of rock particle by water wind, ice or gravity
Extrusive Igneous Rock	Igneous rock that forms from lava on Earth’s surface
Igneous Rock	Rocks that are formed from cooled and solidified magma or lava
Intrusive Igneous Rock	Igneous rock that forms beneath the Earth’s surface
Lava	Molten rock that reaches the Earth’s Surface
Magma	Molten rock beneath Earth’s surface
Metamorphic Rock	Rocks that are formed from existing rock that undergoes heat and pressure changes
Pressure	One of the forces that cause metamorphic rocks to form
Rock Cycle	The continuous process rocks undergo to from, breakdown, and transform into different rock types over time
Sediments	Small particles of rocks, minerals, and organic material
Sedimentary Rock	Rocks that are formed from compacted and cemented sediments
Subduction	The process where one tectonic plate moves under another, bringing rock deep into the Earth
Uplift	The movement of rocks layers upward due to tectonic forces
Weathering	The breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces by wind, water, or biological activity
Compaction	the process of sediments being pressed together
convergent boundary	A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
convection currents in the mantle	circular currents where heated material rises and cooler material sinks back toward the core; this is what is responsible for moving the earth's plates; like a conveyor belt
hot spot	An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it creating volcanoes
Lithosphere	the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle
Asthenosphere	The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats
oceanic plate	Thin plates that form the ocean floor; more dense than continental plates
continental plate	tectonic plate that lies under a continent, older and less dense
cementation	The process in which minerals precipitate into pore spaces between sediment grains and bind sediments together to form rock.
melting and cooling	the processes that form igneous rock
volcanic island arc	a series of volcanoes formed at a subduction zone
oceanic-oceanic subduction	A boundary along which a plate carrying oceanic crust sinks beneath another plate with oceanic crust.
oceanic-continental subduction	A boundary along which a plate carrying oceanic crust sinks beneath a plate with continental crust.
continental-continental convergent boundary	when two continental plates collide, mountain ranges are created as the colliding crust is compressed and pushed upward (ex: the Himalayas)
ring of fire	the chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim

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