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Which type of rock is shown in the image?
Metamorphic
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What is an intrusive igneous rock?
A rock formed inside of Earth underneath the crust (has crystals)
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Where do metamorphic rocks form?
Mantle
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What happens at a transform boundary as plates slide past each other?
Earthquakes, faults
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What has to happen to igneous rocks to turn them into sedimentary rocks?
Weathering and erosion (to become sediments, then compactions and cementation)
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What type of environment does shale form in?
Swamp/ muddy, still water
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What type of boundary causes one oceanic plate to subduct and get pushed under another plate?
Convergent
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Where does metamorphic rock form?
Mantle
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THROWBACK: What is the name for vertical distance above sea level?
Elevation
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What is the outermost layer of Earth that is broken into plates?
Crust
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What is the name of the area along the coast of continents where earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
Ring of Fire
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What is molten rock below earth's surface?
Magma
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Which layer of Earth is labeled A in the diagram?
Inner core
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Which plate boundary has two plates sliding past each other creating a fault?
Transform
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THROWBACK: Which type of landform is shown in the image?
plateau
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Explain how we modeled how metamorphic rocks form.
Candy crusher (added heat and pressure)
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Which type of plate boundary is shown in the image?
Transform
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What is the innermost part of Earth that is solid?
Inner core
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THROWBACK: Which type of landform is created as sand is deposited in a fan-like shape at the mouth of a river?
Delta
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Which layer is the outer core?
C
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Which type of rock is shown in the image?
Igneous
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Why do the plates move?
Convection currents in the mantle move the magma around and the plates get moved with it because they sit on top of the mantle
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Which plate boundary has two plates moving towards each other and colliding?
Convergent
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How does igneous rock form?
From lava or magma cooling and hardening
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What are the two ways that calcite forms in the ocean?
Chemical reaction (animals breathe carbon dioxide into water and it forms a precipitate) and shells break down
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Which type of rock is shown in the image?
Limestone
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What type of plate boundary forms mountains as uplift happens?
Convergent
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Which type of boundary is shown in the image?
Convergent
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Where do volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
Along plate boundaries
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How do metamorphic rocks form?
Heat & pressure
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