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| How is Igneous Rock formed? |
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| either by cooled Magma or cooled Lava |
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| Give an example of igneous Rock. |
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| Granite, basalt, obsidian, pumice |
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| How is Metamorphic Rock formed? |
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| Give an example of Metamorphic Rock. |
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| How is Sedimentary Rock formed? |
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| Sediments that form layers and undergo cementation |
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| Give an example of Sedimentary Rock |
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| Sandstone, Limestone, Shale, Coal |
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| Metamorphic, Igneous, Sedimentary |
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| What are the four layers of the Earth? |
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| Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core |
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| How old is the earth thought to be? |
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| The flowing of mantle and how it causes movement in the crust. |
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| a continent-sized block of land |
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| Name some things that occur when plates move? |
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| earthquakes, eruption of volcanoes and the formation of mountains and sea basins, fault lines |
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| What happens when plate movement is "convergent"? |
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| They push together to form mountains and mountain ranges. |
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| What happens when plate movement is "divergent"? |
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| they pull apart making mid-ocean ridges. |
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| What happens when plate movement is "transforming" or "sliding"? |
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| they slide by each other creating fault lines and earthquakes |
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| breaking up of rocks into sediments by such forces as wind, rain, sunlight. |
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| The waring away and removing of rocka nd soil caused by such forces as wind and flowing water. |
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| the remains or traces of a living thing from the past preserved in rock. |
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| What is the type of rock in which you find fossils? |
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| True or False: imprints of skeletons of animals from the past are not actually "fossils". |
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