Plate Tectonics and Rock cycle | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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T/F New lithosphere is always forming on top of large mountains

False

What is MOST likely to occur at a transform plate boundary?

earthquakes.

T/F Geological processes form rock

True

T/F Geological processes form rock

True

T/F Rocks can break down into sediments

True

Continental drift is the idea that__________.

the continents were once joined together to form a large landmass, have moved over time.

The three types of rocks are classified by _____.

how they are formed

T/F Old lithosphere is destroyed and new lithosphere is formed over time

True

Most earthquakes happen more frequently at

plate boundaries

New lithosphere is MOSTLY created at what type of plate boundary?

divergent

This describes the process in which one rock type becomes another rock type

rock cycle

Lithosphere plates move towards each other at which type of plate boundary?

convergent plate boundary

T/F Subduction provides enough heat and pressure to change a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock

True

Explain how sediments become sedimentary rock.

Sediments are pressed and glued together over long periods of geological time.

T/F Earth's lithosphere moves around but is never destroyed

False

What provides evidence for the theory of plate tectonics?

fossils, rock layers, and gps measurements that show the plates are moving

The process in which one plate is being pulled under another plate is called _____.

subduction

T/F Rocks can't change from sedimentary to metamorphic

False

Plate tectonics refers to the theory that _________.

Earth's surface is made up of lithospheric plates that have moved over time.

Where do most metamorphic rocks form?

Deep underground

Plates move away from each other at______.

divergent boundaries

What is convection?

The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of matter of different temperatures.