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Name the 3 main types of rock

A

Igneous,Sedimentary,
Metamorphic.

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How is Sedimentary rock made?

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Compaction and sementation

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How is Igneous rock made?

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Cooling

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4
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How is Metamorphic rock made?

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Heat and Pressure

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Name all 5 layers of the atmosphere

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Troposphere,Stratosphere,
Mesosphere,Thermosphere, Exosphere.

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List the Layers of the atmosphere from greatest to least

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Exosphere,Thermosphere,Mesosphere,Stratosphere,Troposphere

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What is the theory that was made by Alfred Wegener

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Continental Drift

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What is the theory of Continental Drift?

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The theory that the continents are moving

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What were the 4 pieces of evidence that Alfred used to prove his theory?

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Rocks and land forms,Glacial theory, fossil Evidence, Continental fit

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What was the theory that was made up by Harry Hess?

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Seafloor spreading theory

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What are the 3 different types of tectonic plates?

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Convergent,divergent, and transform.

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What do two Convergent plates do?

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They clash together; They Collide

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What do two Divergent plates do?

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They pull away from each other; They separate

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What do two Transform plates do?

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They slide against eachother

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15
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Why do continents move?

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Convection currents in the mantle

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What are the layers of the earth

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The crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core

17
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What is the thinnest layer

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The crust

18
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What is the thickest layer

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The Mantle

19
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What is the hottest layer

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The core

20
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What are the two other layers in the crust?

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The Asthenosphere, and the Lithosphere.

21
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How is convection caused?

A

Cool anything sinks, hot anything rises

22
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What is matter?

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Anything that can be weighed, anything that fills space.

23
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What are the 3 different types of matter

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Liquid, Solid, Gas

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