Earth Science

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What type of rock is formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake?

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Sedimentary rock.

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What type of rock is found near the mouth of a volcano?

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Igneous rock.

Front

How is new crust formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

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Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created.

Front

What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates collide?

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Convergent boundary.

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What type of rock starts as lava that cools and is then heated and put under pressure?

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Metamorphic rock.

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What is the process called when rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?

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Weathering.

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What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

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Plate tectonics.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma?

Back

Igneous rock.

Front

What is the term for the layer of the Earth where tectonic plates float?

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Asthenosphere.

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What type of boundary occurs when two tectonic plates slide past each other?

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Transform boundary.