This rock started as molten magma but transformed after a volcano erupted. What type of rock is this?

What do we call the material that comes from rocks that have been broken down into smaller pieces. This usually results from weathering.

What causes igneous rocks to form

Name of the impression of a plant or animal, in the soil, that existed in the past

Geologists are scientists that study _______.

In order for sedimentary rock to form, which of the following must occur?

What causes igneous rocks to form

Metamorphic rocks were once...

Rocks formed by heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface are...

A rock made of magma that cools inside the Earth and contains large crystals?

A rock that contains pieces of shells and fossils compacted and cemented together over time is...

When heat and water and ice break down rock into sediments this is called?

The rock that forms by heat and pressure deep under ground?

Which of the following describes the process of sediments being picked up and carried away . by wind, moving water or ice?

How does a Metamorphic rock become a Sedimentary rock?

How can a Metamorphic rock become an Igneous rock?

Hot coffee is stirred with a spoon, the spoon gets hot due to

A chair is placed several feet from a fire in a fireplace. The fireplace has a glass screen. The side of the chair facing the fireplace gets warm because of

A certain type of decorative lamp contains colored liquids. These liquids form globs that break off and rise to the top of the liquid. The globs rise due to

Near the ceiling of a room the air is warmer. The warm air rises because of

In a swimming pool, the water near the surface is slightly warmer. The warm water rises because of

You are in the top bunk of a bunk bed and you want to turn the air conditioner on while your friend on the bottom bunk is fine is caused by

The cause of weather systems on earth is

A fireman feels a door and it is hot. Why does his hand feel hot?

A huge boulder at the state park gets so hot during the day.

Warm air over the beach rises while cooler dense air from the ocean rushes in due to

A house burns down. On the house across the street, all of the vinyl siding is twisted and warped by the heat. The heat was transferred across the street by

As you hold pieces of ice, they begi to melt from the warmth of you hand on them. This is because of

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm.

Which statement is true?

When you use a microwave, what is the main way that heat is transferred?

Heating a room with a fireplace

Which of the following is not a method for heat transfer

In which of the following state are the particles closest together?

How does heat energy reach the Earth from the Sun

Which is the best surface for reflecting heat radiation?

Which is the best surface for absorbing heat radiation?

What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

What is the definition of CONVECTION

When you pull your Totino's Pizza rolls out of the oven and the pan is so hot it burns your hand because you forgot your protective mit. The energy move to your hand from the pan to your hand through ...

What type of thermal energy transfer is number 1 pointing to?

Which is energy that is transferred between objects due to a temperature difference between those objects?

If you leave a metal spoon in a pot of soup while it cooks on the stove, the spoon will get too hot to touch. The heat transfer would be.....

What are the best thermal conductors?

What term means the transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by the movement of warmer and cooler fluids?

Which term means the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves, such as light and microwaves?

Which item is a good example of convection currents?

Which item is an example of conduction?

When particles of a liquid are heated they become

The metal skewer gets so hot that you drop your marshmallow in the campfire because of...

A huge rock at a state park gets so hot during the day that you cannot sit on it from radiation. You are able to lay on the same rock at night and keep warm by ...

A chocolate bar melts in a car on a sunny day because of ...

A hot air balloon rises into the sky because of ...

The idea that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and

moved

Forms where plates are moving away from each other

Formed where two sections of Earth’s crust are colliding

The land mass where all of the continents were once together in one large continent is called ________________.

Tectonic plates consist of

The fact that similar fossils are found on both sides of the ocean is evidence of

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by _______

The three types of plate boundaries are

What is common at convergent boundaries?

The lower mantle is

The outer core is

The inner core is

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as _______

The geological theory of _______ states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion.

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

What is denser? The lithosphere or the asthenosphere?

Which type of crust is denser?

Crust and upper most solid mantle is the

Which layer of Earth creates its magnetic field?

Mantle convection is the very slow creeping motion of Earth’s solid silicate mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior to the planet's surface.

Hot fluid or semi-fluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.

The very center of the Earth, and the hottest part of the planet.

The mostly-solid bulk of Earth’s interior. It lies between Earth’s dense, super-heated core and its thin outer layer, the crust.

The part of Earth's mantle lying beneath the lithosphere and believed to be much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere.

This is considered as the fastest kind of seismic waves.

It can travel through solids only

These type of seismic waves move back and forth and can penetrate solids, liquids, and gases.

These waves move side to side and can only pass through solids.

P waves travel faster than S waves

Both P and S waves travel through solids.

Only P waves travel through the inner core.

These waves can travel through the inner core...