naturally occurring collection of one or more minerals

A series of processes on the surface and inside Earth that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another

yes, the amount of rock does not change, just the form.

weathering, erosion, deposition

the process in which water, wind, ice, temperature and plants can break down rocks into sediment

sediment

physical and chemical

acid rain

The process in which sediment is moved from one place to another

water, wind, glaciers and gravity

The process in which sediment comes to rest in a body of water or low lying area

igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

Convection Currents

weathering and erosion

heat and pressure

Melting, cooling and solidification

Volcanoes

molten rock below Earth's surface

molten rock found above Earth's surface

inside the earth

outside the earth's surface

layers

sandstone, shale, limestone

sedimentary

Magma and tectonic plates

Alfred Wegner

a super continent where all the land masses are connected millions of years ago

Continental Drift

Gradually/Slowly at the speed your fingernails grow

1) continental fit like a puzzle, 2) similarity of fossil plants and animals, 3) similarity of rock sequences, 4) sea floor spreading

Earth's crust and mantel that are broken into pieces that move on top of the mantle

convection currents in the mantle

divergent, convergent, transform

away from each other

mid-ocean ridges, sea floor

past each otherhorizontally

earthquakes, faults

towards each other

volcanoes, mountains

When one tectonic plate is pushed under another when they collide causing the plate to melt back into magma

how the Earth's surface has changed over time

date lines that determine the age of a tree

the diversity of living things in Earth's history

A Paleontologist

that most organisms that ever lived on Earth are now extinct

tectonic plates

a break in a rock due to movement of rock

dip-slip and strike-slip

fault in which the dip of the fault plane is inclined relative to the horizontal surface of Earth

a type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways