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| These rocks are rocks that have been formed by the eruptions of volcanoes.Examples are Basalt,and Granite. |
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| Pangea is the continent that was believed to have been the super-continent 250 million years ago. |
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| The subduction zone is where a piece of the earths crust(plate) is going below another piece of the earth crust(plate). |
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| These rocks are rocks that have been changed from the pressures of time and weight from the earths surface. Examples are Gneiss and Slate |
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| There rocks are formed from the accumulation of small pieces broken off of pre-existing rocks. An example is Limestone |
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| The ring of fire is a ring around the pacific ocean that spreads from the west coast of North America to Japan and other areas where there is a abundance of volcanic activity. This is due to convergent boundaries. |
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| A divergent boundary is where two plates on the earth crust are moving away from eachother. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. |
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| Plate Techtonics is a theory that the planet earth is divided into different plates on the crust surface of the earth. These plates are always moving. |
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| A convergent boundary is where two plates on the earth's crust are colliding with eachother. An example is Himilayas |
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| The earth consists of the crust, the mantle, and the core. The crust is made up of the lithosphere and the asthenosphere. |
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