1. Plate Tectonics
Boundaries
Volcanoes
Weathering
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2. Category 1 questions follow

3. The super continent from millions of years ago
Plate Tectonics 10

4. Pangea
Category 1 10

5. The innermost part of the Earth
Plate Tectonics 20

6. Core
Plate Tectonics 20

7. 30 The outermost part of the Earth; the part we live on
Plate Tectonics 30

8. crust
Plate Tectonics 30

9. Describe the mantle part of the Earth
Animal Needs 40

10. Hot, melted rock that rotates like boiling water
Plate Tectonics 40

11. Describe what makes the plates move
Plate Tectonics 50

12. The plates float on top of the mantle
The plates float on top of the mantle. As the hot mantle rolls like boiling water, the plates slide to new positions.
Plate Tectonics 50

13. Category 2 questions follow

14. Weak areas or cracks in the crust
Boundaries 10

15. Faults
Boundaries 10

16. 20 The type of boundary when the plates are moving toward each other.
Boundaries 20

17. convergent boundary
Boundaries 20

18. 30 The types of boundary when the plates slide past each other
Boundaries 30

19. transform boundary
Boundaries 30

20. The types of boundaries when the plates are moving apart from each other.40

21. divergent
Boundaries 40

22. How do convergent boundaries create mountains?50

23. The boundaries compress together and push up the land to create mountains50

24. Volcano questions follow

25. Hot melted rock deep within the Earth
Volcano 10

26. magma
Volcano 10

27. 20 Melted rock that flows out of the ground onto the Earth’s surface
Volcano 20

28. lava
Volcano 20

29. The name(s) for volcanoes that are no longer active30

30. Dormant or extinct
Volcano 30

31. Where do volcanoes usually form?40

32. On convergent boundaries where one plate is being subducted (shoved below) by another OR
Divergent boundaries where the plates are spreading apart and magma reaches the surface.
Volcano 40

33. How do volcanoes create new land?50

34. The lava hardens to create new rocks and land.
Volcano 50

35. Category 4 questions follow

36. The breaking down of materials in the Earth’s crust into smaller pieces
Weathering 10

37. weathering
Weathering 10

38. The picking up and carrying away of pieces of rock
Weathering 20

39. erosion
Weathering 20

40. The dropping off of bits of eroded rock
Weathering 30

41. deposition
Weathering 30

42. A moving river of ice
Weathering 40

43. glacier
Weathering 40

44. Describe an example of weathering, erosion, or deposition in this area.50

45. Answers will vary
Weathering 50

46. Category 5 questions follow

47. A scientist who studies the Earth
Other 10

48. Geologist
Other 10

49. 20 The tool scientists use to measure the strength of an earthquake
Other 20

50. Seismograph
Other 20

51. Earthquakes under the ocean can be dangerous because they may cause these to form.
Other 30

52. tsunami
Other 30

53. What causes earthquakes?
Other 40

54. They are usually caused by movement at plate boundaries.
Other 40

55. In Selinsgrove, which of these forces are we likely to see: plate tectonics, weathering, erosion, volcanic eruption, or deposition?
Other 50

56. Weathering
Erosion
deposition
Other 50