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Evaluate the three types of rock in the rock cycle. |
- Igneous rock - Sedimentary rock - Metamorphich rock |
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Evaluate how earthquakes form. |
When the earth vibrates due to the release of energy. |
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Evaluate the energy that drives the rock cycle. |
- Heat from the earth´s interior - Weathering and movement of weathered materials - External processes |
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Compare and Contrast the three types of boundaries. |
- Divergent boundaries create new lithosphere or crust - Convergent boundaries create mountain ranges - Transform Fault Boundaries form earthquakes - they are all plate boundaries along the tectonic plates. |
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Evaluate how to measure the materials resistant to flow |
Viscosity |
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Explain why Dissolved gasses affect volcanic eruptions |
Because violence of an eruption is related to how easily gasses escape from magma. |
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Explain the three types of volcanoes |
- Shield volcanoes are the largest volcanoes and the least vicious. - Cinder volcanoes are the smallest. - Composite cones are the most vicious volcanoes there are. |
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Determine what drops temperature of an local area. |
Ash from a volcanoe |
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Determine what Tsunamis are triggered form. |
Earthquakes |
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Evaluate what is a Intraplate Volcanism |
Is igneous activity that occurs within a tectonic plate away from plate boundaries. |
