Can you name the Physical Geography Terms?

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What is the name for the semi-rigid plates that cover the earth’s surface?
What is the name for the range of rock types and the transitions from one state of rock to another?
What is the name for the cracks that are created in the earth’s crust?
What is the name for the layer of gasses that directly surround the earth that are retained by earth’s gravity?
What is the name for the explanation of how the three rock types are related to one another?
What collides to cause mountain ranges to form?
What kind of rock is formed by the cooling magma?
What kind of rock is formed by the settling of organic and mineral materials at the bottom of bodies of water?
What is the name for the movement of magma and liquid under the mantle
What type of rock deformation happens when two plates collide with an each other?
What kind of rock is transformed because of extended exposure to heat and pressure?
What is the name for the layer of gasses that is located between 50 km and 85 km above the earth’s surface?
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What is the name for the core layer of the earth?
What do we call it when plates separate under the ocean, and get filled with magma?
Which kind of rock show folding very clearly?
What is the name for an underwater chain of volcanoes that create new seafloor?
Who developed the theory of continental drift?
What do you call the cyclical movement of magma that happens as a result of heating from near the core of the earth, then cooling near the surface?
When we look at rocks that have layers, such as sedimentary rocks, what is it that we can see that is the result of pressure and heat that changes the rock’s form?
What is the name for he outermost rocky shell of the earth?
What is the name for the movement of continents to where they are situated today?
What is the name of the theory that deals with the movement of plates?
What is the name for the theory of the changing of positions and movement of huge masses of land?
About 175 million years ago, what was the name for the single giant landmass that was made up of all of the continents of the world?
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CGC1P- Unit 2: Physical Geography Quiz

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