Assignment task:
Define the following concepts. You may use an online dictionary, but always use your own words, and always in complete sentences. Remember to cite your source (if you use one), by giving the complete web page of where you found the definition. Some of these definitions are related concepts that have not been specifically discussed in this lesson. Remember to explain each concept to the point that someone would understand what it was from your explanation.
1. Subduction.
2. Sea floor spreading.
3. Rifting.
4. Continental collision (What forms here?)
5. Faulting.
6. Folding.
7. Metamorphic rock.
8. Sedimentary rock.
9. Igneous rock.
10. In looking at the Map of the world, give two continents that fit together and were at one time connected.
11. Keeping in mind "plate tectonics" what do you think will eventually happen to the continents?
12. What causes a volcano (give detail)?
13. What are some of the causes of rock metamorphosis.
14. Describe in your own words the "rock cycle". Use the scientific terms we have learned in the explanation. Does it have to go in one direction? What are some alternatives?