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Chapter 9 Latimer
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5th Grade
10/19/2009

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Three types of rocks
Definition
Igneous Metimorphic Sedimentary
Term
Name the Plate Tectonics Theory and three bounderies that result from movement
Definition
Is the theory that discribes how the earth's crust is broken into plates
that float on the mantle.
1.Convergent- to connect
2.Divergent- to divide
3.Transform- up and down
Term
When the earth's plates move what natural disasters occur?
Definition
Earthquakes,volcanoes,tsunamis
Term
What theories have contributed to Plate Tectonics Theory?
Definition
Continental divide, and Seafloor Spreading Theory.
Term
sedimentary rocks when melted cooled and hardened become what?
Definition
igneous (granite).
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