Why so many layers?
The thinnest and outermost layer of the Earth.
a) Mantle
b) Crust
c) Inner core
d) Outer core
What is the crust?
The lithosphere is broken in to pieces called ________________ plates.
a) dinner
b) tectonic
c) continental
d) volcanic
What is tectonic?
What term describes a process in which rocks are created, changed, destroyed, and formed again.
What is the rock cycle?
The layer of the Earth we live on.
What is the crust?
Breaking apart of rock by water and wind; gradual process
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
What is weathering?
A solid ball of metal; the densest layer
a) crust
b) mantle
c) outer core
d) inner core
What is the inner core?
When two plates move towards each other; forming mountains.
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
What is convergent?
Created from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
What is igneous rock?
The inner and outer core are made up of these two metals.
a) Iron and copper
b) Iron and nickel
c) Copper and Aluminum
d) Iron Man and Flash
What is Iron and Nickel?
The removal/movement of weathered material.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
What is erosion?
Why does Earth have layers?
a) mass
b) volume
c) weight
d) density
What is D) density?
When two plates move away from each other.
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) tranform
What is divergent?
Created from the deposition of sediments in layers over time.
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
What is sedimentary?
The Earth's crust is divided into two types of crust.
a) pizza and pie
b) continental and volcanic
c) oceanic and continental
d) pizza and oceanic
What is oceanic and continental?
The process of water, wind, and gravity dropping sediment.
What is deposition?
Temperatures in the lower mantle can reach over _____________ degrees Fahrenheit.
a) 1000
b) 25
c) 7000
d) -250
What is 7000?
When two plates slide sideways past each other.
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
What is transform?
Existing rock is subjected to very high heat and pressure.
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
What is metamorphic?
The rising of hot magma and sinking of cool magma occurs in the mantle. What is this movement of molten material called?
a) conduction currents
b) radiation currents
c) magma roller coaster
d) convection currents
What is convection currents?
Ice wedging, abrasion, and plant roots are examples of this type of weathering.
a) Chemical
b) Mechanical
What is mechanical?
Solid part of the upper mantle; similar to silly putty
a) Lithosphere
b) Asthenosphere
c) Mantle
d) Core
What is the asthenosphere?
The name of the supercontinent that existed 335 million years ago.
What is Pangaea?
Pumice, Obsidian, Granite are all types of...........
a) Igneous rock
b) Sedimentary rock
c) Metamorphic rock
What is Igneous?
The outer core is thought to be responsible for the Earth's ____________________ field?
What is magnetic field?
The force that drives erosion and deposition.
What is gravity?