Vocabulary
What happens to an organism when it is buried in sediment and the gasses and liquids in the organisms are forced out. It leaves behind a thin filmy residue made of Carbon.
Carbonization
the very top layer, solid rock
crust
preserved remains of a once living organism
fossil
results of processes that occurred once in Earth's past and will not be repeated
Catastrophist
The biggest contributor to erosion
water
Substances that often have sharp geometric shapes
crystalline
middle layer, right below the crust and experiences the highest temperatures and pressure
Mantle
A process that wears or grinds something down by wind, water, or other natural agents
erosion
believe sedimentary rock formed through slow processes much the same way we see it formed today
Uniformitarians
Surface of erosion that separates one layer of rock from another
Unconformity
When organic material changes into rock
Petrification
The thin mantle sub-layer, made of plastic like rock
Asthenosphere
Rock that has changed its form
Metamorphic Rock
contains decayed remains of once living creatures
Humus
Inorganic crystalline substances found naturally in the earth
Minerals
Upper part of the mantle, broken in pieces or "plates"
Lithosphere
Made of melted or molten rock
igneous Rock
The study of earth's physical structures, its history and process acting on it and the rock of which its composed.
geology