Earth's structure
The solid center layer of the Earth
Inner Core
The most recent supercontinent
Pangea
The type of rock that can contain fossils and shells
The name for forms of water being released from clouds (ex. rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc)
Precipitation
Air masses
The largest layer of Earth, it makes up 84% of its volume
Mantle
The type of plate boundary that occurs when tectonic plates slide past one another
Transform
The type of rock created when already existing rocks are put under extreme heat and pressure
Metamorphic
The process that occurs when a body of water warms up and the top layer begins to vaporize
Evaporation
On a weather map this is represented by a blue line with triangles pointing in the direction of its movement
Cold front
The thinnest layer of Earth
Crust
The type of boundary that causes volcanic activity when plates move apart
Divergent
This must happen to form igneous rocks
Cooled magma
The driving energy in the water cycle comes from this place
The Sun
This type of pressure system brings stormy, rainy and windy weather when it moves into an area
Low Pressure System
The 2 metals that make up the inner and outer core
Iron and Nickel
The reason oceanic crust always goes under continental crust when they collide
Sediments are caused by these 2 main processes
Weathering and Erosion
The process that creates clouds once water vapor is in the atmosphere and begins to cool
Condensation
When a warm and cold air mass move into the same area this is the reason the warm air mass moves over the top of the cold air mass
Density (it is less dense)
The 2 different types of crust on Earth's surface
Continental and Oceanic
The type of plate boundary known for causing most large mountain ranges and severe earthquakes
Convergent
Why do some igneous rocks like obsidian appear very smooth and glassy
They cool quickly (no time for crystal formation)
The process of trees and other plants releasing water vapor through their leaves into the air
Transpiration
This refers to the long term patterns of weather in a given area over many years (includes information such as rainfall per year, average temperature, timing of the "rainy season", etc)
Climate