Earth's Spheres
Water precipitates down on mountains and valleys. What two spheres are interacting?
Hydrosphere and Geosphere
Outer core
How does sedimentary rock transform into metamorphic rock?
Heat & Pressure
Think about a boiled egg.
What would the Yellow center represent if you were describing the layers of the earth?
Core
Magma that has made its way to the Earth's surface.
Lava
Ra Jon was outside washing his mom's car. What sphere does the water belong to?
Hydrosphere
Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?
Mantle
Rocks that were formed by layers of sand and silt are ________ rocks.
Sedimentary
If new rocks are constantly being formed, why is the Earth not getting larger?
Other rocks are being destroyed/ recycled at the same time.
The layer of rock that forms the outer surface of Earth
Crust
What gas found in Earth's atmosphere is needed by humans to survive?
Oxygen
Which layer of the Earth is made of solid iron and nickel?
Inner core
Which process happens to turn magma into igneous rock?
Cooling
What processes would change a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock?
Heat and pressure
A process in which rocks are created, changed, destroyed, and formed again.
Rock cycle
Trees absorb carbon dioxide CO2 from the air and produce Oxygen O2 as a waste product that humans need to survive. What two spheres are interacting in this example?
Atmosphere / Biosphere
What is the name of the Layer we live on
Crust or Lithosphere
Deposition, compaction and cementation are all process that form what kind of rock?
Sedimentary
What is the deepest layer of the Earth have humans dug into?
Crust
The innermost layer of the Earth
Inner Core
Which of Earths spheres are interacting in this example? An earthquake causes a tsunami which destroys homes and businesses near the coast.
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Why is the Inner core solid and the outer core liquid?
The pressure is higher in the inner core.
Rocks exposed to extreme heat and pressure will become what type of rock?
metamorphic rock
Explain the relationship between temperature and pressure as you go deeper into the Earth.
The deeper you go the more pressure there is.
Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or other living things
Sediments