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The layer/name where the magnetic field of the Earth generated.
What is the core.
True or false stalactites form from the ground.
False.
A series of processes in which forces within Earth and at the surface cause rocks to continuously change from one type to another.
What is the rock cycle.
This process moves sediments.
What is erosion.
The name of the boy in Old Man and the Sea.
What is Manolin.
The sum of all water on the planet is called this.
What is hydrosphere
Solid, naturally-occurring, inorganic substances that have a definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure.
What are minerals.
The process that uses evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixture’s individual components.
What is distillation.
The year that Mt. St. Helens last erupted (correct answer if you're within 10 years of the right answer).
What is 1980.
This is Santiago's favorite sports hero.
Who is Joe DiMaggio.
Evaporation of water from the plant’s sediment is called this.
What is transpiration.
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Explain the steps of the hydrologic cycle.
The shape of valley if it was formed by a stream.
What is V shaped.
What did the metamorphic rock say during the test?
This is too much pressure!
The number of days Santiago went without catching a fish.
The main thing that scientists observe in order to learn about the makeup of the Earth’s interior.
What are seismic waves.
The Moho Discontinuity separates these two regions.
What are the crust from the mantle.
This is the most important factor in a stream's ability to erode.
What is speed.
The Lehmann discontinuity separates these two regions.
What are the inner from the outer core.
These are two types of sharks that attacked the marlin on the way back to the village.
What are Mako and Shovel Nosed.
Name two examples of mechanical weathering.
What are ice wedging, plucking or abrasion.
The year that Mt. Rainier last erupted (correct answer if you're within 50 years of the right answer).
What is 1894.
The Gutenberg continuity separates these two regions.
What is the mantle from the core.
Rocks in the Asthenosphere behave sometimes like a ____ and sometimes like a _____.
What is liquid and solid.
Santiago wonders this about the young warbler bird that lands on his boat
What is...whether it's the bird's first trip.