Earth
Rocks
Mish Mash
Slow Changes to Earth
Quick Changes to Earth
100
What is the thinnest layer of Earth?
The Crust
100
What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?
A rock is made up of one or more minerals. A mineral is just one mineral.
100
Are all earthquakes deadly?
No!
100
What do you call the breakdown of big rocks to small rocks?
weathering
100
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is inside the volcano, lava is outside of the volcano.
200
What is the inner core made of?
solid metal
200
What gives rocks their properties? (color, hardness, shape, texture)
Minerals
200
Limestone is formed from sediment layered on top of sediment. What type of rock is limestone?
sedimentary rock
200
What do you call the type of weathering that causes iron to turn orangish-brown from water and air?
rusting
200
What are 2 things that come out of volcanos besides magma/lava?
gases, dust, rocks
300
What is the mantle made of?
liquid rock
300
What is the name of the rocks that are made from magma or lava?
igneous rocks
300
What do we call the process by which rocks become new rocks over and over again?
The Rock Cycle
300
What are TWO agents of weathering?
wind and water
300
When causes an earthquake?
The movement of the crust and upper mantle. The tectonic plates move.
400
What is the outer core made of?
liquid metal
400
What is the name of rocks that are made from sediment?
Sedimentary rocks
400
What are two things that cause landslides?
rain and earthquakes
400
What are TWO agents of erosion?
wind, water or glaciers
400
The downward movement of mud and rocks is called a ________________________.
landslide
500
List the four layers of Earth from the OUTSIDE to the INSIDE.
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
500
What is the name of the rocks that are formed from heat and pressure in the earth?
Metamorphic rocks
500
Describe the difference between weathering and erosion.
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, erosion is the movement of rocks.
500
What is ONE agent that weathering and erosion have in common?
wind or water
500
Name 3 QUICK changes to Earth.
volcano, earthquake, landslide
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