the most organic matter and is made mostly of humus (makes it very good for growing plants)
What is TOPSOIL?
100
COLOR, TEXTURE and MINERAL CONTENT
What are the ways rocks are identified?
100
Movement on the earth caused by plates moving.
What is an earthquake?
100
The hot, liquid material inside the earth.
What is Magma?
100
Resources that will not run out.
What are inexhaustible resources? (sun, wind, moving water, energy from inside the earth)
200
HUMUS, ORGANIC, and INORGANIC matter
What is soil made up of?
200
Rock made when heat and pressure cause rocks to change shapes.
What is METAMORPHIC Rock?
200
Earthquakes that happen under the water.
What are tsunamis?
200
The magma that reaches the earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
Renewable energy sources made from organic and inorganic materials such as wood or plants.
What is BIOMASS?
300
dark and crumbly
What is Topsoil like?
300
Rocks are created and destroyed
What happens during the rock cycle process?
300
May create mountains, valleys and islands
What are some of the land features that can be created as a result of constructive forces on earth's surface? (Earthquakes or Volcanoes)
300
An island of the United States that formed when a volcano reached the surface of the water.
What is Hawaii?
300
SOLAR or WIND or NUCLEAR or GEOTHERMAL
What is a clean, non polluting source of energy?
400
BEDROCK, SUBSOIL, TOPSOIL
What are the layers of soil from the bottom up to the surface?
400
Rocks made when layers of rock settle on top of each other
What are SEDIMENTARY Rocks?
400
Used to measure an earthquake's magnitude.
What is a seismograph?
400
The area of the world that sees the most volcanoes and earthquakes.
What is The Ring of Fire?
400
RADIOACTIVITY
What is the potential serious danger of a nuclear power plant?
500
DEPOSITION
What is the process of laying down soil and other materials in a new place?
500
IGNEOUS to WEATHERED to SOIL or SAND
or
MAGMA to COOLS to IGNEOUS
or
METAMORPHIC to MELTED to MAGMA
or
SEDIMENTARY to HEATED to PRESSURE to METAMORPHIC
What is one path that might happen to a rock during the rock cycle?
500
A crack in the earth where 2 plates meet.
What is a fault?
500
One plate moves below another plate and the rock melts into magma.
What is often the first step in the formation of a volcano?
500
Caused by a TSUNAMI
What was the cause of a meltdown of a nuclear power plant in Japan?