Pangaea
Pangaea
A super continent
Crust
1st layer of Earth
Sedimentary Rocks
Made from broken down sediments of igneous rocks
Magma
Molten rock inside Earth's crust
Alfred Wagner
A German scientist who created the continental drift theory
Mantle
Second layer of Earth. Also the hottest
Earthquakes
A sudden and violent shaking of the Earth causes by a grinding of 2 tectonic plates
Deposition
The process of laying down sediments that were carried by wind or water
Continental Drift
A theory made by Alfred Wagner that all the continents were once connected to from a super continent called Pangaea.
Inner core
Innermost and 4th layer of Earth.
Rock Cycle
The cycle that happens to a rock
Erosion
The process of wearing down and moving rocks
Outer core
The third layer of the Earth
Waethering
The process of breaking a rock
Metamorphic Rock
A rock created by heat and pressure
Tectonic Plates
Pieces of Earth's crust and upper mantle that move slowly
Igneous Rock
A rock created when magma or lava cools
Lava
Molten rock on the outside of Earth's crust