Earth Layers
What are the two kinds of crust on the Earth?
Oceanic and Continental
What are the three kinds of rocks in the rock cycle?
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
What kind of energy comes from the sun?
Solar Energy
What Natural Disaster is caused by plates sliding past each other at a Transform Plate Boundary?
An Earthquake
Sand Dunes are formed by what force and process?
Wind and deposition
When two plates push together, it is a _____________ plate boundary.
Convergent Plate Boundary
How are Igneous rocks formed?
Igneous rocks are formed from molten lava that is cooled after it leaves a volcano.
What kind of energy is harnessed by wind turbines?
Which Natural Disaster is known to sound like a freight train coming?
A Tornado
The liquid in the mantle is called _____________, and the liquid that comes out of a volcano is called _____________________.
Magma and lava
When two plates pull apart, it is a _______________ plate boundary.
Divergent
How are Metamorphic rocks formed?
Metamorphic Rocks are igneous rocks under intense heat and pressure. In a 'changing stage'.
What kind of energy is harnessed by dams?
Water Energy (Hydropower)
What does a barometer measure?
Air Pressure
Are Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous rocks all separate or is it a cycle?
It is a cycle!
When two continental plates converge, what landform is created?
A Mountain Range
How are Sedimentary Rocks formed?
They are formed by sediment getting compacted by heat and pressure into small rocks.
Are the Fossil Fuels were re currently using renewable?
No.
What Natural Disaster do Avalanche Mortars help control?
Avalanches
When two Oceanic plates converge, what happens to the plates?
The most dense plate gets subjected underneath the less-dense plate.
When two tectonic plates slide past each other, it is called a ______________ plate boundary.
A Transform Plate Boundary
What kind of rocks were formed with the life-savers when we put them under heat and pressure?
Metamorphic Rock
What is another kind of energy that we could use instead of fossil fuels?
It is important to have manual objects in an emergency kit because _____________ often ones out when a natural disaster occurs.
Electricity
Are Fossil Fuels healthy for the environment?
No!