Vocabulary
Layers of the Earth
Changes in the Earth
Rocks & Minerals
Miscellaneous
100
A hypothesis, or guess, supported by evidence
What is a theory
100
This is the outer part of the earth's lithosphere.
What is the crust
100
The breaking down or changing of rocks.
What is weathering
100
This is the process that changes a rocks form.
What is the rock cycle
100
The softest minerals rating number on Mohs Hardness Scale.
What is 1
200
The remains of a dead organism covered by layers of rock
What is a fossil
200
The center of the earth, both inner and outer.
What is the core
200
The dropping of eroded soil and sediments
What is deposition
200
These rocks are created by melted mantle, or magma, that has cooled.
What is igneous rocks
200
The layer between the crust and the core of the earth.
What is the mantle
300
A guess or idea.
What is a hypothesis
300
This contains the earth's lakes, rivers, and oceans.
What is the hydrosphere
300
The moving of weathered rock and soil from place to place.
What is erosion
300
This is formed when igneous or sedimentary rocks change form by heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rocks
300
In a volcano, the melted crust of the earth that is below the earth's surface.
What is magma
400
How rocks change form
What is the rock cycle
400
This is the layer that surrounds the earth, includes gases such as oxygen, and protects the earth from too much sunlight
What is the atmosphere
400
These can be caused by plate movements.
What is mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes
400
This rock forms when sediments, or particles, are cemented together.
What is sedimentary rocks
400
What magma is called once a volcano has erupted and it is flowing down the volcanoes sides.
What is lava
500
New land formed at the mouth of a river by deposition.
What is a delta
500
Rocks, soils, and minerals are a part of this layer.
What is the lithosphere
500
The theory that earth's surface is made up of about 20 moving pieces.
What is plate tectonics
500
The physical properties of minerals.
What is color, luster, hardness, streak
500
The opening of a volcano where magma escapes from inside the earth.
What is the vent.
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