Rocks
Formed when sand and mud settle on the sea floor and compacted to form layers
What is sedimentary rocks?
This natural disaster causes most of its damage due to shaking
What is earthquake?
Bees are part of this sphere
What is biosphere?
Process of moving rocks or soil from one place to another
What is Erosion?
Elements of the physical environment that is harmful to humans, but not caused by them
What is natural hazards or disasters?
Formed when lava from a volcano cools down
What is igneous rocks?
Extreme weather or natural disaster most likely to occur in the midwest
What is Tornadoes?
Rivers are part of this sphere
What is hydrosphere?
Process by which Earth's surface is broken down into small pieces
What is weathering?
This scientific instrument is used to measure the size of an earthquake
What is a seismograph?
Formed from intense heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rocks?
The best type of material to use if building a house near a volcano
What is Stone?
Clouds are part of this sphere
What is atmosphere?
When rocks and soil are laid down in a new place
What is Deposition?
The place where volcanoes and earthquakes tend to occur
What is plate boundaries?
The three types of rocks can be turned into each other in a process known as
What is the Rock Cycle?
Most of the world's volcanoes are located here
What is the Ring of Fire?
Rocks are part of this spere
Carried by wind, which causes the weathering of rocks
What is sand?
The four layers of Earth
What is the crust, inner and outer core, and the mantle?
The three main types of rocks
What is sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic?
Name four types of natural disasters
What is floods, tornadoes, volcanos, tsunami, earthquakes, drought, wildfire...? Etc...
Earth's four spheres
What is the hydrosphere, the biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere?
Formed the Grand Canyon
What is the Colorado River?
The largest type of shark that ever lived
What is the megalodon?