Structure of Earth
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Weathering
Erosion
Minerals and Rocks
100
Earth's outermost and thinnest layer
What is the crust?
100
A section of the lithosphere
What is a plate?
100
Breaking of rock into smaller pieces by forces such as gravity, ice, or plant roots
What is mechanical weathering?
100
Define erosion.
What is movement of materials away from a place?
100
Properties used to identify an unknown mineral. Must name at least three properties.
What are hardness, magnetism, luster, shape, streak, and texture?
200
Scientists study material that pushes through cracks in the crust.
What is how do scientists learn about the mantle and core of Earth?
200
Force people feel when two plates jerk into a new position
What is an earthquake?
200
Changing of materials in a rock by chemical processes
What is chemical weathering?
200
The placing of materials in a new place is called this.
What is deposition?
200
How to determine the streak of a mineral.
What is rub the mineral on a rough, hard, white surface?
300
Very center of Earth
What is the core?
300
Constructive forces build these.
What are mountains and volcanoes?
300
Both types of weathering help make this.
What is soil?
300
The main force causing erosion
What is gravity?
300
Three general kinds of rocks
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?
400
Layer that makes up most of Earth's material
What is the mantle?
400
Name of M2 cat
Who is Meesha Maria Precious Baby Moxley?
400
Soil layer that has the greatest amount of decayed material in it.
What is topsoil?
400
Way harbors and inlets are generally formed.
What is some areas of a shoreline erode more quickly than others?
400
Sandstone is this kind of rock.
What is sedimentary?
500
This makes up the lithosphere.
What is the top part of the mantle and the crust above it?
500
Top of the main vent of a volcano is called this.
What is crater?
500
Soil is made up of this……must give at least 3 answers.
What are sediments (weathered rocks), decayed material from organisms, gases from air, and water?
500
Things farmers do to prevent wind erosion of topsoil.
What are plant a cover crop, plant trees for windbreaks, and no-till planting?
500
Fossils found in upper rock layers are considered to be this as compared to fossils found on lower rock layers.
What is younger?
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