Earth's Layers
This layer is very thin and contains lots of water.
What is the crust?
Type of rock created when rocks cool.
What are igneous rocks?
What is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called sediment.
What is Weathering.
We can do this to prevent erosion.
What is plant trees and grass?
Temperatures in this layer are so hot the rocks move as if on a conveyor belt.
What is the mantle?
Type of rock created when pieces of rocks and sand are compacted and cemented together.
What are sedimentary rocks?
What is the movement of soil and rocks?
What is erosion?
If a fossil or shell or sea creature is found, what can we assume was once there?
What is water was in this location.
Type of rocks that are changed by heat and pressure.
What are metamorphic rocks?
When sediment stops moving. An example is river deltas.
What is deposition?
Granite was formed from the cooling and of lava/ magma. What type of rock is granite?
What is Igneous?
The system to understanding the formation of rocks is called this.
What is the Rock Cycle?
Sand dunes in the desert are formed by.
What is wind?
How is a metamorphic rock changed to a sedimentary rock?
What is weathering and erosion?
This causes the sediment to be created.
What are weathering and erosion?
This formed the grand canyon.
What is moving water?
The remains or impression of a plant or animal preserved in sedimentary rock.
What is a fossil?