What is the structure of the earth?
What causes earthquakes and volcanoes?
What is weathering?
What is erosion?
Minerals Identified/Rocks Classified
100
What is the earth's thinnest layer?
crust
100
What is a large section of the earth's lithosphere called? (Sometimes they are bigger than a continent)
Plate
100
_______________ is the breaking of rock into smaller pieces by forces due to gravity, ice, plant roots, or other forces.
Mechanical Weathering
100
___________ is the movement of materials away from one place
erosion
100
___________ describes the way light is reflected by a mineral's surface.
Luster
200
What are the earth's layers?
Crust, Core, and Mantle
200
Where do earthquakes most often occur?
Along Faults and Plate Bounderies
200
______________ is the changing of materials in a rock by chemical processes.
Chemical Weathering
200
____________ is aspit that connectsan island to the coastline.
Tombolo
200
_____________ is the color of a mineral in its powdered form.
streak
300
What is the continental crust mostly made of?
granite
300
What is the place where the plates start to slip called?
Focus
300
Top layer of the soil
Topsoil
300
_____________ is a narrow strip of sandy land that is connected to the main coastline at one end.
Spit
300
are formed when melted rock cools and hardens.
Igneous rocks
400
What is the oceanic crust mostly made of?
basalt
400
The place on Earth’s surface above a focus is called an __________?
epicenter
400
_______________ is nearly solid rock that lies under the surface. It is deeper in some places than in others.
Bedrock
400
_____________are ridges ofsand that are either above or just below water level. They result when sand is deposited offshore.
sandbar
400
_______________ of a mineral describes the way it feels.
texture
500
What is the lithosphere made of?
The top part of the mantle and the earth's crust
500
Most volcanoes form near ____________?
Colliding Plate Bounderies
500
Second layer of soil
Subsoil
500
_______________ areareas along the ocean.
Tidal Marshes
500
form when layers of materials and rock particles settle on top of each other and then harden.
sedimentary rocks
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