Earth's Layers
Volcanoes
Earth and Earthquakes
Erosion
Surprise Me
100
I am the middle layer of Earth.
What is the mantle?
100
I am melted rock that has been forced out to Earth's surface from under the ground.
What is lava?
100
The quick movement of rocks down a slope is called this.
What is a rockslide?
100
I am a form of precipitation that can carry away soil from hilly areas.
What is rain?
100
I am any solid feature on Earth. Like a hill, valley, coast, or mountain!
What is a landform?
200
I am the outermost layer of Earth that you walk on.
What is the crust?
200
I am hot melted rock under Earth's crust that starts to push up toward the surface because of gases and pressure.
What is magma?
200
If it weren't for me, rockslides wouldn't happen.
What is Gravity?
200
In dry regions, erosion mainly occurs from this.....
What is sand blowing against rock?
200
This forms when water slows down enough to fill an area with water.
What is a lake?
300
I am a hot ball of metal that makes up the innermost part of Earth.
What is the core?
300
These two things can cause very quick changes to Earth's landscape.
What are volcanic eruptions and earthquakes?
300
This is how vibrations from earthquakes travel...
What is in waves?
300
I expand as I freeze which means that I am strong enough to break apart a rock if I can get into one of its cracks!
What is water?
300
This is formed when a river slowly cuts through rock.
What is a valley?
400
I contain cooled rock.
What is the crust?
400
When igneous rock from volcanic eruptions cools down, this is formed.
What is new crust?
400
A large moving body of ice.
What is a glacier?
400
Bits of rock being blown by the wind or sand flowing in a river are examples of this.
What is erosion?
400
All of Earth's continents used to be connected in supercontinent called this.
What is Pangea?
500
I am very hot, oozing igneous and metamorphic rock. I am found here.
What is the mantle?
500
The volcanoes in the USA are mainly found on this coast (east or west).
What is west coast?
500
A large crack in Earth's crust where many earthquakes occur is called this.
What is a fault?
500
These are four things that cause erosion.
What are water, wind, glaciers, and gravity?
500
I am an action that breaks apart rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
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