Earth's Layers
Plate Tectonics
Rocks
Minerals
Space
100
The layer of the Earth we live on.
What is crust
100
This is the tectonic plate we live on
What is the North American plate
100
the 3 types of rocks
What is metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous
100
The S in SNIFC stands for
What is solid
100
Earth's ________ causes it to experience day and night
What is rotation
200
Where the convection currents are..
What is the mantle
200
An interaction that can be caused at the plate boundaries
What is earthquake, volcano, mountain, basin, etc.
200
Igneous rock is formed when-
What is magma cools
200
The definition of streak-
What is the true color or color of crushed powder
200
The rock object that enters Earth's atmosphere
What is meteor
300
This is the most dense layer of the Earth
What is inner core
300
When 2 plates collide
What is convergent
300
What we describe as the constant changing of rocks from one form to another
What is the rock cycle
300
The scale of hardness we use is-
What is Mohs scale of hardness
300
Out of comet, asteroid, and meteoroid; Which does not have a set orbital path
What is meteor
400
The layer that is directly below the lithosphere
What is asthenosphere
400
Geological even caused at a transform boundary
What is an earthquake
400
The final process in the formation of sedimentary rock
What is cementation
400
The type of structure that minerals have is-
What is crystalline
400
_______ governs the motion of our solar system
What is gravity
500
The layers of the Earth in order from outermost to inner most
What is crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
500
What geological event happens when a less dense oceanic crust and more dense continental crust collide
What is volcano
500
Describe the steps to change igneous rock into sedimentary rock-
What is weathering and erosion, the compaction and cementation.
500
The mineral that is a 10 on Mohs scale is
What is diamond
500
The 2 factors that affect gravitational pull-
What is mass distance
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