Earth
What is the moving of rocks and sediment called?
Erosion
Scientists who study rocks
Geologists
Name 5 oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, Indian
What is rock made of sediment that contains fossils?
Sedimentary
What is bedrock?
solid rock
What are the 4 layers of Earth?
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
What is a large mass of water that covers dry land?
tsunami
Name 7 continents
Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica, Australia,
Igneous
What are the 5 layers of soil
organic layer, topsoil, subsoil, rock layer, bedrock
Large pieces that cover the Earth that can shift
Tectonic plates
What is the breaking apart of rocks
weathering
Name of super continent
Pangea
Rocks that change by heat and pressure
Metamorphic rocks
Clay
How much of Earth is covered in water?
3/4 or 75%
Large cracks where earthquakes happen
faults
Where is the crust thicker under land or water?
Land because of the moutains
What are 2 igneous rocks?
pumice and obsidian
What is inside the organic layer?
Dead plants and animals
What is magma?
melted rock in the mantle
What happens when 2 tectonic plates move suddently
3 ways tectonic plates move
show with hands
separate, slide, collide
What is the smallest particle sand, silt, or clay.
Rocks, sediment and organic matter is called?
soil