Continents/Oceans
Name 5 oceans
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
What do tiny broken down rocks become?
soil
What type of rock has fossils?
Where are these rocks found?
Sedimentary rocks
Rivers and rock ledges
Place where earthquake occurs
focus
3 ways tectonic plates move?
slide, collide, seperate
Where is crust thicker land or water?
What are crusts called?
Land
continental and oceanic crust
What is magma?
melted rock
Word for breaking apart of rocks?
weathering
Large cracks in earth's crust is called?
faults
What happens when tectonic plates move suddenly?
earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains form
Name 7 continents
Australia
Africa
Antarctica
North America
South America
Asia
Europe
what is in the organic layer?
dead plants and animals, leaves
When magma or lava cools and hardens, what is formed?
mountain
What are 2 things that can happen during an earthquake?
Buildings collapse, roads break
What movement is only for earthquakes?
slide
3 causes of weathering?
water, ice, cold temperatures, wind, gravity
What are 5 layers of soil?
organic layer, topsoil, subsoil, rock layer, bedrock
What rocks will you find near a volcano?
Igneous
What is a tsunami
large wave that floods dry land, starts with earthquake in ocean
What are 4 layers of Earth?
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
what is solid rock top layer we live on
crust
What is in soil?
rocks, sediment, organic layer, air and water
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
By heat and pressure
person who studies rocks?
geologist
Name 2 tectonic plates
African, North American, Eurasian, Pacific plate