Rocks
Rocks
Geology
100

What should you do during an earthquake?

go under table

100

What is special about the rock pumice?

It floats

100

Why are some beaches a different color? 

They have different colored rocks

200

How does sand feel?

gritty

200
How does clay feel?

soft and silky,

sticky when wet

200

What is difference between inner and outer core?

inner solid

outer liquid

300

Why does California have so many earthquakes?

It is on the fault/tectonic plate line

300
Do mountains last forever? 

No, they break and apart

300

Place where earthquakes occur?

focus

400

What causes erosion or weathering? 

wind, rain, water, ice wedging, root wedging, gravity
400

What movement of tectonic plates happens on the west coast of America?

sliding 

400

What is geology?

study of rocks and Earth layers

500

Where are sedimentary rocks found?

near rivers
500

What continents are in the Northern hemisphere?

Asia, Europe, North America and half of Africa

500

What continents are in the southern hemisphere?

South America, Australia and Antarctica

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