Layers of the Earth
The top layer of the Earth, which you live on, is called the ______
Crust
What is plate tectonics?
The Earth's crust is divided up into plates that are slowly moving.
When small pieces of rocks settle from the water or when minerals are deposited...easy to scratch...
Sedimentary Rock
BONUS QUESTION: What are two rocks of this type?
After the volcano erupts and magma cools this turns
Igneous rock
What are the ways that the earth changes or moves?
Weathering, erosion, deposition
When plates pull apart, this is called......
Divergent Boundary
Made from molten rock, cools underground or is thrown from a volcano...
Igneous Rock
BONUS QUESTION: What are two rocks of this type?
Igneous rock is weathered and this turns into....
sediments
What can cause some mountains to be sharp and pointy while others are rounded?
Weathering!
The second layer of the earth
Mantle
transforming boundaries can cause....
Earthquakes
These rocks are formed by heat and pressure.
Metamorphic Rock
BONUS QUESTION: What are two types of this rock?
Sediments are compressed together and turn into...
sedimentary rock
The Outer Core
When earth's plates separate and magma comes out of the crack.
Divergent boundaries
Igneous rock is most likely formed by which natural disaster?
What is a volcano?
Heat and pressure are put on sedimentary rocks. This turns into...
Metamorphic rock
Sand dunes in the desert are moved and changed from this type of erosion.
Wind
When sediments are layered in the crust and impressions are left behind these are called....
fossils
Earth's crust moves slowly over time. This theory is called...
Plate Tectonics
Metamorphic rock is pushed back into earth. This turns into...
Magma
Planting things!