5th Grade Science/Overall Geology
Ordered knowledge of the natural world
What is Physical Science?
Seismic wave that travels through only solids
What are S waves?
Natural features of the Earth's surface
What are landforms?
A solid collection of minerals
What is a rock?
The transport and movement of weathered sediments
What is erosion?
The study of Earth
What is Geology?
Where new crust forms between two plates
What are constructive boundaries?
A cluster of islands
What is an archipelago?
A series of processes that create and transform the type of rocks in the Earth's crust
What is the rock cycle?
The breaking down of rocks
What is weathering?
Observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, analyze, conclusion
What are the steps to the scientific method?
What are P waves?
Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere
What are the four spheres of the Earth?
A naturally occurring element OR compound, with a crystalline structure
What is a mineral?
Representation of time based on the Earth's rock record
What is the geological time scale?
James Hutton
Who is the father of modern geology?
When an oceanic plate slides underneath a continental plate
What are destructive boundaries?
Erosion, weathering, volcanic activities, and tectonic movements
Landforms are created through what natural processes?
What are the three types of rocks?
Non-renewable resource made from decomposing plants and animals
What are fossil fuels?
Observation, classification, and experimentation
What is Physical Science studies through?
Lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle, outer core, and inner core
What are the five mechanical layers of the Earth?
A long, narrow sea inlet formed by a glacier
What is a fjord?
Rock formed from pieces of other rock or organic material
What is an organic sedimentary rock?
What is deposition?