Layers of the Earth
Plate Tectonics
Rocks
Rock Cycle
Weathering and Erosion
100
The top layer of the Earth, which you stand on, is called the ______
Crust
100
What is plate tectonics?
The Earth's crust is divided up into plates that are slowly moving.
100
Rock that is formed by sediment being cemented together.
Sedimentary Rock
100
https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/975/flashcards/2398975/jpg/rock_cycle-142E89F04B011C9BBBE.jpg What is occurring at #1
Melting
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
200
The hottest layer of the Earth is ______
The Inner Core
200
https://userscontent2.emaze.com/images/c8180376-1dd9-4b86-a9a8-eb7ba9d16a37/432a529d-9268-48e2-af17-543c95bb0ca9.png This picture represents which plate boundary
Divergent Boundary
200
When magma cools, it becomes what type of rock.
Igneous Rock
200
https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/975/flashcards/2398975/jpg/rock_cycle-142E89F04B011C9BBBE.jpg What is occurring at #2
Cooling
200
The movement of weathered rock, or transportation of sediment.
What is erosion?
300
http://questgarden.com/52/06/1/070604190639/images/lable_the_layers_of_the_earth.jpg What layer is labeled #2
Mantle
300
Fault lines usually form at transform boundaries; this can cause _________
Earthquakes
300
These rocks are formed by heat and pressure.
Metamorphic Rock
300
https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/975/flashcards/2398975/jpg/rock_cycle-142E89F04B011C9BBBE.jpg What is occuring at #3
heat and pressure
300
Dropping of sediemnt from wind or water that slows, or ice melt.
What is deposition?
400
http://questgarden.com/52/06/1/070604190639/images/lable_the_layers_of_the_earth.jpg Which layer is labeled #3
The Outer Core
400
Convergent boundaries are when 2 plates collide with one another. A _________ is where one plate gets pushed under the other.
Subduction Zone
400
Igneous rock is most likely formed by which geological feature?
What is a volcano?
400
https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/975/flashcards/2398975/jpg/rock_cycle-142E89F04B011C9BBBE.jpg What is occurring at #5
weathering and erosion
400
A mudslide flowing down a steep hill is an example of ______
Erosion
500
Which layer of the is made of liquid iron and nickel?
The Outer Core
500
The idea that all the continents once formed "Pangea" and have slowly separated apart is known as ______
Continental Drift
500
What main material is compacted together to make the sedimentary rock Sandstone.
Sand
500
https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/975/flashcards/2398975/jpg/rock_cycle-142E89F04B011C9BBBE.jpg What is occurring at #8
Compaction/Cementing
500
Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of _______
Deposition
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