Rocks
The three types of rocks.
What is sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic?
The four layers of the earth.
What is the crust, the mantel, the outer core and the inner core?
Breaking down rocks on the surface of the Earth.
What is weathering?
A scientist who studies the Earth.
What is a geologist?
This type of rock is formed by molten lava.
What is igneous?
What is the crust?
The movement of weathered materials from one place to another.
What is erosion?
All rocks contain this.
What are minerals?
This rock is formed through heat and extreme pressure.
What is metamorphic?
Earth's layer that is made of solid iron and nickel.
What is the inner core?
Dropping off sediments in a new place.
What is deposition?
These make the earth's plates move and occur in the mantle.
What are convection currents?
This type of rock is formed in layers by erosion and deposition.
What is sedimentary?
Earth's layer that is made of liquid metals.
What is the outer core?
All erosion involves this force.
What is gravity?
The large slabs that the Geosphere is broken into.
What are tectonic plates?
These rocks often contain fossils.
What are sedimentary rocks?
What is the mantle?
Most erosion is caused by these 4 things.
What is water, waves, glaciers and wind?
This is another name for the Geosphere.
What is the Lithosphere?