use your words!
Can some volcanoes be destructive if their lava spills out on the land around them?
Bonus if you can define destructive!
Yes!
Definition: causing great harm or damage; destroy
What is a geologist?
Someone who studys nonliving things in our earth. examples: rocks!
What are the three types of rocks?
Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
What layer of the earth is a hot metal ball at the center of the earth?
The inner core
What animal lived long ago that we learned about through fossils?
Dinosaurs
Liquid takes the form of whatever container it is in. If something doesn't change shape what type of matter is it?
a solid
How many layers does the earth have? Can you name them?
4; crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
Layers of pieces and dirts known as sediments get pressed together to form what type of rock?
sedimentary rock
what is the hot substance that comes out of volcanoes
lava
What is a paleontologist?
A scientist who studies living things from long ago.
When something is pushing down or adding force on another thing it is adding _________?
pressure
This is the second layer of the earth.
Mantle
which rock is the most common?
igneous rocks
What shoots out of geyers?
water
This preserved imprint or body of animals and plants that died many years ago are called what?
bonus if you can define perserve!
fossils
definition: to save something and keep it in good condition
If i group something by their shape, color, texture, and size I am looking at their ________?
Characteristics
the surface; the crust
What is an important mineral used by people daily?
salt
What is the hot substance inside volcanoes known as?
magma
Dinosaurs are not longer living on Earth. What is the word we use for living things that are no longer around?
Extinct
What word means something is always changing and never stays the same
varies
what is the name of the imaginary line that runs from west to east?
Metamorphic rocks are rocks that change over time with heat and pressure. There is one common metamorphic rock that we learned about. What is it?
marble
The earth goes through a lot of changes. What three things allow the earth to make these changes?
they believe that a meteorite hit the earth