layers of the earth
The____ core is a solid metal ball in the center of the earth.
inner core
A type of rock that forms when molten rock cools, hardens, and turns solid.
True or False?
A geologist is a scientist who studies clouds and the sky.
False
The continuous force of one object on another.
pressure
A part that lays over and under another.
layer
True or False?
The ____________ is the outermost layer of the earth where we live.
False
A type of rock that has formed over another rock as the result of heat and/or pressure.
metamorphic
A _______ is a person who studies the history of the earth.
a.) meteorologist
b.) astronomer
c.) geologist
Geologist
The topmost layer of the outside of something.
surface
Causing damage or ruin.
Layers of____________, of rock or pieces of dirt and rock pressed at the top of another form of sedimentary rock.
a. igneous
b. sediments
sediments
A type of rick that has formed as a result of layers of the sediment pressed together.
sedimentary
Someone who studies living things from long ago by looking at fossils.
a. geologist
b. paleontologist
paleontologist
A mountain formed by the ejection of lava, gases, and ash opening from the earth's crust.
volcano
Ways we can describe and group people or things.
a. layers
b. characteristics
c. gemstones
characteristics
The ________ is the layer of liquid rock deep inside the earth.
a. crust
b. mantle
c. inner core
inner core
I noticed some tiny specks of dirt in my glass of water. What are they?
Sediments
True or false? We know about the history of earth because of the work of many scientists who study rocks and fossils.
True
A ______ keeps it's shape.
gas or solid
solid
Dinosaurs are ________because there is no more dinosaurs left on the earth.
extinct
The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
mantle
All rocks are put in to three groups: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
True or False?
True
People live on what layer of the earth?
The crust.
A mark or shape left on a surface formed by pressure.
impression
The print or remains preserved in rock of a plant or animal that died many years ago.
Fossil