Layers of the Earth
This is the layer we live on.
What is the crust?
This happens when wind or water wears away rock.
What is erosion?
This shaking of the ground happens when plates move suddenly.
What is an earthquake?
This can cause weathering when water freezes and expands inside cracks in rocks.
What is ice?
What is lava?
After a volcano erupts, this hot melted rock may flow down the sides.
This hot, thick layer is under the crust.
What is the mantle?
This is when small pieces of rock are dropped in a new place.
What is deposition?
This mountain can erupt with lava and ash.
What is a volcano?
This natural force can slowly move soil and small rocks from one place to another.
What is wind?
How many main layers does Earth have?
4
This layer is made of liquid metal.
What is the outer core?
This slow change can make canyons over many years.
What is erosion?
This fast spinning storm can cause great damage.
What is a tornado?
Heavy rain on a hill can cause this fast change.
What is lansdlide?
Weathering can turn big rocks into these smaller pieces.
Sediments
This is the hottest and most solid center of Earth.
What is the inner core?
This process breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
This fast change happens when rocks and dirt slide downhill.
What is a landslide?
Movement of Earth’s plates can cause this natural disaster.
What is an earthquake?
These are the four main layers of Earth.
What are crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core?
This can cause weathering when it grows inside cracks in rocks.
Plant roots
This giant ocean wave is usually caused by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
An underwater earthquake can cause this giant ocean wave.
What is a tsunami?