Layers Of The Earth
Whats the order of the compositional layers?
Crust, Mantle, Core.
Where do earthquakes occur most?
The edges of the Pacific Ocean Plates.
What is weathering mean?
A breaking down sediment.
What is one thing you can learn from a topographic map?
How steep they are.
What is a constructive force?
A process that raises or builds up the surface features of the earth.
Whats the order of the mechanical layers?
Lithosphere, Aestherosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core.
What is a fault?
A fault is a break in a boundary of rock along which one block sides relative to another.
What is erosion?
Water sending sediments down.
What kind of landforms have contour lines that are really close together?
Mountains
What is a destructive force?
The process of breaking down of rocks and land due to forces.
Whats the difference between S waves and P waves?
P waves do not do as much damage and they go through liquids and solids. S waves they do more damage and they only go through solids.
In a mid-ocean where is the older crust at?
The old crust goes out to the outsides at the ridge.
What is deposition?
The dropping of sediments.
What is a fossil?
The remains of a organism persevered in a mold or cast in a rock.
What is the main force that caused the grand canyon?
Destructive
Whats the difference between compositional and Mechanical layers?
Compositional layers are determined by their components. Mechanical layers are determined by their physical properties.
Whats the theory for plate tectonics?
It states that thee earths solid outer crust the lithosphere is sperated into plates that move overtime.
Landslides are a fast acting type of_?
Erosion
What is an index fossil?
A fossil used to define and identify geological periods.
What was the process of an mountain?
Folding
Where is the new crust formed at a divergent boundary ?
The old crust goes under and the new crust goes under and the new crust goes to the surface.
What is the plantery difference?
It explains how planets are formed densermate raise sink. While less dense materials raise.
Acid rain is statue overtime holes are formed in the statue this is an example of?
Chemical Weathering.
What does it mean if you have marine fossils more savable?
There are no plants or soil covering them up and no plant them apart from minerals.
What is a mountain C or D force?
Constructive