earthquakes
What is it called when the area near the fault suddenly moves and causes the land to shake
What are the 7 bodies of land masses on Earth?
North America, South America, Europe Asia, Antarctica Australia, Africa.
clay, silt, and sand are called what?
Sediment
What rock is formed by the colling of lava or magma?
Igneous rocks
What are the four layers of earth.
The crust, mantel, outer core, inner core
This is the exact place where an earthquake happens
The focus
Earth is divided into large pieces called what?
This type of sediment is normally red and soft when dry and sticky when wet
clay
The breaking apart of rocks is called what?
Weathering
What is the layer just below the mantel?
inner core
the place on earths surface above the focus is called the what?
epicenter.
How far do tectonic plates move each year
around 1 to 18 cm each year
This sediment absorbs water easily
Sand
Rocks that are formed by heat and pressure are called what?
metamorphic rocks
What layer of earth is second layer
The mantel
What happens when there is an earthquake in the ocean?
Tsunami
This covers about 75% of earths surface
what is ocean or water
What is soil made out of?
it is a mixture of rock, sediment, and organic matter.
Rocks that have layers of different colors that are formed with pressure are called what?
Sedimentary rocks
inner core
How does a earthquake happen?
two faults next to each other move.
How do tectonic plates move?
They separate, collided, slide
What is the process of moving rocks and sediment called.
Erosion
You often find fossils in this type of rock
Sedimentary rocks.
What is the largest layer of the earth
Mantle