Unit 1-Rock&Human
This rock was made from cooled lava and magma.
What are igneous rocks?
This is the outermost physical layer Earth
What is the Lithosphere?
Number of these tell how old the tree is.
What are tree rings?
When a celestial body moves on its axis
What is Rotation?
In the core of the sun
Where is the sun's energy produced?
Tearing down trees and vegetation
What is Deforestation?
This is formed when two continental crust are converged
What is a mountain?
This is occurring when the moon is directly between the Sun and the Earth.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
A measure of a star's brightness as seen from earth
What is apparent magnitude?
After an igneous rock goes through weathering and erosion, it turns into this
What are sediments?
large scale movement of the earths lithosphere (crust and ridged mantle) that describes 7 major plates moving
theory of plate tectonics
A disturbance where magma is injected.
What are intrusions?
This is when sunlight is at maximum in one hemisphere.
What is a solstice?
The layer of the sun only visible during a solar eclipse
What is the corona?
When the soil can no longer support plant growth and causes erosion
What is desertification?
Hot mantle rises, cool mantle sinks
What are convection currents?
the process of dating rocks based on their position i a rock pile.
What is relative dating?
The phase of the moon when it is 3/4 illuminated on the right side
What is a waxing gibbous
Holds the gas and dust and stars together to form a galaxy
What is gravity?
What is a sinkhole
The process when a denser piece of crust sinks under a less dense piece.
What is subduction?
A relative time scale divides the vast amount of earths history into various sections based on geological events
What is Geological time scale
You are experiencing a high tide when the moon is located here.
What is above you or below you?
What is a solar radius?