Geology
These are the 3 main types of rocks in the rock cycle.
What are Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
This is the name for the supercontinent that existed before breaking a part.
What is Pangea?
This is the lowest layer of the atmosphere where all the weather takes place.
What is the troposphere?
This thick layer is made of hot and slow-moving rock which is located beneath the crust.
What is the Mantle?
This continuous movement of water through Earth's systems.
what is the water cycle?
These are non-living solids made up of one or more minerals.
What are rocks?
This theory explains the movement of Earth's Lithospheric plates and how they shape the planet.
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
This layer contains the ozone layer.
what is the stratosphere?
This is the outermost solid layer of earth.
What is the crust?
This process moves water from Earth's surface into the atmosphere as water vapor.
what is evaportaion?
These are inorganic or non-living solids that occur naturally in a crystallized form.
What are minerals?
This is a type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.
What is a transform plate boundary?
This gas makes up about 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This layer is liquid and is made of nickel and iron.
what is the outer core?
This is freshwater stored underground in layers of rock or sediment.
what is groundwater?
These rocks are formed when magma/lava cools and hardens.
What is an igneous rock?
This is formed at a subduction zone where one oceanic plate sinks beneath another.
What is a deep ocean trench?
This force is caused by the weight of the atmosphere that is pressing down on the earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
The innermost layer is solid due to the pressure and heat.
What is the inner core?
This term describes the top of the saturated zone of groundwater.
What is the water table?
These are rocks formed by heat and pressure.
what are metamorphic rocks?
These are the underwater mountain ranges that are formed by seafloor spreading.
What are mid-ocean ridges?
This is the name of the effect that traps heat in the earth's atmosphere and keeps the planet warm.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This outer layer contains the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.
What is the lithospere?
This is an area of land where all the water drains to the same body of water.
What is a watershed?