Earth's Layers
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Rocks
Weathering
Trivia
100
outer layer of the earth
What is crust?
100
A break in the earth's crust where earthquakes often appear.
What is a fault?
100
Rock formed by extreme pressure
What is metamorphic?
100
The process of dropping sediment to a new location.
What is deposition?
100
The weathering force which moves land rapidly or slowly.
What is gravity?
200
the center of the earth
What is core?
200
The underground origin of a earthquake
What is focus?
200
Rock from melted rock.
What is igneous?
200
records earthquakes?
What is a seismograph?
300
Two metals which make up the core
What is nickel and iron
300
melted rock inside the earth
What is magma?
300
Rock formed by layering of particles.
What is sedimentary?
300
Process of moving sediment to one place or another.
What is erosion?
300
the name of the "super-continet"
What is pangea?
400
The thickest layer of the earth.
What is mantle?
400
A crack in the earth that allows magma to flow to the surface.
What is a vent?
400
The remains of traces of past life found in crust.
What is fossils?
400
Earth's continents move.
What is continental drift?
400
measures hardness of minerals
What is mohs?
500
The part of the core which is solid.
What is the inner core?
500
The scale that measures earthquakes.
What is Richter?
500
Process of rocks changing from one type to another
What is rock cycle?
500
weathering force that moves sand to create sand dunes.
What is wind?
500
light on the surface of a mineral
What is luster?
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