Layers of the Earth
What is three (3)?
This term describes combinations of different minerals and other materials.
What is rock?
Most volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis occur along these places on plates.
What are plate boundaries?
The rocky, outer layer of Earth.
What is crust?
Type of rock formed from magma.
What is igneous rock?
Sudden movement (shaking) of Earth's plate.
What are Earthquakes?
Large sphere of metal found at the center of the Earth.
What is core?
Type of rock formed from high temperature and pressures.
What is metamorphic rock?
Large sea wave caused by underwater earthquakes.
What are tsunamis?
What is mantle?
Type of rock formed from sediment. (dissolved rock, sand, etc.)
What is sedimentary rock?
Mountains that form when magma reaches the surface.
What are volcanoes?
The crust is made of many smaller pieces that can move around in this theory.
What is plate tectonics?
Rocks are able to change types through this cycle.
What is the rock cycle?
How many types of volcanoes are there?
What is three (3)? (cinder cone, shield volcanoes, composite volcanoes)