Vocabulary 1
The _________ is the layer of the earth that is the very center of planet Earth, and is a hot, dense ball of mostly iron.
Inner Core
___________ was a “Super Continent” that existed when all the continents were connected.
Pangea
A rock formed from cooling lava or magma is known as a __________.
igneous rock
The water cycle is powered by the energy of the ______.
sun
True or False: There are living microorganisms in soil.
True
The ________ is the layer of the Earth which is the thinnest layer made up of a variety of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Crust
The __________ is the layer of the Earth underneath the crust, is the widest of all the layers, and is semi-solid.
Mantle
How does an igneous rock turn into a metamorphic rock?
Heat and pressure
When liquid water heats up and turns into water vapor, this process is known as _______.
evaporation
List 2 different things that make up the soil
rocks, dirt, organic matter, microorganisms, dead leaves, grass, worms, etc
A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it is known as a _________.
valley
An underwater mountain formed by volcanic activity is called a _________.
seamount
The process of rocks getting broken down by wind, water, and the sun is known as ________.
weathering
When water vapor cools down and turns into liquid water, this process is known as _____.
condensation
When soil gets ruined or polluted and is no longer usable, this is known as ______.
soil degradation
A large flat area of land that is higher than other areas of land that surround it is called a ___________.
plateau
A hypothesis that the continents were moving away from each other is known as ___________.
continental drift theory
Small pieces of broken rock are known as _______.
sediment
When trees release water vapor, this process is known as _______.
transpiration
Which layer of the soil contains dead leaves and grass. (O, A, B, C, D)
O
When tectonic plates at the bottom of the ocean split apart from each other and magma rises to form new crust, this is called ____________.
A long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically running parallel to a plate boundary is called a __________.
ocean trench
How does sediment become a sedimentary rock?
Compaction and cementation
List 3 different types of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, snow, acid rain
List the following grain sizes from smallest to largest: sand, clay, silt.
clay, silt, sand