Vocab
What is a fossil?
The preserved imprint or body of a plant or animal that has died.
What is an igneous rock?
A type of rock that is formed when magma cools
What comes out of a volcano? What comes out of a geyser?
A volcano erupts lava and a geyser erupts hot steam/water.
What is the first layer of the Earth where we live on?
The crust (surface)
What are continents? What are oceans? Do we have those on Earth?
Yes! Continents are the land where people live, and oceans are the water that surrounds the continents.
What does a paleontologist study?
Someone who studies fossils
What is a metamorphic rock?
A rock formed under heat and pressure that changes into new rocks.
What is the difference between lava and magma?
Lava comes out of a volcano, and magma is molten rock inside the mantle of the Earth.
What is the second layer of the Earth called?
The mantle
TIME PRESSURE HEAT (what is it?)
Time- the measurement of how long things take
Pressure- A force pushing on something
Heat- the quality of being hot (a form of energy)
What are minerals?
What forms rocks
What is a sedimentary rock?
A rock formed by sediments.
What are similar about volcanoes and geysers?
For the most part, they are both unpredictable.
What is the third layer of the Earth called?
The outer core.
What is a geologist?
Someone who studies rocks and the past.
What does impression mean?
The shape of something left due to pressure
What is a an ore?
A rock that contains minerals or metals.
What is a liquid? What is a solid?
Liquid does not keep its shape and fills the shape of its container. A solid keeps its shape and is hard.
What is the center of the Earth called?
The core (inner core).
What does extinct mean?
What does preserved mean?
To keep in good condition for a while
What are sediments?
Pieces of dirt, minerals, and rock that are moved and put into a new location.
What does the word varies mean?
to be changing
What is a layer?
A part that lies over or under another part.
What is the equator?
An imaginary line around the center of the Earth divides it into the North and South.