Ignorant Igneous
She Sediment what?
Layers of the Earth
Weathering the erosion
The Rock Cycle
100
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
100
tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. is called what
What is sediment?
100
The four layers of the earth that we discussed are ___
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
100
The chemical and physical breakdown of rocks into sediment.
What is weathering?
100
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
200
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
The final 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
200
The continental crust meets what type of crust underwater less than 100 km from a coast?
ocean crust
200
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
300
When magma does this it forms granite with large crystals
Cools slowly
300
Sandstone can form when layers of sand are buried and put under _____________.
pressure
300
The top part of the mantle and the crust form which layer of the atmosphere?
the lithosphere
300
What is extrusive igneous rock?
300
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
400
Basalt is an igneous rock that is found in which layer of the earth?
ocean crust
400
What are two things that can be found in sedimentary rocks that scientists can study to learn about the past?
fossils of plants and animals
400
What kind of currents flow slowly in the mantle?
convection currents
400
Igneous Rock into sediment
What type of rock is created through weathering and erosion?
400
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?