minerals
earths layers
rock cycle
volcanoes
mountain building
100
A naturally occurring, usually inorganic solid that has definite crystalline structure and chemical composition
What is a mineral?
100
a layer of weak or soft mantle that is made up of rock that flows slowly
What is a asthenosphere
100
the process by which water,wind, ice and changes in temperature and breaks down rocks
What is weathering?
100
is molten rock
What is magma ?
100
when rock layers bend under stress
What is folding?
200
a substance that is made up of molecules of two or more elements.
What is compound?
200
Earths core extends from below the mantle to the center of the earth
What is earths core
200
the rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations.
What is uplift?
200
any place where gas,ash,or melted rock came out of the ground.
What is a volcano?
200
stress that squeezes or pushes rock together.
What is compression
300
pure substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by ordinary chemical mens.
What is an element
300
The strong, lower part of the mantle.
What is mesosphere
300
the sinking of regions of the crust to higher elevations.
What is subsidence
300
towards the belly
What is a vent
300
stress that stretches or pulls rocks apart
What is tension
400
A solid geometric from that results from a repeating pattern of atoms or molecules.
What is crystal
400
The outermost, rigid layer of Earth.
What is lithosphere
400
an area where a set of deep cracks form
What is rift zone
400
a location where a column of extremely hot mantle and rock rises through the asthenosphere
What is hotspot
500
the smallest particle of an element
What is atom
500
located between the core and the crust
What is a mantle
500
The process by which sediment comes to rest.
What is deposition
500
plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere
What is a tectonic plate
500
the process by which rocks change when under stress
What is deformation
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