Earths core
whats the hottest part of earths core
the inner core
whats the hardest and weakest mineral in earth
diamond and talc
What is weathering
things wearing down
can plate tectonics move
true
what is an epicentere
point above focus of volcano
whats the mantle made of
magma
what are rock crystals?
patterns of lined up minerals in a regular pattern
why can ice cause mechanical weathering?
because it has water in it
can volcanoes cause earthquakes
true
where dose magma in the volcano come from
the mantle
whats the numerical order of earths layers
crust, lithosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core
what can diamond be broken with
another diamond
whats the difference between weathering and errosion
weathering isint only about rocks
what causes earthquakes
converging boundaries
where do volcanoes normally occur
the ring of fire
what is the thinest layer
the crust
What are mineral properties?
colour, lustre, streak, clevege, fracture, and hardness
what is sedimentation
process of sediments being deposited
what are sesmic waves
sudden breaking of rocks in focus energy
how do volcanoes errupt
magma escaping from the mantle
how hot is the inner core?
7000'c
What is a simple version of the rock cycle
magma to ignius to sedimentary to metamorphic
3 diffrent types of weathering
biological weathering, mechanical weathering and chemical weathering
what can messure volcanoes
the ritcher scale
what scale is used to messure volcanoes
the seismograph