Grand Canyon
Another name for sand
Sediment
Ring of Fire is a list of what?
Volcanoes
Outer layer of the earth
Weathering is what?
Breaking down
How a plant makes food
photosynthesis
River that formed the canyon
Colorado River
What ocean does it cover?
Pacific
Layer magma flows from
Mantle
Dropping off of sediment
Deposition
Difference between a river and lake
River has running water and lake is totally enclosed
Type of rock that the canyon is made of
Sedimentary Rock
What chain of islands did it create in the center of the ocean?
Hawaii
Lies between the crust and mantle
Tectonic plates
Why rocks in a running river are smooth
Water rushes over them and smooths them out
Largest ocean in the world
Pacific
Before the canyon it was covered by what
Ocean water
Name of the rock that the volcanoes often create
Basalt
What do tectonic plates do that cause an earthquake
Collide
Why rocks near the bottom of a mountain are smaller
Fall and break apart
Found in all ocean water that can be a combination of 2 different elements (Sodium Chloride)
NaCl or Salt
The carrying of rock and sediment down the river is known as what?
Erosion
Exploding volcanoes often spray out this type of lava
Thick
How mountains form
Plates overlap and push the earth upward
World's tallest mountain
Everest
First human to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong