So This is Earth
The thickest layer of the earth
the mantle
when two plates come together it forms this type of boundary
convergent boundary
Fossils form in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary?
The process of gluing sediment together to form sedimentary rock
What is cementation?
What is the layer that is made up of solid iron and nickel?
What is the inner core?
when two plates spread apart it forms this type of boundary
divergent boundary
These two things are formed when rocks melt.
What is magma and lava
The continuous changes that rocks undergo.
What is the rock cycle?
This is the process that carries sediments away.
What is erosion?
What is the thin, outer layer of Earth?
Crust
Name of magma thrust onto the Earth's surface
What is lava?
This process changes a rock into a metamorphic rock.
What is heat and pressure?
The breaking down of rock due to wind, water or ice
What is weathering
The type of rock most often found near or under water sources
What is sedimentary rock?
An extremely hot layer where nickel and iron melt into a thick liquid state is known as _____.
What is the outer core?
when two plates slide past each other it forms this type of boundary
transform boundary
Type of rock formed when molten magma or lava cools and hardens
What is igneous?
Volcanoes help form what type of rock?
Igneous
_________________ _____________ in the mantle causes the earth's crustal plates to move and shift
thermal energy
small, broken pieces of rock have been pressed together to form this type of rock
What is sedimentary?
The process of putting collecting sediment in a pile
What is deposition?
The two things that increase as you get closer to Earth's core
What are heat and pressure?