Vocabulary
Spheres
Layers of the Earth
Mountains &Volcanoes
Random
100
Solid part of the Earth that consists of all rock and soil
geopshere
100
Consists of rock
Geosphere
100
The innermost layer of the Earth
Core
100

A volcano that is still erupting or erupted recently

Active volcano

100
What are the 2 types of erosion?
Water and wind
200
A sliding plate boundary can cause this shaking of the Earth
Earthquake
200
Consists of water
Hydrosphere
200

The layer that contains Magma & molten rocks 

Mantle

200

Volcanoes tend to form when one plate is ……….. another plate

pushed under

200

A type of soil that is sandy but contains a lot of minerals

Desert soil

300
The large slabs of Earth that are always moving very, very slowly.
Tectonic Plates
300
Consists of all living organisms
Biosphere
300
Outermost layer of the Earth
Crust
300

A volcanoe that will not erupt anymore

Extinct volcano

300

The soil is rich in nutrients and is good for growing crops

Grassland soil

400
The wearing down and transport of surface material
Erosion
400
Consists of air and gases
Atmosphere
400
The thinnest layer of the Earth
Crust
400

The magma may rest quietly for

Hundreds or thousands of year

400

An area where molten rocks from deep within the mantle break to the earth crust

Hotspot

500
In a diverging plate boundary, this rises up out of the crack to form new land
magma
500
3/4 of the Earth's water(hydrosphere) is contained in the
Oceans
500

It  contains mostly iron 

Core

500

A type of mountain formed when a force pushes one plate up and one plate down.

Fault block Mountain

500

A landform formed by the deposition by a river leaving a narrow canyon

Alluvial fan

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