Minerals
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Rock cycle
Earth's layers
100
a solid geometric form that results from a repeating pattern of atoms or molecuels
What is a crystal
100
giant sections of lithosphere on Earth's surface
What is a tectonic plate
100
The process by which rock becomes deformed and changes shape due to stress
What is a deformation
100
The process by which sediment comes to rest
What is deposition
100
A layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly
What is the asthenosphere
200
a naturally occurring, usually inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure and chemical composition
What is a mineral
200
a location where a column of extremely hot mantle rock
What is a hotspot
200
a place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an Eathquake occurrs
What is a focus
200
The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock
What is weathering
200
The movement of matter that results from differences in density caused by variations in temperature
What is convection
300
The building blocks of matter
What is atoms
300
magma that has reached Earth's surface
What is lava
300
a break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rocks meet
What is a fault
300
When minerals that form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together
What is sedimentary rock
300
The outermost solid layer of the Earth
What is the crust
400
substance made up of molecules of two or more elements
What is a compound
400
any place where ash , gas, or melted rock come out of the ground
What is a volcano
400
Where two or more tectonic plates meet
What is a tectonic plate boundary
400
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another
What is erosion
400
The central part of Earth below the mantle
What is the core
500
Anything that has volume and mass
What is matter
500
melted rock under Earth's surface
What is magma
500
The return of rock to its original shape after elastic deformation
What is elastic rebound
500
forms when magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid
What is igneous rock
500
A region of hot slow flowing solid rock
What is the mantle
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