Earth Layers
In what layer do earthquakes happen?
What is the crust?
When moving through the rock cycle, a metamorphic rock can eventually become
What is sedimentary or igneous?
What soil types has the lowest permeability?
What is clay?
What evidence may there be that two plates are still colliding?
What is a mountain is growing in cm every year?
Which of these is considered a property of soil?
A. streak
B. luster
C. fracture
D. texture
What is D-texture?
What is iron and nickel? (liquid)
What two things are necessary for metamorphic rocks to form?
What are heat and pressure?
Which soil type is most permeable?
What is sand?
Which best explains the movement of tectonic plates?
A. They move several miles yearly.
B. They move several centimeters yearly.
C. They move several feet yearly.
D. They move several meters yearly.
What is B-several cm yearly?
A. a desert
B. a beach
C. a mountain peak
D. a flood plain
What is D-a flood plain?
Which layer causes the most movement of the lithosphere?
What is the mantle?
Sediment is hardened and compacted forming limestone. What is this an example of?
What is sedimentary rock?
What element is found in soil that makes it appear red?
What is iron?
Which boundary creates earthquakes?
What is a transform boundary?
Over time, igneous rock is broken down into sediment by wind and rain. What is this process called?
What is weathering and erosion?
What is intense pressure from other layers?
Which rock type of rock is formed near volcanoes and with intense heat and cooling?
What are igneous rocks?
Which property best indicates that soil contains nutrients?
What is color?
What plate boundaries move apart from one another?
What are divergent boundaries?
What can be created when two plates diverge?
Possible answers: rift valley, sea-floor speading, mid Atlantic Ridge
The Earth's outer core is made of liquid iron and nickel. What force is made by this layer?
What is a magnetic field?
What is the process called that rocks undergo?
What is the rock cycle?
What must topsoil have to be considered fertile?
What is the best soil mixture for plant growth?
How were scientists able to determine the layers of the Earth?
What are seismic waves?