Layers of the Earth
What layer of the earth is broken into tectonic plates?
Crust
What geological event is caused by transform boundary?
Earthquakes
What is the difference between lava and magma?
Magma is found inside the volcano and lava is when it has erupted from the volcana
What are minerals made up of?
Elements
You are a rock that formed big changes such as high pressure and heat. What kind of rock are you?
Metamorphic Rock
How many layers does the earth have?
5
What is subduction zone?
An area where one tectonic plates sinks and slides under another
What is the Ring of Fire?
The path on tectonic plates that have an exceptional amount of volcanic activity
Which objects should you use when testing a minerals hardness?
A copper and steel nail
You are a rock in the oceanic crust, formed by pressure squishing together the grains of sand that has been collected. What kind of rock are you?
Sedimentary Rock
Which layer of the earth is completely liquid?
Outer Core
What is an Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundary?
When oceanic and continental boundaries collide with one another
What is a volcano that is not currently active but has the possibility of erupting again in the future?
A dormant volcano
Why is corn oil NOT a mineral?
It is made from living things and is a liquid
Igneous rocks that appear shiny, smooth, and glass-like; What kind of igneous rock are you?
Extrusive igneous rock
Which layer of the earth is soft and gooey, but not completely melted?
Mantle
What is the Continental Drift Theory?
Where scientist believe that the continents fit together like a puzzle.and the world was one big giant landmass called Pangaea
What is a hollowed-outt cavity that lies deep beneath the earth and contains magma and gases?
Magma Chamber
What properties should you use to identify a mineral?
Color, luster, streak, and hardness
What kind of rock often has fossils inside of it?
Sedimentary Rock
Why is the inner core solid even though it is the hottest layer?
High pressure
How do the plates move in each of the 3 tectonic plates boundaries?
Convergent: plates crash into each other; Divergent: plates move apart; Transform: plates slide past each other in opposite directions
What three types can magma rise?
Underwater volcano, volcano from melted crust, and hot spot volcano
What are the five characteristics of minerals?
1) Made up of elements
2) Naturally occurring
3) Not living nor made from living things
4) Solids
5) Have crystalline structures
How does sediment form?
Weathering and erosion