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All Mixed Up
Rock Cycle
All Mixed Up Two
Weathering
Our Earth
100
A feature that helps identify someone or something.
What is a characteristic?
100
A person who studies earth and its natural formations.
What is a geologist?
100
Scientists must do this to determine a solution to a problem.
What is analyze/study?
100
The movement and wearing away of soft or loose weathered rock from one place to another; most often caused by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
What is erosion?
100
The thinnest layer of the earth that forms the solid top layer.
What is the crust?
200
Plants that cover the ground are called this.
What is vegetation?
200
Name the 3 major classifications of rocks.
What are sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous.
200
A deep and narrow valley.
What is a canyon.
200
A delta is formed by this type of erosion.
What is water?
200
This is the layer of earth located right under the crust that is made of convecting molten liquid rock.
What is the mantle?
300
The height of something - usually describes the height above sea level.
What is elevation?
300
This rock is made up of layers of sediment that have been squeezed together over millions of years.
What is a sedimentary rock?
300
Found in sedimentary rock, this is a remain of a living thing that died long ago.
What is a fossil?
300
A pothole is formed by this type of erosion over time.
What is ice erosion?
300
This land form is formed by deposits of sediment at the end of a stream.
What is a delta?
400
A 3-dimensional map showing the elevation of land.
What is a relief map?
400
This is what happens to a rock to cause a rock to change into a metamorphic rock.
What is heat and pressure?
400
These types of rocks can change and become a different type of rock.
What is all rock types (metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary)?
400
These rock types can be eroded by both wind and water.
What are all types of rock?
400
These 2 most inner parts of the earth, one is solid and the other is much softer.
What are the inner and outer cores?
500
A large area of flat ground that is much higher than the land around it.
What is a plateau?
500
Igneous rocks form when this happens.
What is melted rock hardens?
500
When these pieces of the earth's crust,that lie over molten rock, slide across each other, or pull apart an earthquake happens.
What are the earth's plates?
500
Sand dunes and arched rock formations are formed by what type of erosion?
What is wind erosion?
500
Name 2 rapid processes that can affect landforms.
What are landslide, earthquake, volcano or flash flood?