Rocks
Mixed mineral matter that makes up the surface of Earth and other terrestrial objects
What is Rocks
When rocks are tightly pressed together.
What is Compaction
Slowly moving pieces of Earth’s crust.
What is Tectonic plates
Thin outer later of the Earth
What is Crust
How many miles thick is earths crust
What is 43 miles
The processes that form, break down, and re- form rock from one category to another
What is Rock Cycle
laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice
What is Deposition
Movement caused by warm fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking.
What is Convection
Made up of silicate rocks with more magnesium and iron.
What is Mantle
How hot is earths inner core
what is 9,392 degrees fahrenheit
Formed by great heat and pressure. Usually found in the crust of the earth.
The transport of sediment by wind, water, or gravity
What is Erosion
A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
What is Divergent Boundary
Made up of iron and nickel and is very hot
What is Outer Core
What is the tallest mountain on earth
what is mount everest
Formed by volcanoes errupting
What is Igneous rock
A type of mechanical weathering that occurs when rocks and sediment grind against each other
What is Abrasion
A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move towards each other.
What is Convergent boundary
It is solid and made up of iron and nickel. Under immense pressure.
What is Inner Core
what is the lowest point on earth
what is the dead sea
type of rock formed when sediment is compacted together
What is Sedimentary Rock
A kind of weathering that occurs when chemical reactions change the composition of rocks, rearranging the atoms or molecules into new substances with different properties
What is Chemical weathering
A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
What is Transform Boundary
Thickest layer of earth
What is Mantle
How old is earth
what is 4.543 billion years old