Rock Cycle
Can create sedimentary rocks
What are sediments?
How do we measure rock hardness?
Mohs hardness scale.
What is the thinnest layer?
Crust
What is it called when a volcano is in the middle of a tectonic plate?
Hot Spot
What is erosion?
When the products of weathering get transported from place - place.
This rock creates magma.
What is a metamorphic rock?
What's the difference between rocks and minerals?
Rocks are made of minerals, minerals are pure.
What state is the inner core (solid, liquid, gas)
solid
Specifically, where do most volcanoes happen?
Ring of Fire
What is weathering?
The process that wears down rocks.
Rocks that can make sediments.
What are sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic
How many mineral properties are there?
6
How much of Earth's mass is in the mantle?
2/3
How do earthquakes happen?
Tectonic Plates colliding/catching onto each other.
What are 3 kinds of weathering?
Mechanical Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Biological Weathering
Time for 5mm of soil to form
What is almost 1000 years
What level is Quartz on the Mohs Hardness scale?
7
What is the order of layers from the outside of the planet to the middle of the planet?
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Do continents move?
YES
What kind of landforms are the badlands?
Fluvial Landforms
What makes metamorphic rocks?
All other rock types (sedimentary, igneous)
What are all of the mineral properties?
Colour, Lustre, Cleavage, Fracture, Hardness, Streak
Where is the Lithosphere?
On top of the mantle.
Who discovered Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
What is the cause for the hoodoos?
Wind slamming sand at them while the heavy top keeps the below there.