Layers of the Earth
The thin outside layer we live on.
Crust
Fossils are usually found in this type of rock.
Sedimentary Rock
Rocks are made of one or more____.
Minerals
Trees, wind, and sunlight are examples of ______ resources.
Renewable resources
Soil is made of rocks, water, air, and ______
This layer is the thickest.
Mantle
The oldest rock layers are found at the ____?
Bottom
This type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma.
Igneous rock
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of ______ resources.
Non-Renewable Resources
Which layer of the Earth do earthquakes happen in?
Crust
The liquid metal layer.
Outer core
The youngest rock layers are found at the ______.
Top
This type of rock is changed by heat and pressure.
Metamorphic rock.
All the water on Earth is called the ______.
Hydrosphere
Name the 3 types of plate boundaries:
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
The solid center of the earth.
Inner core
These layers of sedimentary rock stacked like a cake are called ______.
Strata
This type of rock is made from layers of sand, mud, or small rocks.
Sedimentary rock
The gases animals breathe, like oxygen, are in the ______.
Atmosphere
Gold is a ____ resource because it is rare and hard to replace.
Nonrenewable
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
What do fossils in rock layers tell us?
What life was like long ago.
A natural solid made in earth, like quartz or gold.
Mineral
Why are natural resources not spread equally around the Earth?
Because of Earth’s natural processes, like volcanoes, earthquakes, and plate movement.
Oil is made from:
Decomposed matter over millions of years