Layers of the Earth
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
The Earth’s Crust
Give me one example of a slow land change and one example of a fast land change.
Fast land change: Flood, Earthquake, Landslide, Volcano...
Slow land change: Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
Name two ways an island can form
Earthquakes
Underwater Volcanoes
This agent of erosion move the most rock on Earth’s surface?
Water
The noncontact force that pulls object toward one another is _________________
Gravity
What is the inner core made out of?
Solid Rock
DOUBLE
The dropping of sediment moved by water, wind and ice is called what?
Deposition
What is a Plateau?
A tall mountain like land formation with a flat top
Do volcanoes change The surface of the earth slowly
or quickly?
quickly
The direction gravity pulls objects?
Downward, toward the earth's center.
Volcanoes release molten rock from where?
From the Earth’s Mantle
The movement of rock material from one location to the other is called what?
Erosion
How do Mountains Form?
By two fault lines pushing or crashing into each other during an earthquake
What could make a mountain become smaller?
weathering and erosion
Due to gravity, the higher position an object is at, the higher ____________________ it has.
Potential energy.
Label all 3 layers of the earth
Core, mantle, crust
The amplitude or Size of an Earthquake is Measured by What machine?
Seismograph/ seismometer
How are deltas formed?
By sediment being deposited by a river as the flow leaves the mouth and flows into slower moving water
How can arches become dangerous?
They can erode and eventually fall
Gravity effect a person’s ….
weight
Studying the rock layers can provide us what information about the past?
The environmental changes.
What is the main difference between a seismograph and a seismometer?
Seismograph uses physical materials.
Seismometer works digitally.
How is a volcano formed?
By the tectonic plate movement.
What do we call large ice formations that move slowly and form valleys and shape mountains through erosion?
Glaciers
The pull of gravity on Earth is 3 times greater on Earth than Mars. A 90 pound child weights this ______on Mars.
30 pounds