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Inside the Earth
Volcanoes
Rock Cycle
Fossils
Rocks
100
We live on the Earth's ...
crust
100
This kind of volcano is generally found underwater
shield volcano
100
Rain pours down on me, wearing me down. this is called
weathering
100
A bug in amber is this type of fossil
body fossil
100
A rock that you can usually find fossils in
Sedimentary
200
Large plates float on top of the Earth's mantle. These are called the ...
tectonic plates
200
Mt. Saint Helens is this type of volcano
Strato-volcano
200
I slowly break into smaller and smaller pieces. This is called
erosion
200
Minerals seep into me, creating this type of fossil
cast fossil
200
This rock is made of cooled lava
igneous
300
The cracks in the Earth that separate the plates are called
fault lines
300
Yellowstone, above a super-volcano, features many geysers, mudpots, and boiling pools. This type of place is called a
volcano complex
300
Over time, pressure from the other layers above me begin this process, turning me into a sedimentary rock
compaction/cementation
300
First an animal dies in the ground, then is slowly covered in soil. My body starts to to this ... until there is nothing left but a mold of my shape.
decompose
300
Heat and pressure make this kind of rock
metamorphic
400
Earthquakes are caused when
tectonic plates push against one another.
400
Most volcanoes are found in this region of the world
Pacific Ring of Fire
400
After thousands of years, I get closer and closer to the mantle. I start to melt and become ...
magma
400
This kind of fossil is created when an animal walked in mud and left a big footprint that was quickly covered up.
trace fossil
400
I am made of magma, and because I cool so slowly underground, I have large crystals. I am an...
Intrusive igneous rock
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name the four layers of the Earth
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
500
The opening in the volcano where lava, ash, and other volcanic debris comes out is called a...
vent
500
The earth trembles and I am shot out of a volcano as lava. I quickly start to cool... This process is known as
extrusion
500
When wood becomes a fossil it is
petrified
500
Granite rock is an example of this kind of rock
igneous