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Earth's Structure
Processes that Change
Vocabulary
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
This layer is made of iron and nickel
What is the inner core?
100
This process builds up earth's surface
What is deposition
100
Air, water, minerals and soil are examples of __________________
What are natural resources?
100
A violent shaking of the earth's crust
What is an earthquake
100
Molten rock iside the volcano
What is magma
200
The thickest layer, just below earth's crust, is part solid, part liquid
What is the mantle?
200
A destructive force that breaks down earth materials into smaller pieces
What is weathering
200
Resources that are not easy to get back once they've been used
What are non-renewable
200
This is caused by a build up of energy along a fault
What is an earthquake
200
The central opening through which magma and gases erupt
What is the vent
300
The thinnest layer, made mostly of solid rock
What is the crust
300
This occurs when sediments are carried away by wind,water, or ice
What is erosion
300
Water causes most ___________________weathering
What is chemical
300
cracks in the earth's crust where movement takes place
What is a fault
300
The large number of volcanoes that border the Pacific Ocean
What is The Ring of Fire
400
The only layer that is all liquid
What is the outer core
400
When ice gets into the cracks and breaks rocks it is called
What is mechanical weathering
400
Erosion is one cause of these, when large masses of earth and rocks tumble down a steep slope
What are landslides
400
vibrations called __________________ travel through Earth during earthquakes
What are seismic waves
400
The name for magma after it reaches the surface
What is lava
500
The solid upper layer of the mantle joins with the crust to form the ____________________
What is the lithosphere?
500
ocean waves dropping sand on a beach is an example of _____________________________
What is deposition
500
The careful use of resources
What is conservation
500
Rocks along a fault often fold and bend creating these
What are mountains
500
The gases from volcanoes are mostly this gas
What is steam