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Geologists
What causes earthquakes?
Large amounts of rocks in the crust move and sometimes becomes locked together or stuck, a tremendous force is created until the rocks break and causes earthquakes.
what is mechanical weathering?
mechanical weathering happens when a rock is broken by physical forces such as water or wind.
What are sediments?
As rivers flow they carry a load of silt, sand, mud, and a gravel
What is there one of in every corner and two of in every room?
The letter "O"
What is a model?
A model is an idea of something that can't be fully know or seen
What is a seismic wave?
The shaking you feel in an earthquakes is caused by the moving in the ground
What is chemical weathering?
Happens when water and oxygen react with the minerals in rocks to produce new minerals
What are landforms?
Are sudden and fast movements of rocks and soil down a slope.
A man in a car saw a golden door, a silver door, and a bronze door. Which door did he open first?
The car door
What are the four parts inside the earth?
Crust,Mantle,Outer core,Inner core
What is the epicentre?
Its the point directly above focus
What is erosion?
Erosion occurs when the product of weathering are transported from place to place
What is weathering?
refers to the mechanical and chemical process that breaks down rocks by means of water, glacial ice.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
What's the highest temperature that the inner core reaches
7000 degree celsius
Where did the earthquake that killed 5000 people occur?
Kobe,Japan
It is the process of these materials being laid down or deposited by the wind, water, and ice?
It is called deposition
It is the wearing away of rocks by living growing things can be powerful destructive forces for rocks?.
Biological weathering
I have 13 hearts no lungs and no stomach what am i?
A deck of cards
What is the novel that French author Jules Verne wrote called?
it is called journey to the centre of the earth
What are the huge rock plates that were once a huge continent called?
PANGAEA
What is a glacier?
What is bedrock?
The layer of solid rocks beneath the loose rock fragments.
The more there is, the less you see?
Darkness