Rocks
rock that is formed by sediment piling up
what is sedimentary rocks?
the boundary between two tectonic plates
what are faults?
the brown sticky substance in your backyard
what is mud?
fossils are made by mud!
outer layer of the earth
what is the crust?
molten hot liquid rock while it is above the Earth's surface
what is lava?
the kind of rock that is formed by hardened lava
what is igneous rock?
the ground displacement in a earthquake
what is a slip
the study of fossils
what is paleontology?
the middle layer of earth
what is the inner core?
molten hot liquid rock while it is still below the Earth's surface
what is magma?
rock that is formed by heat and pressure
what is metamorphic rock?
the U.S. state with the most earthquakes
what is Alaska?
the fossil formation that has occurred in the glaciers of the Arctic
what is freezing
the second layer from the middle or earth
what is the outer core?
the planet with the largest volcano in the solar system
what is mars?
the prosses where rocks turn into rocks of other kinds
what is the rock cycle?
the location deep inside the Earth were the earthquake began
what is the Hypocenter?
the fossil formation is formed when an organism is preserved in hardened tree sap
what is an amber fossil?
the third layer from the middle
what is the mantle?
the type of volcanoes that form from wide thin layers of lava
what is a shield volcano?
the type of rock used in pencils
what is graphite?
the portion of the Earth that moves in tectonic plates
what is the lithosphere?
the fossil formation that is formed in dry areas due to a lack of moisture
what is mummification?
the 2 main metals that make up earths core
what is iron and nickel?
the type of volcano that forms inside another volcano
what is a lava dome?