IT'S AN EARTH THING
LET'S ROCK!
WEATHER OR NOT
BETWEEN THE ROCKS
VOCABULARY
100
It makes up the continents and the shallow areas of oceans
CONTINENTAL CRUST
100
A naturally formed substance that has a mixture of chemical compositions.
ROCK
100
The breakdown of rocks or minerals at or near the Earth's surface.
Weathering
100
Igneous rock that cooled slowly beneath Earth's surface.
Intrusive
100
Plates that are moving away from each other.
DIVERGENT
200
It is dense and it composed by basalt
OCEANIC CRUST
200
Transitions of rocks through repetitive stages.
ROCK CYCLE
200
Breaking down of rocks by changing the chemical composition.
CHEMICAL WEATHERING
200
The ability of water to flow through soil/rocks.
PERMEABILITY
200
A volcanically active location that is not near a plate boundary.
HOT SPOT
300
Consists of the crust and upper mantle.
LITHOSPHERE
300
These rocks are formed by the cooling and the solidification of magma or lava
IGNEOUS ROCKS
300
Breakdown of rocks or minerals by physical means.
PHYSICAL/MECHANICAL WEATHERING
300
Substances that make up rocks.
MINERALS
300
Materials consisting of carbon.
ORGANIC MATERIALS
400
Elements that make up the inner core.
IRON AND NICKEL
400
Rocks form from heat and pressure.
METAMORPHIC ROCKS
400
Water entering the cracks of rocks and freezing, resulting in breaking the rock.
FROST WEDGING
400
The two types of igneous rock.
INTRUSIVE AND EXTRUSIVE
400
Process used to trace the epicenter of an earthquake.
TRIANGULATION
500
This layer of the Earth is the deep and it is molten
OUTER CORE
500
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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
500
The transportation of broken down material.
EROSION
500
Igneous rock that cools quickly.
Extrusive
500
The instrument used to measure earthquakes.
SEISMOGRAPH