Layers of the Earth
What layer of the Earth do we live on?
Crust
What are the large bodies of water on Earth called?
Oceans
keeps its shape; hard
solid
What is a mountain that shoots up lava, ash, and gas?
volcano
What is the study of the earth called?
geology
This layer is a solid ball at the center of the Earth
Inner Core
What are the large bodies of land on earth called?
Continents
does not keep its shape and instead takes the shape of its container; water
liquid
What are places on earth where hot water and steam shoot up from inside the earth?
geysers
What is a scientist who studies rocks and what's inside the earth called?
A geologist
This layer is in between the crust and the outer core
Mantle
What is the imaginary line that runs around the middle of the Earth called?
The equator
does not keep its shape and can not be poured; steam
gas
What is molten rock that is deep inside the mantle of the earth?
magma
What are the 3 words that cause changes to the earth?
Heat, pressure, time
What is the Northernmost point of the Earth called?
The North Pole
What does "molten" mean?
melted rock
What is the difference between magma and lava?
What word means "causing damage?"
destructive