Ignorant Igneous
This is molten rock found below the earth's surface.
What is magma?
tiny pieces of rock, sand, shells, etc. is called what
What is sediment?
The four layers of the earth that we discussed are ___
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
When sediments go under compacting and cementing processes they become___________
What is sedimentary rocks.
This sphere of Earth contains all the living and non-living organisms such as plants and animals.
What is the Biosphere?
This is molten rock found above the earth's surface.
What is lava?
The final 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
What are compaction and cementation?
The center of the Earth is made from these two things.
What is Iron and Nickel?
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
What is sediments?
Carbon dioxide, Oxygen, and Nitrogen are all found in this sphere.
What is the Atmosphere?
These two steps have to happen in order to form an igneous rock.
What is Melting and Cooling?
Minerals can act like _________, holding the rock together
cement
The thickest layer of the earth is
the mantle
The processes that turn metamorphic rocks into sediments
What are weathering and eroding?
What is the hydrosphere and geosphere?
An igneous rock with a porous (lots of holes) appearance.
What is pumice/scoria?
The top part of the mantle has what kind of consistency?
What is like putty or oobleck?
_________ and ____________ turn sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
You see your breath on a cold winter day. This is an example of which two interacting sphere.
What is hydrosphere and atmosphere?
Basalt is an igneous rock that is found in which layer of the earth?
crust
What are two things that can be found in sedimentary rocks that scientists can study to learn about the past?
fossils of plants and animals
What kind of currents flow slowly in the mantle?
convection currents
When metamorphic and igneous rocks go under melting they turn into__________
What is magma?
Which layer of Earth's geosphere is responsible for the electromagnetic field that protects us?
A naturally occurring solid that has the same particles in it found in soil and rocks