All rocks are made up of one or more _______?
Minerals
When different minerals come together over time they form _____?
Rocks
What are tectonic plates?
Solid pieces of crust that makes up the Earth's surface.
How many layers does the Earth have?
4.
1. Crust
2. Mantle
3. Outer Core
4. Inner Core
What is a mammal?
Mammals include humans and all other animals that are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) with hair. They feed their young with milk and have a more well-developed brain than other types of animals.
What are the three kinds of rocks we have learned about in class?
Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary
True or false: Minerals are living?
False
What are plate boundaries?
Places where plates meet or interact.
Is the outer layer of the earth (crust) solid or liquid?
solid
What is a reptile?
Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates. (Vertebrates have backbones.) They have dry skin covered with scales or bony plates and usually lay soft-shelled eggs.
These rocks are formed by cooling magma and lava.
Igneous rocks
What are the three properties of a mineral?
Hardness, Size, Shape
Make the hand movement for a transform boundary?
teacher decides
True or false: The crust is made up of rock?
True
What is an amphibian?
Amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) that don’t have scales. They live part of their lives in water and part on land.
Which rock has many different layers?
Sedimentary rocks
List two ways we use minerals in our everyday lives?
Answers will vary
Make the hand movement for a divergent boundary?
teacher choice
What is the thinnest layer of the earth? ( We walk on it)
The crust
Is it true or false that ostriches can fly?
False
What kind of rock is formed from the heat and pressure of the earth.
Metamorphic
What is the softest mineral? (hint: found in baby powder)
Talc
Make the hand movement for a convergent boundary?
teacher choice
What is the mantle made up of?
Molten Liquid Rock (magma)
What is a doe?
A female deer