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The Earth
Various Questions
Continental Plates
Rocks
Weather & Erosion
100
The 4 layers of the Earth are __________
Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core
100
What was the name for all the continents once being conected?
Pangea
100
Plates that move away from each other are called _______
Divergent Plates
100
lava cools to form what type of rock
igneous rock
100
Weathering is _________
the breaking down of rocks
200
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
The crust
200
True or False: Most Earthquakes are never felt
True
200
Plates boundaries that grind and slide past one another are called _______
Transform boundaries
200
metamorphic rocks are formed by what?
heat and pressure
200
erosion is _________
the movement of sediment from one place to another
300
What is the flowing liquid part of the mantle?
Magma
300
What do we call the series of natural processes that slowly change rocks from one type to another?
The Rock Cycle
300
When 2 continental plates converge it forms what?
mountain
300
sedimentary rocks are formed by what?
small particles cemented together
300
deposition is __________
sediment being dropped off or deposited
400
The hottest layer of the Earth is_________
The core
400
What are the 2 types of weathering?
Physical and Chemical
400
When a continental plate and a oceanic plate converge it causes _________ and __________
volcanoes and earthquakes
400
weathering, melting, erosion, and cooling are all part of the what?
rock cycle
400
Mudslide would be an example of what
Erosion
500
What layer is made up of brittle, rocky, slow-moving plates?
The crust
500
How do you check your answers?
Reread the questions. Cross out answers that absolutely dont make sense. Make sure your answer makes sense and answers the question.
500
Earthquakes happen most frequently at ______ lines
fault
500
Name a type of igneous rock
granite pumice
500
Give an example of weathering
various answers