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minerals
rock cycle
Earthquakes
volcanoes
Earths layers
100
Anything that has volume and mass.
What is matter?
100
The process by which sediment comes to rest.
What is deposition?
100
A break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rocks move.
What is fault?
100
Magma that has reached Earth's surface.
What is lava?
100
The outermost solid layer of Earth.
What is crust?
200
Building blocks of matter.
What is atoms?
200
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.
What is erosion?
200
Where two or more tectonic plates meet.
What is tectonic plate boundaries?
200
An opening of a volcano.
What is vent?
200
Located between the core and crust.
What is mantle?
300
Pure substances that can not be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means.
What is Elements?
300
When magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid.
What is igneous rock?
300
A place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an Earthquake occurs.
What is focus?
300
Denser than solid rock.
What is magma?
300
Extends from below the mantle to the center of the Earth.
What is core?
400
The way a surface reflects light.
What is luster?
400
The rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations.
What is uplift?
400
Directly above the focus on Earth's surface.
What is Epicenter?
400
Any place where gas,ash,or molten rock comes out of the ground.
What is a volcano?
400
The liquid layer of Earth's core.
What is Outer core?
500
The color of the powdered form of the mineral.
What is a streak?
500
An area where a set of deep cracks form.
What is rift zone?
500
Flows outward from the focus in all directions.
What is seismic waves?
500
Giant sections of lithosphere on Earth's surface.
What is tectonic plates?
500
The outermost rigid layer of Earth.
What is lithosphere?