Layers of The Earth
Smallest layer in the layers of the earth
What is the crust
Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic
Types of Rocks
The slow breaking down of the earth's surface.
What is erosion?
Transforming Boundary, Convergent Boundary and Divergent Boundary
tsunami, volcanic eruption, earthquake
sudden Earth events
What is the outermost layer of the Earth
where is the crust
Rocks cooling under the surface of the Earth
Intrusive Igneous
Chemical, Biological and mechanical.
What are three types of weathering?
Lithosphere is broken up into large areas
What is the theory of plate tectonics
Magma rises up through the Earths crust
volcanic Eruption
Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust
What is the layers of the Earth
Colour, Lustre, Streak, Cleavage, Fracture
Properties of minerals
Collect sediment and carry it away.
What erosion can a river do?
2 plates moving apart
diverging boundaries
trembling or vibrating of the ground
Earthquake
Above mantle below crust
What is the lithosphere
Minerals
Water causing iron to rust.
What is an example of chemical weathering in nature?
thinner plate is forced below the thicker plate
subduction
earthquake scale
Richter scale
What is 2200km thick
How thick is the outer core
Can be scratched by a steel file
Feldspar
Picks up boulders and hits them against other rocks.
What erosion can a glacier do?
Transforming Boundaries
underwater earthquake
Tsunami