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Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks, etc.
Layers of the Earth
Boundaries, etc.
100

Where can igneous rocks be created and by what?

Magma , deep inside earth

Lava, on top of earth

100

What are the small pieces of minerals and rock that are formed from weathering?

Sediments

100

How are metamorphic rocks made?

Through heat and pressure

100

Which layer is the thinnest?

the Crust

100

Divergent boundaries in the ocean cause this

What is mid ocean ridge?
200

How do igneous rocks form?

When magma cools and hardens.

200
Rocks are broken down into sediments by what?
Weathering
200

In what type of rock are fossils found?

Sedimentary

200

Which later is composed of liquid iron and nickel?

The outer core

200

Tectonics plates float on top of what?

The mantle

300

Where is magma found?

Underground

300
Sediments are broken down by weathering and then move by what?
Erosion
300

the MOVEMENT of sediments

What is erosion?

300
What does the outer core create?
The earth's magnetic field.
300

Transform boundaries slide past each other causing what?

Earthquakes

400

Sometimes called 'black glass'

What is obsidian?

400
Sedimentary rocks are formed in what?
Layers
400

When sediments are dropped in a new location it is called what?

Deposition

400
Why is the inner core solid?
Because of the pressure from the rest of layers
400

The three plate movements and their names

Transform = slide

Convergent = crash into

Divergent =  come apart

500

Floats in water, has air bubbles

What is pumice?

500

Sedimentary rocks are made from the ____________ and _____________ of sediments.

compacting and cementing

500

What are two ways that erosion can happen?

Wind, water, and ice.

500
Which layer of the earth has the biggest mass?
the Mantle
500

Where in USA is there a transform boundary

What is California