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Parts of the Earth
Plates
Weathering
Rock Cycle
Vocabulary
100
This part of the Earth is made up of mostly oxygen.
What is atmosphere
100
The plates "float" on this part of the Earth
What is the crust
100
The three things that can cause weathering.
What is ice, water, and wind
100
The type of rock that is formed from molten lava that has cooled.
What is igneous?
100
the breaking down of rocks
What is weathering?
200
This part of the Earth covers most of its surface.
What is hydrosphere
200
When two plates push together, this landform is created.
What is a volcano or mountains?
200
The type two types of weathering are...
What is physical and chemical weathering?
200
What is formed when rocks are broken down into little tiny pieces.
What is sediment?
200
The center layer of the earth.
What is the core?
300
This part of the Earth is made up of the continents and the ocean floor.
What is lithosphere
300
When two plates move in opposite directions, this is formed.
What is a rift?
300
The type of weathering that breaks rocks apart into smaller pieces.
What is physical weathering?
300
The type of rock that is formed when pressure puses sediments together.
What is sedimentary?
300
When eroded materials are dropped somewhere else this is known as _________
What is deposition?
400
This is the center of the Earth
What is core
400
When two plates push against each other but one moves up and the other moves down, this is created.
What is an earthquake?
400
The type of weathering that changes the substance of the rock.
What is chemical weathering?
400
The type of rock that is formed with intense pressure and heat.
What is metamorphic?
400
The middle, semi-solid layer of the Earth is known as ___________.
What is the mantle?
500
This part of the Earth is between the core and the crust
What is mantle
500
The theory that explains how the continents moved over time.
What is plate tectonics?
500
The movement of rocks and soil is known as this.
What is erosion?
500
The process of rocks changing from one form to another.
What is the rock cycle?
500
The hardness of a rock or mineral is measure on this scale ranking them from 1 - 10
What is Moh's Hardness Scale?