Earth's Internal Energy & Structure
Rocks
Processes that Change Earth's Surface
Surface Features & Plate Tectonics
Evidence of Earth's Change
100
Type of energy that is responsible for the movement of Earth's surface and other geological activities
Thermal Energy
100
This is a never ending process that details how rocks are formed and reformed
The Rock Cycle
100
Acid rain is this type of weathering
What is chemical weathering
100
Melted metamorphic rock formed inside earth
What is magma?
100
FITB: Fossils provide evidence of what happened to the Earth in the ______.
Past
200
FITB: The Earth is _______ changing.
Constantly / always
200
Rock formed when layers of sediment are compacted or cemented together.
What are sedimentary rocks?
200
breaking of rocks into smaller pieces by water, temperature changes, wind or living things
What is weathering?
200
Typically, an Earthquake is most likely caused by this type of boundary.
Transform boundaries
200
This typically forms when an organism is buried quickly after death, often in sediment
Fossil
300
This layer of earth is the coolest and has the least amount of pressure
the crust
300
Rock formed when heat and pressure inside Earth change sedimentary rock into another kind
Metamorphic Rock
300
The movement of sediments from one place to another
What is erosion?
300
When two plates collide, this landform is usually created
mountains
300
Fossils are found in this type of rock
Sedimentary Rock
400
This layer of earth is the hottest and contains the most pressure
Inner Core
400
Rock that is formed when molten rock cools and hardens
What are igneous rocks?
400
The dropping of eroded sediment in a new place
What is deposition?
400
Describe the difference between convergent and divergent boundaries
Divergent boundaries move away, and convergent boundaries come together
400
A fossilized organism found deep within Earth's crust can tell us what about the past?
What kind of organisms existed back then.
500
Draw a diagram of the inside of earth and label the parts.
500
Pretend you are a rock in the rock cycle. Explain how you might go through the entire rock cycle.
Sediment compacted together creates sedimentary rock. A sedimentary rock can become a metamorphic rock when heat and pressure is applied. A metamorphic rock that has been melted under extreme heat turns to magma. Once magma is cooled, it becomes igneous rock. Igneous rock that has been through the process of weathering and erosion can once again go through the rock cycle as sediment.
500
An apartment complex has noticed that their grassy areas are eroding away. What is a method to reduce their erosion problem?
plant more grass, more vegetation
500
How are surface features such as volcanoes, mountains, trenches, earthquakes, and ocean ridges created by the Earth?
They are formed from the movement of tectonic plates
500
Deep within Earth's crust in one area of land, scientists found the skeleton of a fish. What does this tell us about the past?
It tells us that the land used to be covered by water