Inside The Earth
Landforms
Kinds of Rock
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What is the layer closest to the top of the earth?
It is the curst
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What is a volcano?
A volcano is mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
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Igneous
Rocks formed from the cooling of lave
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What is the most inner part of the earth?
Inner core
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What is a plate tectonic?
A plate tectonic is the large-scale motion of seven large plates.
200
Metamorphic
A metamorphic rock is a type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure.
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Whats the 3rd section of the earth?
Mantle
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What are the 3 types of volcanos?
Strato volcano , Shield volcano and cinder cone volcano.
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Sedimentary
Rock that has formed through the deposition and solidification of sediment, especially sediment transported by water
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Name 3 elements that are found in the crust?
Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminum, Calcium, iron, sodium, and magnesium. Any of these count
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What was the theory of continental drift?
It is the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
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What type of rock is found on volcanos?
Igneous rock is most common
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How thick is the crust?
It is 32km thick.
500
What was this?
Pangea
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How is sedimentary rock formed?
It is formed by time and deposition.