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The Changing Earth

Chp 9

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Middle layer of Earth Mantle
Thickest Layer of Earth Mantle
Top part of the mantle and the crust above it. Lithosphere
Center and hottest layer of Earth Core
Topmost, very thin layer of Earth Crust
Process of placing sediment in a new location Deposition
Process of moving sediment from one place to another Erosion
Process in which soil, sand, and sediment are formed Weathering
Rigid block of crust and upper-mantle rock Plate
Opening in the crust through which lava flows Volcano
Places where pieces of the crust move Fault
Hot, soft rock from the lower mantle Magma
Shaking of ground from energy release in the crust Earthquake
Remains or traces of past life found in the crust Fossils
Fast Changes to Earth's Surface Volcano, Earthquake, and Tsunami
Slow Changes to Earth's Surface waves, weather, shifts in land, weathering, erosion, and deposition
a natural non living , solid material that has particles in a repeating pattern mineral
made up of one or more minerals rock
forms when rock pieces are depostied and squeezed and stuck together sedimentary rock
the repeating processes that change rocks from one type to another over time rock cycle
rock changed by heat and pressure metamorphic rock
magma cools and hardens to form this type of rock igneous rock
the color of the powder left behind when you rub a mineral on a white porcelain plate streak
a mineral property that describes the way light reflects from the mineral's surface luster
a mineral's ability to resist being scratched is its hardness
the layer of the soil that contains many minerals Topsoil
Processes that together form dunes, valleys and deltas Erosion and Deposition
What does the location of different fossils in different layers of a rock tell the scientist. The Relative Age of a fossil
scale for measuring hardness of minerals Mohs' Hardness Scale
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