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Steigleman Earth Sci
Rocks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rock made from Lava and Magma | Igneous |
| Rock made from sediments that are cemented | Sedimentary |
| Rock made from heat and pressure | Metamorphic |
| When rock is broken down by wind, water, etc. | Weathering |
| When bits of rock are carried away | Erosion |
| Process by which a rock turns into magma and lava | melting |
| Tiny bits of sand and broken rock | sediments |
| Liquid rock on the surface | lava |
| Liquid Rock under ground | Magma |
| Hot lava and Magma must do what to in order to turn into an igneous rock | cool and crystalize |
| Thinnest layer of the Earth | crust |
| thickest layer of the Earth | mantle |
| hottest layer of the Earth, solid | inner core |
| hot liquidy layer of the Earth | outer core |
| plates that come together | convergent |
| plates that move away from each other | divergent |
| plates that slide past each other | sliding |
| created at divergent plates | volcanoes |
| created at convergent plates | mountains |
| created at sliding plates | earthquakes |
| edges or boundaries of the plates | faults |
| process of plates moving which move the continents | continental drift |
| large continent-sized blocks that move freely | plates |
| this causes the plates to move | heat |
| age of the earth | 4.6 billion years old |