Rocks and the layers of the Earth study.
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| 1st layer of the Earth. | The crust.
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| Lithosphere includes: | The crust and the outer edge of the asthenosphere/upper mantle.
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| The cross section includes: | The outer edge of the outer core and the inner core.
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| The outer core is: | The 7th layer of the Earth in between the inner core and the lower mantle/mesosphere.
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| The inner core is: | The center of the Earth.
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| The asthenosphere includes the: | Upper mantle.
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| The mesosphere includes: | The lower mantle
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| The upper mantle, lower mantle, asthenopshere, and mesosphere all make up the: | Mantle layer.
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| There are _ layers. | 8, the crust, the lithosphere, upper mantle, upper mantle/asthenosphere, the lower mantle, the outer core, the cross section, and the inner core,
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| The continental crust is: | The dry land making up the crust.
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| The oceanic crust is: | The land on the bottom of the ocean.
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| How many layers are there to the mantle? | 3, the regular upper mantle in which it is rigid, the asthenopshere in which is flowing, and the lower mantle in which is semi-rigid.
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| The rock cycle goes like this: | ....rocks slowly transform from one rock into another as they are beaten by the forces of nature.
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| The rock cycle _ | is a cycle that follows no particular order.
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| The rock that forms when molten magma from within the Earth cools and hardens is: | Igneous rock
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| Magma that reaches Earth's surface is called: | Lava.
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| The type of rock that forms when minerals and such are compacted/cemented together forms _ | Sedimentary rock.
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| The type of rock that forms when heat/pressure beneath Earth's surface is applied to igneous or sedimentary rock form _, or when heat and pressure change the minerals in a rock, _ is formed. | Metamorphic rock.
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| "metamorphic" means: | A change of form.
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| Rocks are classified as to: | How they were formed.
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| Geologists study: | The Earth.
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| Over many years, rocks continuously change from one kind to another in: | The rock cycle.
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| T OR F; Igneous rock is eroded to form metamorphic rock: | F. It would turn into sedimentary rock.
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| T OR F; Metamorphic rock melts to form sedimentary rock: | F. It would form igneous rock.
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| T OR F; Igneous rock is heated/pressurized to form metamorphic rock: | T. Any rock heated/pressurized is to form metamorphic rock.
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| When lava cools on beneath Earth's surface,_ is formed. | Intrusive igneous rock.
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| The innermost layer of Earth is _ | The inner core.
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| The uppermost part of the mantle is called _ | The lithosphere.
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| When lava cools on Earth's surface, _ is formed. | Extrusive igneous rock.
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| . _,_, and _ all can melt to form magma. | .Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic.
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| _, _, and _ can weather/erode to form sedimentary rocks. | Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic.
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| When _ compacts/cements, sedimentary rock is formed. | Sediment.
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| A mineral is: | ... Any naturally occurring, non-living, solid with a special chemical composition and crystal structure .
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| Minerals can be identified by their: | Color, luster, hardness, streak color, density/mass, and crystal shapes.
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| Examples of igneous rock: | Obsidian, and basalt.
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| Examples of sedimentary rock: | Limestone, salt/halite, and gypsum.
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| Examples of metamorphic rocks: | Slate, gneiss, marble, schists, quartzite.
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| Mineral shapes: | Cubic, Monoclinic, Tetragonal, Orthorhombic, Triclinic, and Hexagonal.
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