Earth in Space

Path the earth takes around the sun

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Plate Tectonics

Spin of the earth

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Mantle

1 trip around the sun

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Core

Center of the earth

• Mantle

• Crust

• Plate Tectonics

• Core

Thick, rocky layer around the core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Plate Tectonics

Thin layer of rocks that surround the mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Plate Tectonics

• Inner Core

Weathering is

• Process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces

• Moving rocks to a different place

• the temperature outside

• precipitation and irrigation

Removing rocks by wind, water or ice

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Climate

Positioning of rock to a new spot

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Climate

The theory that earth's crust is made up of plates

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Climate

• Plate Tectonics