Rocks 5.7 terms

The breaking down of rocks:

• fossils

• weathering

• mantle

• deposition

Depositing of rocks and materials in a NEW LOCATION as sediment

• fossils

• weathering

• deposition

• mantle

Rocks that have layers of sediments cemented together:

• fossils

• sedimentary rocks

• igneous rocks

• plate tectonics

Rocks that have Melted and Cooled (magma and lava):

• sedimentary rocks

• igneous rocks

• metamorphic rocks

• pet rocks

Items (plant and animal impressions) that provide information about life and conditions of the past.

• erosion

• fossils

• mantle

• deposition

The thinnest layer of Earth composed primarily of rocky material.

• fossils

• inner core

• outer core

• Earth's crust

These occur when the plate tectonics SLIP past each other HORIZONTALLY. They CAUSE EARTHQUAKES. Also called STRIKE-SLIP or SLIDING BOUNDARIES.

• convergent

• divergent

• tranSform

• mantle

The CARRYING AWAY of the rocks and materials by either WIND or WATER.

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

• fossils

One of the OUTERMOST layers of Earth, composed primarily of ROCKY material.

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

The INNERmost layer of Earth composed of IRON and NICKLE and is the HOTTEST.

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

• crust