Earth and Rocks

What is the Earth's solid layer made up of nickel and iron?

The outer two layers are

composed primarily of:

• of rocky

  material

• of iron and

  nickel

The innermost layers are

composed mostly of

• of rocky

  material

• of iron and

  nickel

What type of boundry is this? - plates move toward each

other

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundey is this? - plates slip past

each other horizontally

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of boundry is this? - plates move

away from each other

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rocks are formed when

magma (melted rock) cools.

Usually formed near volcanoes.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Rocks are formed when

layers of sediment are cemented

together. Usually formed near water.

May contain fossils that tell about

life long ago.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rocks are formed

when igneous or sedimentary

rocks are changed by heat and

pressure deep within the Earth.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rocks are constantly being broken down into ______________

(clay, sand, and rock fragments)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1