Which two layers make up the lithosphere?

Which of the following statements is true about the inner core?

In which layer of the Earth would you find convection currents?

This layer of the Earth has been described as having characteristics like plastic.

This layer of the Earth is made up of the Continental and Oceanic _________.

Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth known as the outer core?

What is the only layer of the Earth that is completely liquid metal?

Which layer is # 20.

Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the crust?

This layer of the Earth is made up of the crust and the strong ridged part of mantle.

As we travel deeper into the Earth which of the following is true:

This layer of the mantle is made up of the outer part of the mantle and the crust.

Which of the following statements is an opinion about the mantle?

Which layer is # 19?

The order of the layers of the Earth from the inside to the outside is

This layer of the mantle is made up strong lower part of mantle.

Which letter correctly identifies the area of Earth called the inner core?

This layer of the mantle is made up of a weak or soft part of the mantle where rocks flow like a thick liquid.

Which layer is # 18?

Flood pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside.

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean.

Deltas forming at the mouth of a river.

Caves being formed by acid rain dissolving underground limestone.

Wind blowing sand from one location to another.

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches.

Flood waters moving soil from one location to another.

Ponds filling up with sediment and becoming marshes.

Wind and water cause small pieces of rock to break off at the side of a mountain.

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of what?

Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of what?

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers are examples of what?

What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

What is the wearing away or breaking down of rocks called?

Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth's surface.

Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches.

Which of the following actions causes the deposition of sand at a delta?

Waves wash sand onto land until a beach is formed

Caves, sinkholes, cenotes and aquifers go through mechanical weathering by being underground rivers. What kind of weathering changes the composition of materials?

Any rock that forms from another rock as a result of changes in heat or pressure (or both) is a:

This is the continuous process of rock changing from one type to another.

What type of rock might contain evidence of past life?

Which of the following lists the steps a rock undergoes in order to become sedimentary rock, in the correct order?

Limestone is a sedimentary rock. During the rock cycle, limestone is changed into marble, a metamorphic rock. The processes that act on limestone and change it into marble are

The process by which igneous rocks are formed

You found a rock that seems to have ribbon-like bands across it, and it is multicolored. What type of rock is this?

This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's Surface. What type of rock is this?

Using your understanding of the Rock Cycle, what would the label A represent?

Using your understanding of the Rock Cycle, what would the label B represent?

Using your understanding of the Rock Cycle, what would the label C?

The _______________ , which is semi-liquid, can be found beneath the lithosphere. This layer can flow and is thought to play a role in the movement of the lithosphere (plate tectonics).

What is the name of the layer of the Earth that has convection currents?