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Flashcards by Paristella15 ., updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Paristella15 .
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| Question | Answer |
| Crust | The solid, outer layer of the earth |
| Mantle | The part of the earth beneath the crust and above the outer core |
| Igneous rock | originally molten; formed by cooling |
| Sedimentary Rock | Laid in place by moving water |
| Metamorphic Rock | Formed from pre-existing igneous or sedimentary rocks that were subject to intense heat or pressure. |
| What are coarse sedimentary rocks containing rounded cobbles or boulders called? | Conglomerate |
| How this is sedimentary rock in some areas? | 10,000 feet thick |
| By pressure, what can limestone be changed in to? | marble |
| asthenosphere | Semi-liquid region of the earths mantle directly beneath the crust. |
| What do compression shock waves move through? | Solids and liquids |
| Rock transfers heat rapidly. True or false and why? | False. It cools it down. |
| What percent of the earth does the ocean cover? | 71% |
| What contains melted silicon compounds? | Mantle |
| What is made of iron and nickle? | Core |
| Part of the earth capable of supporting life | Biosphere |
| Salty water covering 71% of the earth to an average depth of about 4 km. | Hydrosphere |
| Averaging about 30 km thick under mountain ranges | The granite foundation of the continents. |
| Silicon combined with oxygen alone forms what? | Quartz |
| A large mass of hardened igneous rock beneath all layers of sedimentary rock | Batholith |
| Intrusive rock that ushes its way between sedimentary strata | Laccolith |
| Magma that penetrates buried rockes but does not reach the surface | Intrusive rock |
| Vertical wall | dike |
| 1st to calculate earths variable diameter | Newton |
| Earths magnetic field associated with | the core |
| Hard, stony clay | till |
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