The Lithosphere

This type of rock forms when hot liquid rock from inside the Earth comes to the surface and cools.

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

• sediment

This type of rock forms when pieces or mud and rock particles are pressed together into layers.

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Strata

• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

This type of rock is formed when heat and pressure from inside the Earth change one rock into another.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Humus

• Sedimentary

The process of rock changing from one type to another is called...

• the water cycle

• the rock cycle

• metamorphic rock

• chemical weathering

When particles are deposited or dropped in another location it is called...

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• physical weathering

Movement of sediment from one location to another is called...

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• The Rock Cycle

What is the thickest layer of the earth?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

Which layer of the earth is the hottest?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core

What is the layer of air that surrounds the earth?

• crust

• mantle

• atmosphere

• core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which layer of the earth produces the magnetic field?

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

• inner core