Earth's Geosphere

The Earth is made up of three main layers:

• Core 

• Mantle

• Lithosphere 

• Crust

Fossils can be found in ___________

• Sedimentary Layer

• Metamorphic Layer   

• Underground

• Igneous Rock

What are the types of wind erosion?

• Saltation

• Wave-cut platform

• Surface creep

• Suspension

How many major tectonic plates are there?

• 10

• 12

• 7

• 5

What makes up Organic Sedimentary Rock?

• The broken pieces or other rock

• Remains of plants and animals

• Mineral dissolved

• Magma

When you watch a volcano erupt molten rock, you are seeing _____

• Magma

• Igneous Rock

• Lava

• Mineral Crystals

Waves that cut into the bottom part of a cliff, eroding away the soil and rocks there.

Based on the statement above, name the type of landform from wave erosion

• Sea Arches

• Wave-cut platform

• Sea Stack

• Wave-cut cliff

Waves crashing against the coastline erode until a notch is formed.

What type of erosion is?

• River erosion 

• Wind erosion

• Crust Erosion

• Wave Erosion

Name this boundary.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Sergeant

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary Rock

• Igneous Rock