Chapter 3 -- EARTH SCIENCE

The super-hot, super-dense center of Earth

• Earth's Core

• Mantle
• Crust
• Outer Layer

Earth's only liquid layer, just above the solid inner core

• Earth's outer core

• inner core
• crust
• mantle

The gradual transporting of dirt and rocks by wind or water.

• Sedimentation
• Weathering
• Deposition
• Erosion

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The breaking down of rocks, often caused by water or Earth's atmosphere

• Sedimentation
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Metamorphism

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Huge pieces of the lithosphere that move one or two inches a year.

• Continental shelves
• Sedimentary layers
• Oceanic ridges
• Tectonic plates

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A part of the upper mantle layer of Earth

• asthenosphere
• core
• mesosphere
• lithosphere

The largest part of Earth's interior between the core at the center and the crust on the surface.

• Mantle
• Lithosphere
• Core
• Crust

What happens when heat from a warmer material rises and then cools and begins to sink

• Heat dissipates evenly in all directions.
• Cool air rises to replace the warm air.
• Heat remains stationary and does not move.
• Convection

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A sudden shaking of the ground and ocean floor caused by the shifting of blocks of rocks.

• Landslide
• Volcano
• Tsunami
• Earthquake

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A break between two blocks of rocks that allows them to move.

• Layer
• Joint
• Fault
• Seam

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