Geology

The natural process of moving rocks and sediment.

The breaking apart of rocks.

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This releases magma, cinders, ash, and gases.

All soil is the same.

5 large bodies of water that are connected and make up most of the Earth's water.

Formed when magma cools and hardens below the Earth's surface or after a volcano erupts.

Exact place where an earthquake occurs.

Layer just below the crust.

The three ways that tectonic plates move are to slide, collide, and seperate.

Large cracks in the Earth's surface.

The outermost layer of Earth.

A large mass of moving water caused by a strong earthquake under the ocean.

Water moves more easily through sand than through silt.

Center of Earth

Large areas dividing the Earth's surface.

Formed when sediment builds up and presses on lower layers of sediment.

Formed by heat and pressure.

Shaking of land that occurs when a fault moves suddenly.

The Earth's seven largest landmasses.

Place on the surface of Earth directly above the focus.

The third layer of Earth.

Mixture of rock, sediment, and organic matter.

Formed when animal tracks and imprints of plants are made in sediment.

Melted rock in the mantle.