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My Geologist Notebook
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Key Vocabulary:
Classify Rock Mineral Metamorphic Sediment Layers Heat Pressure Igneous Sedimentary Saltwater Freshwater Oceans Seas Rivers Streams Lakes and ponds Glaciers Models Diagrams Maps Volcanoes Mountains Valleys Canyons Caverns Islands Weathering Erosion Deposition Landslide Volcanic eruptions Floods Earthquakes
The Crust
2. The outer layer, the part we stand on and see, is called The Crust ______________________. The Crust is made mostly of rock and it covers the entire planet
The Mantle
The Mantle 3. Just below The Crust is ______________________.
o The Mantle goes all the way down to the Core (about 1,800 miles). o The temperature in The Mantle is hot enough to melt rock, but not all of The Mantle is melted. o It actually flows very slowly below The Crust. o The rest of The Mantle is under such great pressure that it is solid rock.
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The Core
The Core 4. At the center of The Earth is ______________________. three 5. The Core is divided into ____________ parts.
6. The two parts of The Core are: The Outer Core 1. ____________________________
cannot 8. If it is made by a person, it _______________________ be a rock. All 9. ________________________ rocks are made of minerals. 4,000 10. There are more than _____________________ different minerals, and more are being identified all the time. 12 11. When it comes to rocks, only ____________ minerals are commonly found.
Every mineral is in some way different from other minerals. 12.
rough ______________________.
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Properties help people identify minerals. 14. Rocks are formed in ____________ three different ways. And they are
Igneous Rock
15. Deep inside The Earth, the temperatures are so hot that the
17. When magma cools and hardens it is called Igneous ______________________________. 18.
Sedimentary Rock
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Sediment- Little bits of rock being washed into streams and rivers when it rains. o Sediment is washed into lakes or the ocean and sinks to the bottom. o Layer upon layer of sediment pile on top of each other o The lower the layer, the greater the pressure from the top layers. o The lower layers are pressed together so tightly that they create solid rock (3) 20. Sedimentary means made by _______________________________. settling down
The actual type of sedimentary rock that is formed depends on the type of sediment (little bits of rock).
Metamorphic Rock
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of The Earth's plates, plates that collide and cause rocks to crush together, creating tremendous pressure.
Nature
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