Science Sprint #7 Solid and Changing Earth AND Rocks What is the only completely melted layer of Earth? Science Sprint #7 Solid and Changing Earth AND Rocks Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 4A What is the process of moving sediment from one place to another? What is the center-most layer of the Earth made of solid iron and nickel? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 1A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 5A What is the thin outer layer of Earth? Why is the inner-core solid even though it is the hottest layer of Earth? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 2A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 6A What is the partially melted layer of Earth beneath the crust? What is the name for rigid blocks of crust and upper-mantle rock? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 3A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 7A

It is under great pressure. outer core Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 4B inner core erosion Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 5B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 1B It is under great pressure. crust Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 6B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 2B plates mantle Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 7B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 3B

What type of boundary occurs when two plates push together? Where do volcanoes typically form? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 8A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 12A What type of boundary occurs when two plates pull apart? What is the theory of how Earth’s continents move over its surface? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 9A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 13A What is the name of the supercontinent that is theorized to have existed 225 million years ago and contained all of Earth’s land? What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past one another? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 10A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 14A Liquid rock in Earth’s mantle is called _____, but it is called _____ when it reaches Earth’s surface. What is the process of breaking rock into silt, sand, clay, and other tiny sediments? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 11A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 15A

along fault lines (plate boundaries) convergent boundary Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 12B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 8B continental drift divergent boundary Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 13B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 9B Pangea (also spelled Pangaea) transform boundary (also called sliding or strike-slip boundary) Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 14B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 10B weathering magma (in mantle) lava (at surface) Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 15B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 11B

What causes plate movement? What type of rock forms from sediments that are squeezed and cemented together? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 16A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 20A What are some agents (causes) of weathering and erosion? What type of rock is changed by heat and pressure? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 17A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 21A What is the slow, never-ending process of rock changes? What is a material made up of one or more minerals? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 18A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 22A What type of rock forms from cooled lava or magma? What type of rock contains fossils? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 19A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 23A

heat energy within the Earth sedimentary rock heat energy within the Earth Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 20B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 16B Weathering: water, plants freezing, and wind Erosion: water, glaciers, wind metamorphic rock Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 21B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 17B rock cycle rock Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 22B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 18B sedimentary rock igneous rock Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 23B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 19B

Describe what a cross-section of Earth would look like. What do scientists study to learn about temperatures inside the Earth’s crust? Describe what a cross-section of Earth would look like. Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 24A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 28A What do geologists study to learn about what organisms were like in the past? What causes rocks in a stream to be smooth? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 25A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 29A Given a sample of rock, what layer would have the oldest fossils? Which layer of Earth is the thinnest? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 26 Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 30A What causes earthquakes? Give an example of a way in which Earth can change suddenly. Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 27A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 31A

landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 28B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 24B fossils weathering Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 2B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 25B crust the bottom layer Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 30B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 26B landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes movements in the Earth Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 31B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 27B

What is the process of depositing materials into a new location? Describe and label the rock cycle. Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 32A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 36A Rocks have properties that can be _______, ______, and _________. What are two other names for transform boundaries? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 33A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 37A What are used to help aid in the process of classifying rocks? What are three agents of weathering and erosion? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 34A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 38A How old is the Earth? How can ice weather a rock? Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 35A Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 39A

Observed, tested, described Strike-slip or sliding boundaries deposition Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 36B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 32B Observed, tested, described Strike-slip or sliding boundaries Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 37B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 33B Wind, water, ice Classification keys Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 38B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 34B By seeping into cracks and freezing; frozen water expands, therefore cracking and weathering a rock Approximately 4.6 billion years old Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 39B Science Sprint #7: Earth AND Rocks 35B