The Earth is made of many of these.

The layer of the earth that is broken into puzzle-like pieces called tectonic plates.

True or false: Brand new rock is made on the Earth every day.

The process of a seed landing in a rock crack and growing a root that breaks the rock into pieces.

The process where broken rock sediments are carried away from their original place.

A solid ball of iron and nickel.

The circles of heating and cooling inside the mantle that cause tectonic plates to move.

Rocks made from magma that has cooled are called "fire rocks" or ...

The process of rain, snow, hot sunshine, ice, and plants breaking apart a large rock into sediments.

The process where broken rock sediments are collected together and layered to make new land.

Hot, thick, molten rock called magma makes up most of this layer.

The name for plates that split apart or DIVIDE.

Rocks that change from pressure, heat, or weathering are called...

Rust is an example of oxygen breaking down the mineral iron into smaller sediments. What kind of weathering is this?

True or false: A slope can make erosion faster, deeper, and wider.

The crust of the earth, made of rock and soil, can also be called this.

The name for plates that COLLIDE or crash into each other.

The process where the 3 types of rock keep being recycled or changed back and forth into each other.

Lichen is not a plant or an animal. It is an organism that pushes out ________ which breaks apart rock.

One thing people can do to a bare hillside to slow down erosion.

The area of the Earth where life can exist.

The type of plate boundary that is beneath Gig Harbor, Washington.

The small particles that come from breaking apart larger rocks.

True or false: A mountain will last forever.

The name of a new landform made in the mouth of a river by deposition.