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- 1. All weather phenomena occurs here
- 5. Planet closest to the sun
- 7. The rigid, solid outer part of the Earth
- 10. What kind of rocks form when minerals in an existing rock are changed by heat or pressure?
- 15. Volcanos that from at what boundary are typically explosive?
- 19. Planet with 13 rings
- 20. Oceanic crust is younger that what type of crust?
- 22. Planes fly here
- 24. Center of the Earth
- 25. contains about 99.8% of the solar systems total mass
- 27. Known as the red planet
- 29. The oceans absorb about 30% of emitted carbon dioxide, resulting in
- 31. How earths surface changes over time
- 33. Planet that orbits opposite from the rest
- 34. What kind of volcano can have long periods of dormancy?
- 39. Plates move towards each other at what kind of boundaries?
- 40. Inner planets could also be called?
- 41. Absorbs high-energy solar radiation
- 43. Hot, rising columns of magma from deep inside the Earth reach the surface
- 44. Breaks material down in place
- 46. Sediments that are transported by erosion and are laid down and settle in new locations
- 48. Closest atmospheric layer
- 49. Plate that is Massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock
- 50. Subduction zones form deep ocean?
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- 2. Transition zone between earth and space
- 3. What kind of rocks form by the compaction and cementing together of sediment?
- 4. Geological process of wearing away and transporting soil, rock, or sediment by natural forces
- 6. Planet with the strongest winds
- 8. Cutting down trees removes roots that hold soil in place
- 9. Layers of sediment are buried and glued together
- 11. Heat from the Earths center cause what kind of currents?
- 12. Largest planet in the solar system
- 13. All living organisms on Earth
- 14. A natural object that orbits a planet
- 16. Most earthquakes and volcanic activity occur at plate
- 17. Denser oceanic plate collides and sinks beneath less dense continental plate or younger oceanic plate
- 18. Vast, flat, sediment-covered plains, covering much of the ocean floor
- 21. Molten rock that reaches the surface is called?
- 23. What kind of volcano is among the largest in the world
- 24. This celestial object is also called a a "dirty snowball"
- 26. Planet with an orbital period of 29 years
- 28. What kind of rocks form from the cooling and hardening of molten magna?
- 30. Plates move away from each other at what kind of boundaries?
- 32. Small pieces of rock, sand, soil, minerals or organic material
- 35. Gases in the atmosphere that trap heat
- 36. Thickest layer of the crust
- 37. Includes all water on Earth
- 38. Plates slide past each other at what kind of boundaries?
- 39. Outermost layer of the Earth
- 42. Planet with one moon
- 45. Made up of five layers of gases
- 47. A rock that is exposed to extreme heat and pressure, but does not melt