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Questions Answers A break in a body of rock is a _________ A ______ _______forms when warm air pushes over cold air ____ occurs when running water, wind, or ice carry away fragments of rock A____ is dry land with little plants and no rainfall ______ is the planet spinning on it's axis. _______ is a series of vibrations in the earth's crust What is the sixth planet in the solar system? ____air rises, ___air sinks What layer of the earth is a dense ball of solid metal? A sea breeze comes from the ______ Hurricanes and tornadoes form over area's of ____ pressure. A break in a large body of rock which the plates move along is a _______ One _____ is when a planet completes one spin on it's axis. A triangle deposit at the mouth of a river is called What is the first layer of the earth? Because Mercury's mass is small, its ______ is weak This plate boundary makes a lot of earthquakes This boundary grinds past each other, no materials are created or destroyed, and is caused by shearing stress What types of rocks are formed underground What scale measure that seismic waves of earthquakes? An instrument used to record and measure the strength of earthquakes What types of currents are found in the mantle. They are responsible for plates moving? Chemical compounds found in rocks are How many seasons is there on Earth? The uplifted area of rising magma is called a_________ This boundary moves plates towards each other, it's destructive, and caused by compression stress A naturally occuring crystal structure is called... The asteroid belt is located between the planets ______ and _________ _____________ stress pushes the rocks horizontally past each other in two opposite directions. In a solar eclipse, the ____ blocks sunlight from reaching the________ What is the tilt of the Earth? Which crust is made of mostly basalt and is the thinnest crust? As a comet vaporizes, it leaves a dust ____ behind What type of rock forms from magma? What is the third phase of the moon (after waxing crescent)? What types of clouds are white and fluffy and mean good weather? What is the fifth phase of the moon (after waxing gibbous)? A large stretch of grassy land with no trees

Questions Answers The trapping of heat by the atmosphere is called the_______ effect When a rock layer bends when stress is placed on it is called_____ The point underground where the earthquake starts What layer of earth is molten liquid metal that is also responsible for the Earth's magnetic field? What type of rock is created under a lot of heat and pressure under the earths surface When an object in space comes between the sun and the third object, it casts a shadow on that object, causing an _____ What is tension? (stretching, squeezing) What time of day does a sea breeze happen? A hollow in the earth is called a _______ What is the seventh phase of the moon (after waning gibbous)? Alfred Wegener, proposed the idea of_______ drift, which plates move Big chunks of ice that vaporize near the sun are called... Asteroids are leftovers from other collisions from space (true or false)? What is water in a gaseous form? What is the thin outermost layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and ocean floor? A _______ ________forms as cold air pushes under warm air. There are ____ tides, and low tides Wind is cause by differences in air _________ What place on the earth gets the most direct sunlight? A ____ is a part of a sea or ocean that extends into land Where are asteroids found? Low tides and high tides are caused by the ______ _______ of the moon How long is one revolution? When rocks form, the minerals in them nearly always consist of The point right above the focus, on the surface where the earthquake happened is called the This boundary moves plates apart, is constructive, and caused by tension stress A piece of comet debris is called_____. What is the first phase of the moon? If it is Summer in the North Hemisphere, then it is ________ on the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. ____ rocks are made up of sediments that gets pushed underground In a lunar eclipse, the _____ blocks sunlight from reaching the _______ What is a large area of flat land that is raised above the sea level called? What type of clouds are made of ice and very high up in the air? What time of day does a land breeze happen? Which crust is made of mostly granite and the thickest crust? The ____ wall is below the fault What is the inner most layer of the earth? Which planet is closest to the sun?

Questions Answers The _______ of the Earth causes the seasons. The line that intersects the Earth's North and South pole is it's What are inner planets also known as? What is a meteor that hits the ground A large, slow-moving body of ice is a ____ A hill or ridge of sand pilled up by wind is called The path that Earth follows when it goes around the sun is called it's What is the last planet in the solar system? _______ is a planet's movement around it's star. A solid mixture of minerals and other materials are called... _____is the general weather in an area in a long period of time. What is the largest layer of the earth? The kind of map that shows elevation is How many extra days are in a leap year? A piece of rock that is entering the Earth's atmosphere is called... What is he fourth phase of the moon (after first quarter)? What is the hottest liquid layer of the earth? How many hours is one rotation? The different shapes of the moon you see from earth are called ____ What is the soft layer of mantle? ____ occurs when rocks are broken down by rain If a cloud has nimbo in it it means_______ Stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object is called? Volcanoes that are the simplest and built from particles and blobs of lava are ________ cone? ____ is the name of the large land mass before the continents split What is the final phase of the moon (after last quarter)? The _______ wall is above the fault What is the sixth phase of the moon (after full moon)? The rise and fall of ocean water that occurs every 12.5 hours or so are called ____ One ______ is when a planets goes completly around it's own star. The mantle has the ability to be shaped or molded so it has _______ Whick planet is largest and most massive planet? A land breeze comes from the ______ What is the hard solid, crust and upper mantle called? What is the second phase of the moon (after new moon)? ____ weathering is when rocks are broken down by chemical processes Which wave travels through the earth faster, Secondary Waves or P Waves?

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