Earth Systems and Resources

Name given to the top portion of Earth's mantle.

A sudden, natural event where change and destruction can occur without any prior knowledge such as an earthquake or volcano.

When minerals bind together to form sedimentary rock.

Breaks rock down by creating new substances.

How minerals break in unique ways.

When sediments are buried deeply placing them under a lot of pressure and pushing them together tightly to form sedimentary rock

The least dense layer of Earth.

Theory that Earth's continents were once joined in a super-continent called Pangaea and slowly moved over time.

The transfer of heat in fluids with different densities such as in Earth's mantle and core.

Where two lithosphere plates collide creating mountains, earthquakes and/or volcanoes.

Dense layer made up of solid metals such as iron and nickle.

Dense layer made up of liquid metals

Outermost, least dense, and solid layer of Earth.

This is a measure of mass mass per unit volume or how close atoms are within a substance.

Process where wind, water or ice adds a layer of sediments to make sedimentary rocks.