Wind and water break a rock into tiny pieces. The pieces pile up and press together. What kind of rock forms?
Which layer of Earth is a solid ball of metal and the hottest part of the whole planet?
Which layer of Earth is a thick layer of hot rock that flows very slowly, like thick honey?
In an undisturbed stack of rock layers, the layer on top is the oldest.
Circle one: True False
A cliff shows 6 flat rock layers, one on top of another, and the stack has never been disturbed. Counting from the top layer down, which number layer is the oldest?
Answer: ______________
A metamorphic rock melts deep underground. Later, that melted rock cools and hardens. What kind of rock does it become?
These rock layers have never been disturbed and are listed from bottom to top. Which layer formed first?
Which list shows Earth's layers in order from the center to the outside?
An igneous rock breaks into tiny pieces. The pieces pile up and press into a new rock. Then heat and pressure squeeze that rock without melting it. What kind of rock is it now?
A cliff has rock layers that have never been disturbed. A fossil shell sits in the layer right below the top layer. That shell is...