Lithosphere Flashcards

(19 cards)

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What’s a rock cycle

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It’s how the rock is formed, disintegrated, band formed again

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What are the 4 concentric layers of the Mantle

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  • Crust
  • Mantle
  • Outer core (semi solid)
  • Inner core (solid and extremely hot)
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What does the lithosphere consist of?

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The crust and upper mantle

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What’s the inner core

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It’s the innermost solid part of the earth. It’s situated at the centre

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What’s the outer core

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It’s the liquid part that surrounds the inner core

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What’s the mantle

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It’s a layer above the core of the earth

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What’s the crust

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The layer surrounding the mantle

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What’s a sedimentary rock

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It’s former when small stones that have been washed away and deposited as sedim

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What does soil consist of

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  • A mixture of weathered rocks and minerals
  • Organic substances derived from decayed plant material and animal waste
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What are the three rock types

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  • Igneous rocks
  • Sedimentary rocks (depositional rocks)
  • Metamorphic rocks
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What’s an example of igneous rock

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  • Basalt
  • Granite
  • Dolorite
  • Pumice
  • Quartz
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What’s an example of sedimentary rock

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  • Conglomerates
  • Sandstone
  • Mudstone
  • Limestone
  • Shale
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What’s an example of metamorphic rocks

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  • Slate
  • Marble
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What’s an igneous rock

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It is rock that forms from molten rock (magma)

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What are the properties of an igneous rock

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  • Crystalline
  • Very difficult to break
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What is a sedimentary rock

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Rock that forms through sediment particles that are deposited by water, wind or ice

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What are properties of sedimentary rocks

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  • found in layers
  • often contains fossils
18
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What’s a metamorphic rock

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Rock was igneous or sedimentary rock to start with. Form due to intense heat and/or pressure in Earth’s crust

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What are the properties of metamorphic rocks

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  • Crystalline
  • Compressed structure