Process of breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
Weathering
Person who studies minerals
Mineralogist
• The Jovian planets are______,_________,________,________
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
has a radius of about 960 kilometers (600 mi). the speeds of P waves traveling through the inner core shows that it is a solid
Inner Core
forms a 2400-kilometers (1500-mi) thick bond around the inner core. Rock matter at the top of outer core has a density of about 10 grams per cubic centimeter (0.4 lbs. /in.).
Outer Core
About ______ of Earth's surface is land consisting of continents and islands
29.2 percent
the object is not alive, and was not part of anything was alive.
Inorganic
It is a ground motions of Earth caused when accumulating tectonic stress is relieved by the sudden displacement of rocks along a fault.
Earthquake
color of mineral in powder form.
STREAK
-15% C to _____ C life thrives and liquid water exist
115 C
Earth and ______- are the right size to hold sufficient atmosphere
VENUS
Earth’s solid exterior, which is composed of a great variety of rock, types that response in diverse ways and at varying rates to surfaces processes.
Crust
Inner planet receives light than outer planets ( TRUE OR FALSE)
TRUE
Is the largest of Earth’s interior zones
Mantle
