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Geosphere

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  • True or false: are there different types of soil?
    True
  • Is an area where molten rock from deep within the mantle breaks through to the Earth´s crust
    Hot spot
  • What is the mantle made of?
    hot melted rock
  • Do landforms change over time?
    Yes
  • The oldest island is going to be more away from the hot spot?
    Yes, the oldest one is more far away from the hot spot
  • Do hot spots make islands?
    yes
  • True or false: Minerals are solid nonliving substances found in nature?
    Minerals
  • The type of soil that has less water?
    Dessert soil
  • The type of soil where we can plant corn, wheat, and rye is_____
    Grassland and prairie soil
  • In which layers do Scientists divide the Earth?
    The crust, mantle and the core
  • The type of soil that has a lot of rain and where the plants need loong roots is:
    Forest soil
  • Which is the deepest layer of the Earth?
    core
  • What are some materials that made up soil?
    minerals, rocks, clay, sand, nonliving plants, animal material
  • What landscape can the movement of tectonic plates form?
    Mountains, islands, volcanoes
  • Is a sudden movement of a large amount of rocks and soil down a slope
    landslide
  • What is the geosphere?
    All the rock, soil and sediments that makeup Earth's land
  • What are the 2 types of mountains that we learned in class?
    Folded mountains and fault-block mountains.
  • Can volcanoes from on land and on the ocean floor?
    True
  • A volcano that is currently erupting or has a recently erupted ?
    Active volcano
  • Name three volcanoes that are extint in Guatemala?
    Tajumulco, Tacaná, Acatenango....