This sphere is the earth itself. It also includes events such as volcanoes and earthquakes.
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What is the core of the earth?
The inner layer of the earth
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What is chemical weathering?
When Earth's crust is broken down and the minerals that make up the rocks change into new minerals.
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What is the mantle of the earth?
The middle layer of the earth. It consists mostly of solid rock, but also some magma.
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Explain how days occur on Earth.
The earth revolves around its own axis. The side facing the sun has day. The opposite side has night.
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Explain how the seasons occur on Earth.
The earth is tilted on its axis and revolves around the sun. The part closer to the sun has summer. The part further away has winter.
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The imaginary line that goes through the center of the earth.
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What are metamorphic rocks.
Rocks that form when other rocks are transformed under intense heat and pressure.
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What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering breaks down the materials in the earth's crust without movement. Erosion carries the materials away to other parts, for example by wind or water.
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What is weathering?
When Earth's crust is broken down. It changes the sizes and shapes of the material in the crust.
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What are sedimentary rocks?
Rocks that form when sediment makes layers and the layers are pressed together.
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What is the envelope of gases that surrounds a planet called?