Transcript Slide 1

THE
LITHOSPHERE
Layers of the Earth
and
Rocks
IGNEOUS
Rock from lava that has cooled and hardened
METAMORPHIC
Rock formed from heat and pressure
SEDIMENTARY
Rock made from sediments that have been
squished together
FOSSILS
The remains of past life that is found in a rock
WEATHERING
When rock breaks into smaller pieces
EROSION
When sediments (small pieces) are moved to a
new location
PLATE
A rigid block of crust
PANGAEA THEORY
The idea that the Earth was originally one large
continent