Flashcards: Earth's Resources and Earth's Interior — 10 cartões

Types of Rocks — main types?

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.

Rock types — main categories?

Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic.

Earth's core — main elements?

Iron and nickel.

Earth's inner core — composition?

Solid iron and nickel.

CO₂ removal — purpose?

Reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases.

Sedimentary rock formation?

Deposition and compression of sediments.

Foliation — associated with?

Metamorphic rocks.

Water vapour — condensation process?

Cooling causes vapour to turn into liquid.

Renewable resources — definition?

Resources that replenish naturally.

Earth's core — major elements?

Iron and nickel.