Geology
A sudden release of energy below the Earth's crust, which causes the crust to move or shake is called an?
What is an earthquake?
The form of writing that used a wedge-shaped stylus to make an impression on clay tablets.
Cuneiform
This is the probable reason our ancestors entered caves.
Shelter
The largest coral reef in the world.
The Great Barrier Reef
Egyptian picture writing.
Name the 3 types of rocks
igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
Inscriptions found on ancient pottery are valuable for archeologists because?
It helps them identify what time period the pottery is from.
What caused the longest human habitation in caves in modern times?
World War 2
Buried rapidly, protected from scavengers, and protected from decomposition are the conditions necessary for what to form?
Fossils
How do clam fossils testify to rapid burial?
Both sides of the shell are still together
Name 3 of the 4 main layers that make up the Earth.
Crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
For what 3 reasons were cities built on hills?
Defense, heat, floods
Funnel shaped hollows from a few feet to hundreds of feet in diameter are called what?
Sinkholes
The most abundant fossil.
Seashells
BC- Before Christ, the years before the Christian Era began
AD- Anno Domini (the year of our Lord), the years after the Christian Era began
List 3 of the 5 primary causes of erosion.
Rain, ice, plants and animals, chemicals, and ocean waves.
How many letters are in the Hebrew alphabet?
22
Speleothems are usually made up of what mineral?
Calcite (or calcium)
Define a living fossil.
Creatures found alive today that were believed to have gone extinct millions of years ago.
Name 3 events that have had the greatest impact on shaping the events of Earth's geology?
Creation, the fall, the flood, and the ice age.
What events can cause rapid deposition on a large scale?
Flooding, tidal waves, tsunamis (name one)
Define Archeology.
The study of beginnings.
What condition must be met for a cave to be considered active?
It must have a flowing stream
The sudden appearance of complex life forms in the lowest rock layer with abundant fossils is called?
The Cambrian Explosion
Whose descendants occupied Petra?
Esau