Plate Tectonics
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Relative Dating
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Geologic Time
Mineral Madness
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The name of the type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart from one another
Divergent Boundary
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The oldest rock in a rock column is always at the...
Bottom
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This type of rock forms from another rock undergoing extreme heat and pressure.
Metamorphic Rock
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This is the longest time-span when measuring geologic time.
Eon
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This mineral is also called "Fool's Gold"
Pyrite
200
Type of landform created at a continent to continent convergent boundary
Mountains
200
Put these layers in order from youngest to oldest:
E, D, A, B, C
200
This type of rock forms from lava cooling above ground.
Extrusive Igneous
200
This is the name of the first eon, when the Earth looking like a fiery ball of barren rock
Hadean Eon
200
This mineral was a very shiny steel gray color. A city in Illinois is also named after it!
Galena
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Type of landform created at a ocean-continent convergent boundary
Volcano
300
Put the layers in order from youngest to oldest:
A, D, C, B, E
300
This rocks reacted with acid in our lab because it contains calcite (shells of previously living organisms)
Limestone
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This amount of time is larger than an epoch, but smaller than an era.
Period
300
This mineral is well known for being used to start fires from scratch!
Flint
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Name of a plate boundary most likely to cause an Earthquake
Transform Boundary
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Which rock column would be the oldest?
Outcrop A
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This type of rock is most often formed from sandstone undergoing extreme heat and pressure.
Quartzite
400
542 Million year ago many new types of complex life started to appear on Earth. What was this explosion in diversity across Earth called?
Cambrian Explosion
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This mineral gets its name from it's green coloring.
Olivine
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The name of the scientist who came up with the theory of plate tectonics
Alfred Wegner
500
Put the layers in order from youngest to oldest:
E, B, I, F, G, C, A, H, D
500
This rock is most often formed from granite undergoing extreme heat and pressure.
Gneiss
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What is the current era that we live in?
Cenozoic Era
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This mineral can be identified because it usually have 6 sides (Like a Hexagon!)
Corundum