Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Plate Tectonics
The Nature of Science
100
This type of rock forms when melted rock material cools
What is Igneous Rock
100
Sediment that has been compacted and cemented
What is sedimentary rocks
100
Rocks formed when existing rocks are heated or squeezed together
What is metamorphic rocks
100
The large landmass made up of all the continents millions of years ago
What is Pangaea
100
an educated guess
What is hypothesis
200
When melted rock cools on the Earth's surface
What is extrusive igneous rocks
200
Pieces of broken rocks, shells,and other materials
What is sediment
200
metamorphic rocks that have elongated grains of minerals
What is foliated metamorphic rock
200
The theory that continents have drifted slowly to their current location
What is Continental drift
200
Factors that can be changed in an experiment
What is variables
300
igneous rocks that that have no grains at all
What is fast cooling lave?
300
Type of sedimentary rock when water, loaded with minerals, evaporates
What is chemical rocks
300
metamorphic rocks that do not have distinct layers of bands
What is nonfoliated metamorphic rocks
300
proposed the theory of continental drift
What is Alfred Wegener
300
variables not changed in an experiment
What is constants
400
Rocks that have large crystals
What is slow cooling magma
400
The remains of a once living plant or animal
What is a fossil
400
The model that shows how different rocks are related to one another and how rocks change from one type to another
What is the rock cycle
400
2 pieces of evidence that were found in totally different continents that confirm the continental drift theory
What is rocks and fossils
400
changing one factor and observing its effect on another while keeping all other factors constant
What is controlled experiment
500
Cracks in the earth's surface
What is fissure
500
This type of sedimentary rock is made of grains of minerals or other rocks that have been moved and deposited in layers
What is detrital rocks
500
Minerals that split into pieces that have smooth planes
What is cleavage
500
What the earth's magnetic field has done to confirm the idea of seafloor spreading
What is reversed
500
the variable that changes in an experiment
What is independent variable
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