Earth's Structure
Minerals
Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes/Volcanoes
100
The study of the Earth.
What is Geology
100
The hardest mineral.
What is a diamond.
100
Formed from heat and pressure acting on igneous and sedimentary rock.
What is Metamorphic rock.
100
Explains how the plates moved apart.
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics.
100
Molten Rock above and below the Earth's surface.
What is Lava/Magma
200
3 Main layers of the Earth.
What is the crust, mantle, core.
200
The softest mineral.
What is talc.
200
Where fossils are found.
What is Sedimentary rock.
200
The process that forms new oceanic crust at mid ocean ridges.
What is Seafloor spreading.
200
Volcanoes occur in these 2 types of areas.
What is at plate boundaries and hot spots.
300
Made of liquid iron and nickel.
What is the outer core.
300
The color of a mineral's powder.
What is streak.
300
A mixture of minerals.
What is a rock.
300
The 3 types of plate boundaries.
What is convergent, divergent, and transform.
300
p-waves, s-waves and surface waves.
What is Seismic waves.
400
Major components of the oceanic and continental crusts.
What is basalt and granite.
400
How a mineral reflects light.
What is luster.
400
formed from the cooling of magma below the Earth's surface.
What is Intrusive Igneous rock.
400
The process of mountain formation.
What is folding.
400
The main cause of earthquakes.
What is rocks under stress.
500
The upper mantle plus the crust.
What is the lithosphere.
500
A mineral does not contain this element.
What is carbon.
500
The 4 processes that contribute to the formation of sedimentary rock.
What is weathering, erosion, compaction and cementation.
500
Hypothesized the Continental Drift Theory.
Who is Wegener.
500
Origin of an earthquake above and below the surface.
What is epicenter and focus.
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