Rocks and Minerals
What is the hardest mineral on the mohs hardness scale?
Diamond
The third planet from the sun
Earth
What is Richmond's watershed called
Chesapeake bay watershed
What occurs when two continental plates converge
Mountains form
What is a nonrenewable resource?
a resource that does not replenish quickly.
what forms when lava/magma cool
the form igneous rocks
what is the planet furthest from the sun
Neptune
what are the water sheds in Virginia for the south east part.
Carolina sound
what is it called when two plate tectonics slide parallel
transform
what is it called when a resource can be used more than once.
renewable resources
What is the softest mineral on the mohs hardness scale
talc
What is the hottest planet
What is the watershed for the south west part of Virginia
If you said Gulf of Mexico you are correct
What occurs when two tectonic plates diverge from each other
rift vallys, mid ocean ridges,
What is the most used nonrenewable resource
Oil
what happens when a sedimentary rock under goes extreme heat and pressure.
it turns into a metamorphic rock.
Which is the only planet that has water
Earth
How can a factory negatively affect the Gulf of Mexico when it is in Virginia
They are in the same watershed
What causes earthquakes
Plate tectonics
Give one example of a renewable resource
Wind, Hydro, Solar, Biomass
What are the two sub groups of sedimentary rocks.
clastic and non clastic
Which planets rains diamonds
Uranus and Neptune
How many watersheds are there In Virginia.
3
what is the strongest earthquake ever recorded.
A magnitude of 9.5
what is the most used renewable resource
solar