Vocabulary
Study of...
types of rock
Earths place in the universe
Geologic time scale
100
The process in which smaller pieces of rocks break off from larger ones from wind, rain, etc.
what is weathering?
100
what is the study of the Earth ?called?
What is Geology?
100
What are the three types of rocks?
igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
100
What is the order of our solar systems planets?
what is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?
100
How old is the Earth?
what is 4.6 Billion years old?
200
The process by which weathered rocks are moved away by wind water, etc.
What is Erosion?
200
What is the study of living things and how they interact with their environment?
What is Ecology?
200
How does an igneous rock form?
What is from the cooling and solidification of molten rock?
200
What are the outer planets called?
what are the gas giants?
200
what usually ends the mark of an Era?
What is a Mass exticntion event?
300
The process by which eroded rocks no longer move and remain in one place.
what is Deposition?
300
what is the study of earths climate?
What is Climatology?
300
how does a sedimentary rock form?
What is they form from sediments?
300
what is our galaxy named?
what is the Milky way galaxy?
300
put the layer in order form OLDEST to YOUNGEST? Include the cross-cutting and Intrusion layer.
What is B, F, A, C, D, E
400
The process by which deposited rocks are compressed to from new, larger rocks
What is compaction?
400
what is the study of space called?
what is Astronomy?
400
How does metamorphic rocks form?
What is from intense heat and pressure?
400
Between which two planets does the asteroid belt reside?
What is Mars and Jupiter?
400
what is layer H called?
what is an Intrusion?
500
Process by which a rock in liquid form changes to solid, highly organized form
What is Crystallization?
500
what is the study of earthquakes called?
what is seismology?
500
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What is Igneous?
500
what is the galaxy that is our neighbor named?
what is the Andromeda galaxy?
500
Put the time scales in order from oldest to youngest.
What is Eon, Era, Period, Epoch?