Minerals
Rock Cycle
Volcanoes
Earths Layers
Relative Dating
100
A solid geometric form that results from a repeating pattern of atoms or molecules.
What is crystal ?
100
The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down a rock
What is Weathering ?
100
Any place where gas, ash, and melted rock come out of the ground
What is A volcano ?
100
The movement of matter that results from differences in density caused by variation in temperature.
What is convection ?
100
Traces or remains of an organism that lived long ago,most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.
What is fossil ?
200
A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid
What is A Mineral ?
200
The process in which rock changes from one type to another.
What is the rock cycle ?
200
Magma that has not reached earth's surface.
What is lava ?
200
The outermost layer of Earth
What is Crust ?
200
An ordered arrangement of rock layers that is based on the relative ages of the rocks
What is A geologic column
300
Anything that has volume and mass.
What is matter ?
300
Lava and clouds of ash that can erupt
What is A Vent ?
300
The core extends from below the mantle to the center of earth.
What is the core ?
300
The principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed.
What is superposition ?
400
Pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
What is Elements ?
400
When magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid
What is Igneous Rock ?
400
Giant sections of lithosphere on earth's surface.
What is tectonic plates ?
400
The Layer of Earth between the core and the crust
What is The Mantle
400
A break in the geologic record that is made when rock layers are eroded
What is Unconformity ?
500
The way surface reflects light.
What is luster ?
500
The sinking of region of the crust to lower elevations.
What is subsidence ?
500
A location where a column of extremely hot mantle rock through the lithosphere
What is A hot spot ?
500
A layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly.
What is the asthenosphere ?
500
Determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events.
What is relative dating ?
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