Plate Tectonics
This is the layer of Earth where plate tectonics occur.
Lithosphere
Subduction is an __________ process that occurs at convergent plate boundaries.
Endogenic
The layer of the Earth that comprises the Earth' entire solid surface, including continents and ocean floors, is known as the ______.
Crust
The division if geologic time that is shorter than an era but longer than a period is called a _____.
Epoch
This dating method determine the exact age of a rock or fossil by measuring the decay if radioactive isotopes.
Radiometric Dating
The type of plate boundary where plates move apart from each other.
Divergent boundary
_____ is an agent of erosion that can transport sediment and shape landforms, especially in rivers and streams.
Water
The innermost layer of the Earth, composed mainly of iron and nickel, is called the _____.
Inner Core
The Mesozoic Era is often referred to as the "Age of ______" due to the dominance of these reptiles.
Dinosaurs
The age of Tree found by counting the total number of rings.
Tree Rings
The theory of continental drift was developed by?
Alfred Wegener
Weathering and ______ are responsible for breaking down rocks and shaping the Earth's surface.
Erosion
One of the principles dating were the youngest are on the top and the oldest rocks are located at the bottom?
Law of Superposition
What era of the geological time scale is characterized by the rise of mammals and early humans?
Cenozoic Era
Provides numerical ages for rock layers by measuring the decay of radioactive isotopes in minerals within those rocks.
Absolute Dating
The two major types of tectonic plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere
Continental and Oceanic plates
The formation of sedimentary rocks requires the processes of ______ and deposition.
Weathering
When rocks break and slide past each other along fractures
Faulting
The ______ Era is often refereed to as the "Age of Dinosaurs" due to the dominance of These reptiles.
Mesozoic
Which principle helps us understand the order of geological events when rocks have been disturbed or overturned?
a. Original Horizontality
b. Law of inclusions
c. Principle of Cross-Cutting relationships
d. uniformitarianism
C. Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships
This supercontinent is believed to have existed before the current configuration of continents.
Pangaea
The gradual wearing down of mountain over time is a result of both ______ and ______ processes.
Exogenic and Endogenic
It occurs when rocks bend and buckle due to compressional forces?
Folding
The division of geologic time that is shorter than an epoch and represents smaller-scale changes in Earth's history is called a ______.
Age
Dividing the Earth’s history into sections based on the fossils and rock evidence
Geological Time Scale