Geology Vocabulary
A person who studies the Earth is called?
A Geologist
We live on this layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
What type of rock is formed when lava cools?
Igneous
What is lava called inside the Earth?
What are the three most important geology words?
Heat, pressure, and over time
I am made of hot, solid metal.
The inner core
True or false? The Earth has two layers?
False, the earth has 4 layers.
What are all rocks made out of?
Minerals
Pressure
When raw crystals are cut and polished what do they create?
Gemstones
When two forces push on each other and cause change.
Pressure
The Earth's surface is covered by two main things. Oceans and ?
Continents
Name the three types of rocks.
Metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous
True or false? When volcanos heat up too much, the magma explodes out of the volcano.
False, when pressure builds up
Varies
Imprint or remains of animals, plants, or insects that lived long ago.
Fossils
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Which type of rock is formed when layers or sediment are pushed down by pressure over time?
Sedimentary
True or false? A geyser is when the pressure builds up and lava pushes out.
False, water pushes out
Name any gemstone?
Varies
No longer remaining on Earth.
Extinct
The center imaginary line on the Earth where it is hottest.
Equator
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
What do underwater volcanos create?
Islands
What does preserved mean? For example, fossils are preserved remains of an animal that has died.
Preserved- to save and keep