Types of Rocks
The three main types of rocks
What is Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic?
The outermost layer of Earth.
What is crust?
Fossils tell us about this.
Melted rock under the Earth's surface is called this.
What is magma?
Definition of a mineral.
What is a natural, nonliving solid found in Earth?
Cooled lava is this type of rock
What is Igneous?
What is mantle?
Fossils are usually found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary?
Volcanoes have this type of melted rock coming out of them.
What is lava?
The hardest mineral on Earth.
What is a diamond?
Is the type of rock that forms when layers of sand and mud are pressed together.
What is Sedimentary?
The scientist who studies fossils.
What is a paleontologist?
The reason for earthquakes.
What is movement of tectonic plates?
A scientist who studies minerals.
What is a mineralogist?
The type of rock with heat and pressure change another rock.
The core is mostly made of these metals.
What is iron and nickel?
The T. rex lived in this time period.
What is Cretaceous?
Scientists use this tool to measure earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
A scale that measures the hardness of minerals.
What is the Mohs scale?
What is granite; sandstone, marble?
The thicker type of crust on Earth.
Fossilized footprints tell us this about dinosaurs.
What is how they moved or behaved?
The Ring of Fire.
What is an area around the Pacific Ocean with many volcanoes and earthquakes?
3 ways to identify a mineral.
What is color, streak, hardness?
can also be luster, shape, etc.