Earth's History
Minerals
Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Earths Resources
100
Scientists believe that the Earth was formed.
What is 4-5 billion years ago
100
The most abundant element in the Earth's crust
What is oxygen
100
the different groups of rocks are classified by...
What is how they formed
100
The Richter Scale gives information regarding this aspect of an Earthquake
What is energy/intensity
100
The area of land drained by a river and all of its tributaries
What is a watershed
200
The first forms of life on Earth
What are blue-green algaes
200
A mineral with a NON-metallic luster
What is halite... answers will vary
200
Fossils are found in this type of rock
What is Sedimentary Rock
200
The instrument used in gathering Richter Scale measurements.
What is a seismograph
200
A stream gets its muddy appearance mainly from this aspect
What is suspended load
300
The process by which the Earth separated into layers is known as
What is differentiation
300
The resistance to a mineral being stratched
What is hardness
300
The name given to the "banding" within Metamorphic Rocks
What is foliation
300
Broken pieces of lithosphere that move about 5 cm/year
What are plates
300
The source of a stream is usually titled this..... and found ....
What is delta (headwater) and in the mountains
400
The two ways in which geologists define the Earth's interior layers
What is physical properties and composition
400
The manner in which a mineral breaks along a plane
What is fracture
400
The most common sedimentary rock in SW Ohio
What is limestone
400
The Himalayas in South Asia are an example of what this type of plate boundry
What is convergent continental-continental
400
the bend in a stream due to repeated impact of a cutbank
What is a meander
500
The correct order in which scientists believe things formed
What is Universe, Earth, atmosphere, oceans, life
500
The general name for the manner in which geologists classify minerals
What are physical properties
500
A rock that formed when magma cools UNDERground
What is intrusive igneous
500
The formation of the Hawaiian islands are associated with this type of boundry
What is...no boundry/ hotspots
500
the ultimate base level of a river
What is the sea/ocean
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