The theory that all the continents had once been joined together in a single landmass but have since drifted & will continue to drift
What is Continental Drift?
200
The process by which rocks are broken down physically
What is a Mechanical Weathering?
300
Location of asteroids in the solar system
What is the Asteroid Belt?
300
Hardest Mineral
What is a diamond?
300
Rocks formed from heat & pressure
What are metamorphic rocks?
300
27. The theory that at the mid-ocean ridge, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts. The molten material then spreads out, pushing older rock to both sides of the ridge continually adding new material to the ocean floor
What is Sea Floor Spreading?
300
The process by which rocks are broken down by chemical reactions
What is chemical weathering?
400
Big Bang Theory
What is the belief that the expanding universe is the result of an enormous and powerful explosion?
400
This physical property is not used to identify a mineral because it is misleading.
What is color?
400
Process of rocks continually turning from one type to the other types of rocks
What is the rock cycle
400
Location where two plates that come together
What is Convergent Plates?
400
The proper order of the three processes that break and move and settle rocks.
What is Weathering → Erosion → Deposition?
500
Contents of the Solar System
What is the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets?
500
Streak of a mineral
What is the color of powder formed from a mineral?
500
Rocks that cool slowly will produce ______ crystals