Inside Earth
This mineral property gives geologists the least amount of information about the mineral.
What is COLOR
Technology that let us know that the ocean floor has geological features (mountain ranges, volcanoes, rifts, etc.)
What is SONAR
The Theory that says Earth began as one supercontinent.
What is THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT / PANGEA
The part of the Earth's inside that is divided into two parts, one solid and one liquid.
What is THE CORE
This scale measures the hardness of a mineral
What is MOHS HARDNESS SCALE
The three types of rocks.
What are SEDIMENTARY, IGNEOUS, AND METAMORPHIC ROCK
The two types of earthquake body waves
What are P-WAVES (Primary) AND S-WAVES (Secondary)
This mineral has a hardness of 10.
What is DIAMOND
These two actions will change a sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock
What are HEAT AND PRESSURE
The three types of plate boundaries and their directions
What are CONVERGING (towards each other), DIVERGING (away from each other), AND TRANSFORM (alongside each other)
What are all the layers of the Earth, and are they solid or liquid?
SOLID Inner core, LIQUID Outer Core, LIQUID Mantle. SOLID Crust.
What is THE STREAK TEST
The three forms of weathering
What are BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING, CHEMICAL WEATHERING, AND PHYSICAL WEATHERING
A dangerous part of the Earth which contains 90% of all volcanoes and 75% of all earthquakes.
What is THE RING OF FIRE
The energy point from the friction of two faults (an earthquake) on the surface of the earth is called...
What is THE EPICENTRE
This characteristic of all minerals means that they come from non-living things
What is INORGANIC
What is A GEOLOGIST
The two types of mountains
What are FOLD MOUNTAINS AND FAULT MOUNTAINS
Four forms of evidence for the Theory of Continental Drift AND one example for each.
What is PUZZLE PIECES - Continent Fit BIOLOGICAL - Fossils CLIMATE - Coal and Glacial Scrapings ROCK - Same rock found in mountains.