Random Science
How do you determine the age of a tree?
Count its growth rings
In Super Mario Bros. what is Mario and Luigi's favorite food?
Pizza
The three layers of the earth are....
crust, mantle, core
When rocks melt they turn into__________
Magma
The chemical and physical breakdown of rocks into sediment.
Weathering
What do you call and animal that only eats meat?
Carnivore
What is the most popular ice cream flavor in America?
Vanilla
Wgat layer of the Earth do we find Magma?
Mantle
When igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks go under weathering and eroding they become_________________
Sediment
Layers of rock or sediment that formed like layers on a cake.
Strata
Who came up with the theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
Which U.S. state has the most water parks?
Florida also known as the "Water Park Capital of the World".
What can be found in sedimentary rocks that scientists can study to learn about the past?
Fossils
True or False: All types of rocks can melt into magma?
True
Sediment settling is...
Deposition
What is the hardest natural substance found on Earth?
Diamond
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
The final 2 processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?
Compaction and Cementation
When put under heat and pressure ____________ and _______________ turn into metamorphic rocks
Igneous and Sedimentary
A force being pressed down
Pressure
How many elements are on the periodic table?
118
How many bones does a shark have?
___________ can act like cement, holding the rock together.
Minerals
_________ and ____________ on a rock create metamorphic rocks.
Heat and pressure
When wind, water, ice, or gravity wear away rock and soil and carry it off.
Erosion