Geology on Mars
Name the 4 rocky planets in our solar system.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Small piece of rock
Sediment
What process turns rock into magma?
melting
Plate boundary type when plates move toward each other.
Convergent plate boundary
What is the name of our school Principal?
An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.
The type of rock formed when magma cools and becomes solid.
Igneous rock
What process breaks rock into small pieces
Weathering
Divergent plate boundary
What are the sports offered in our next season?
Wrestling and volleyball
The sphere that represents all the liquid water and ice on a planet.
Hydrosphere
A region of rock that formed together as a single rock type.
rock formation
What process turns sediment into sedimentary rock?
compaction and cementation
Landform that forms at a convergent boundary.
List the 7th grade math teachers.
Mr. Henry, Mrs. Capper, Mr. Fegel, Ms. Schoolcraft
An event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava.
Geologic Process
The process of sediment being buried and pressed together.
compaction
What process turns magma into igneous rock?
Cooling
Process of cool material sinking, hot material rising thought to be responsible for plate motion.
convection
How many classrooms are being added to the end of the 300 hall (the hallway you are in right now)?
4
A type of rock that can be found at the end of channels formed by flowing water. It is made of many different smaller rocks that look "glued together".
conglomerate rock
The Rocky Mountains and Great Plains are similar in what way?
They have rock formations made with the same minerals.
Rock transformations occur because of...
Energy from the sun and energy from Earth's interior
The term to describe when one plate is sinking into the mantle, below another plate.
subduction
What are the mascots of the other 3 middle schools (Whatcom, Fairhaven, Shuksan)?
Whatcom Wildcats, Fairhaven Grizzlies, Shuksan Cougars