The Earth
Types of Rocks
Minerals and Crystals
Fossils
This and That
100
the outermost layer of the Earth
What is the crust?
100
theses rocks are found near volcanoes
What are igneous rocks?
100
name at least 2 ways we can tell minerals apart
What are their color, hardness, luster, and the way they break
100
name at least 2 types of fossils
What are trace, body, mold, and cast fossils?
100
the theory that states that parts of the Earth's crust slowly drift
What is continental drift?
200
the only layer that is not solid
What is the outer core?
200
these rocks have many layers
What are sedimentary rocks?
200
how many types of substances minerals are made of
What is one?
200
name at least one type of fossil fuel
What is coal, oil, or gas?
200
the area around the Pacific Ocean that has lots of volcanoes
What is the Ring of Fire?
300
the innermost layer of the Earth
What is the inner core?
300
theses rocks change due to heat and pressure
What are metamorphic rocks?
300
solids that have a regular repeated pattern of molecules
What are crystals?
300
how things must be buried in order to become fossils
What is quickly?
300
the mountain that contains the faces of 4 presidents
What is Mount Rushmore?
400
the layer between the outer core and the crust
What is the mantle?
400
many memorials in Washington, DC are made of this rock
What is marble?
400
name one type of crystal
What is diamond....
400
an insect trapped in tree sap and preserved
What is a body fossil?
400
name at least 2 things that can cause erosion
What are wind, waves, running water, and glaciers?
500
the name of the land mass before the continents drifted apart
What is Pangaea?
500
where the oldest rocks are located in a large sedimentary rock
What is at the bottom?
500
a hollow rock with crystals inside
What is a geode?
500
name at least one place where body fossils can be found
What is under water, in the desert, in ice, or in a tar pit
500
the idea that rocks can change from one type into another
What is the rock cycle?
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