Vocabulary
A molecule made up of one or more atoms from different elements
What is compound
Slowly moving pieces of Earth's crust
What are tectonic plates
evidence of plastic life found in rocks
What is a fossil
The continuous process of new rocks being formed from old rocks
What is the rock cycle
Liquid rock
Molten Rock within the Earth
What is Magma
The Earth was one super continent
what is pangea
The arrangement of events measuring the relative or absolute age of any part of geologic time
what is the geologic time scale
Rocks formed from lava or magma
What is igneous rock
The movement of plates under earth's crust can cause a landform such as....
mountain, volcano,
When pieces of small rock are moved around by wind or water
What is erosion
The place where two plates meet
what is a boundary
The age of something based on its placement
What is a relative age
Rocks formed from existing rock, heat and pressure
What is metamorphic Rock
The movement of the Earth's plates under the crust can cause this type of natural disaster
what is an earthquake, tsunami
When Rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
What is Weathering
The two types of plates
continental and oceanic
Rock formed from compacted sediment
sedimentary rock
Rust is caused by this type of weathering
Chemical Weathering
The exact Age of something
What is absolute age
The three types of plate boundaries
What are Convergent, divergent, transform
An example of this fossil is a footprint preserved in mud
What is a trace fossil
Name one thing rocks can be used for
countertops, flooring, tools, roadways, decorations
eons are broken into eras...eras are broken into...
what are periods