Minerals
Plate tectonics
Volcanoes
Rock cycle
Earth layers
100
A naturally occurring, usually inorganic solid that has definite crystalline structure and chemical composition
What is a mineral?
100
The continents that were joined in a single large landmass.
What is Pangaea?
100
Magma that has reached Earth's surface.
What is Lava?
100
Forms when magma or lava cools and hardens to become solid.
What is Igneous rock?
100
Located between the core and the crust.
What is Mantle?
200
The way a surface reflects light.
What is luster?
200
A process used to explain the age and magnetic patterns of seafloor rocks.
What is Sea-floor spreading?
200
Melted rock
What is Magma?
200
Forms when temperature, pressure or chemical process change existing rock.
What is Metamorphic rock?
200
Extends from below the mantle to the center of Earth.
What is Core?
300
The color of the powdered form of a mineral.
What is streak?
300
When two plates move away from each other.
What is divergent boundary?
300
An opening of a volcano.
What is a vent?
300
The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock.
What is weathering?
300
The outermost solid layer of Earth.
What is crust?
400
The tendency of a mineral to split along specific planes of weakness to form smooth flat surfaces.
What is Cleavage?
400
A boundary at which two plates move past each other horizontally.
What is transform boundary?
400
Opening or depression at the top of a volcano caused by eruptions.
What is crater
400
The process by which sediment is moved from one place to another.
What is erosion?
400
A layer of weak or soft mantle that is made of rock that flows slowly
What is asthenosphere
500
The measure of how much matter is in a given amount of space.
What is density?
500
Forms when two plates collide.
What is convergent boundary?
500
Giant cracks in Earth's surface.
What is Fissures?
500
Forms when minerals that form from solutions or sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock?
500
The strong, lower part of the mantle.
What is mesosphere
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