Rocks
Minerals
Soil
Layers of the Earth
Tectonic Plates
100
What are the building blocks of rocks? What are rocks made up of?
Minerals
100
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
100
Which horizon is the best horizon to grow plants?
Horizon A
100
What are the 3 layers of the Earth?
Crust, Mante, Core
100
Name the three types of boudaries
Convergent Divergent Transform
200
Volcanic activity on Earth's surface most likely results in the formation of what type of igneous rock?
Extrusive igneous rock
200
Fracture and Cleavage both tell how the minerals break. What is the difference between the two?
Fracture breaks irregular, Cleavage breaks in sheets/layers
200
What are the 5 components that make up soil?
Humus, Clay, Silt, Sand, Rock
200
Which layer is composed of iron and nickel?
The core
200
Transform boundaries create what type of geological event?
Earthquakes
300
What type of rock is obsidian?
Igneous
300
Why is coal not considered a mineral?
Coal is organic. It is made from decomposed plants.
300
Why is soil important?
Answers may vary... Needed to grow plants Water storage Housing for animals
300
What is the physical state of matter of the core? Outer and Inner
Outer is liquid Inner is soild
300
What is the name of the device that measures the time at which seismic waves appear?
Seismograph
400
What type of rock is nonfoliated? What does nonfoliated mean?
Metamorphic, the rock contains no layers, bands, etc.
400
The color of the mineral's powder that is left behind when the mineral is rubbed is called it's?
Streak
400
Just my observation alone, how can you tell which soil has the most nutrients?
The darker the soil, the more nutrients it has
400
Which layer is the most dense? The least?
Core is the most dense Crust is the least dense
400
Why is Alfred Wegener notable (famous)?
He came up with the Continental Drift theory that stated the continents were once whole (Pangea) and then separated?
500
What are the 5 steps that make up the sedimentary rock process?
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation
500
SNIFC tells you? What does it stand for?
How to tell if an object is a mineral or not. Solid, Naturally Forming, Inorganic, Fixed Structure, Crystals?
500
Name one type of way we can conserve soil
No-till farming Contour Plowing Terracing Cover Crop Crop Rotation
500
What are the 5 physical layers?
Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, Inner Core
500
Explain convection using density
Convection is the movement of tectonic plates. Less dense material is heated by the core and rises to the surface, it becomes more dense as it cools and sinks back down towards the core
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