Rocks
Rocks can change from one type to another in what process?
What is the Rock Cycle
The name given to the supercontinent.
What is Pangea.
If I am trying to determine the relative age of a rock layer, what principle would be most beneficial to use.
The law of superposition.
The three types of weathering are
What is Mechanical (Physical), Chemical, Biological
In what era did dinosaurs roam the Earth
What is mesozoic
Igneous Rocks are formed where?
What are Volcanoes
The theory of plate tectonics explains this
What is the movement of continents
This is the era we are currently in
What is Cenozoic
Building terraces into a slope can help prevent this
What is soil erosion
Transform boundaries are when two plates are moving in different directions or
What is moving in the same direction at different rates.
This type of rock may contain fossils
What are Sedimentary rocks.
The three types of plate boundaries are
What are convergent, divergent, and transform.
The five divisions of time from largest to smallest are:
What are Eon, Era, Period, Epoch. Age
Water freezes in the crack of a rock, over time this ice wedging causes the rock to break apart. This type of weathering is
What is Mechanical (Physical)
An index fossil is
What is a fossil of an organism that lived during a very short period of time, but was widespread.
This is a naturally occurring inorganic substance with a chemical composition and crystal structure.
What is a Mineral
Earth's tectonic plates move due to
What are convection currents in the mantle
If I were trying to estimate the age of the Earth based on radiometric dating, I would use this material
What is ancient rock or fossils
These two processes from a delta
What is erosion and deposition
This is a visible change that occurs on a mountain over time due to weathering and erosion.
What is rounding of the shape of rocks.
Scoria and Basalt are examples of this type of rock
What is igneous.
During subduction, one tectonic plate is forced under another. The subducted plate is forced into the
What is athenosphere?
The present is the key to the past is a summary of
What is Uniformitarinism
The ring of fire, is an area where most volcanoes are found, the volcanoes. The volcanoes are formed near this type of zone.
What is subduction zone.
How do we know that the inner core of Earth is liquid.
Because the "S" waves do not go through it.