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Rocks
Minerals
Earth History
Miscellaneous
Geosphere
100
The three different types of rocks are ___, ____, and ____. GO
What is sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous?
100
The hardest mineral is ____________. GO
What is diamond?
100
True or False. All of the plants and animals on Earth have been described by science. GO
What is false?
100
The scientific method is a __________ that is used to find _________ to questions about the world around us. GO
What is a process...answers?
100
____________ is the name given to the super-continent. GO
What is Pangaea?
200
____________________ is a process in which sediments compact under pressure. GO
What is lithification?
200
Describe the five criteria minerals must meet. GO
What is occurs naturally, formed from a geologic source, solid, definite chemical composition, and crystal structure?
200
The Earth is __________ years old. A. 1.2 million B. 14.8 million C. 3.4 billion D. 4.5 billion GO
What is D. 4.5 billion?
200
BOTB stands for _______________. GO
What is Battle of the Brains?
200
These are some features plate movements can create. GO
What are volcanoes, valleys, mountains, trenches, ravine, canyons, rift valleys?
300
______________ is a common characteristic in metamorphic rocks. GO
What are metamorphic rocks?
300
A mineral has crystals about the size of your hand. Which is the most likely way for that mineral to have formed? A. Lava B. Magma C. Pegmatite D. Sediment GO
What is B. Magma?
300
In an undisturbed horizontal sequence of rocks the oldest rock layer will be on the bottom with successively younger layers on top. GO
What is the Principle of Superposition?
300
True or False. The correct scientific method has 7 steps. GO
What is false? The scientific method can be more general or more detailed allowing it to have less or more steps, all following the same general principles.
300
The three types of boundaries found on Earth are ___________, ____________, and ______________. A. Divergent, transient, convergent B. Lava, magma, rock C. Convergent, divergent, transform D. Continental, oceanic, atmospheric GO
What is C. Convergent, divergent, transform?
400
The rock cycle is never ending because ___________. GO
What is rocks are constantly changing from one type to another in a never ending process known as the rock cycle. Sedimentary rock can experience increases in pressure and heat and, thus, become metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rock can melt becoming magma, which in turn, can cool to become igneous rocks?
400
Moh's scale is used to determine the __________ of a mineral. GO
What is hardness?
400
Fossils allow us to learn about: A. Bacteria, protists, plants, and animals B. How life has changed over time C. How organisms are related D. All of the above GO
What is D. All of the above
400
A ___________ _____________ is a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish. GO
What is dichotomous key?
400
This ridge is part of the largest mountain range in the world. GO
What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
500
_________ is a type of igneous rock that makes up the ocean floor. GO
What is basalt?
500
The eight physical properties of minerals include _______. GO
What are color, streak, hardness, cleavage/fracture, luster, crystal structure, density, conductivity?
500
Give the definition for the following terms. Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic GO
What is Paleozoic - ancient life Mesozoic - middle life Cenozoic - recent life
500
List three of the lab safety rules in the science lab. GO
What is (see chart on door)?
500
The Appalachian Mountains are a result of two continental plates pushing together. Explain how this happened since there is not a plate pushing on the North American plate. GO
What is that scientists theorize that the Appalachian Mountains resulted from the present day North American plate and African plate pushing together?