Rock Cycle
This type of rock is widely considered to be the weakest.
What is sedimentary rock?
Minerals are considered this in relation to rocks.
What are building blocks?
This layer of the Earth is the only liquid layer.
What is the outer core?
Ocean basins form from this type of tectonic plate boundary.
What are divergent boundaries?
Mr. Davis's first name is also the name of this Marvel character getting a movie this summer.
Who is Wolverine?
This kind of rock is the most easily broken down by wind and water.
What is sedimentary rock?
The crystal pattern of a mineral defines this characteristic.
What is shape?
What is the crust?
Volcanoes can form from these two types of tectonic plate boundaries.
What are convergent and divergent boundaries?
Mr. Davis is taking Phys Geo to heart and visiting several countries on this continent this year.
What is Europe?
If you heat up rocks in a crucible long enough, the rocks will actually melt. Once they cool, they become this kind of rock.
What is igneous rock?
Gold and pyrite appear to have the same color, but pyrite powder is greenish black color, describing this characteristic of minerals.
What is streak?
Life can exist on Earth partly thanks to its strong magnetic field, created by this layer of the Earth.
What is the outer core?
This geologist was the first to propose the theory of tectonic plates.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
Mr. Davis's dog was the subject of a lab this year. The dog is named after this flower and Mario Kart character.
When limestone is put under intense heat and pressure for millions of years, it turns into marble, making marble this type of rock.
What is metamorphic rock
Vesuvianite bears an interesting appearance looking as if it's covered in grease and shines like it, which describes this characteristic of minerals.
What is luster?
The Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest hole dug by humans, reaching over 7 miles into this layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
Japan is subject to a number of strong earthquakes every year, due to resting on top of this type of tectonic plate boundary.
What is a transform boundary?
Mr. Davis is celebrating his "iron" anniversary with his wife this month, which is the traditional symbol of this number of years of marriage.
What is sixth year anniversary?
Pumice, obsidian, and fire opal are all examples of this kind of rock.
What is igneous rock?
This is the major difference in the composition of minerals when compared to rocks.
What is a single chemical makeup?
The inner core of the Earth is solid, but the outer core is the liquid version of this substance.
What is iron-nickel alloy?
Millions of years ago, the Appalachian Mountains were the tallest mountain range in the world, made by this type of tectonic plate boundary.
What are convergent boundaries?
Mr. Davis's shirt has this play written on it.
What is Othello?