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The theory that Earth's lithosphere is separated into plates that move across the asthenosphere.
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Two processes that work together to break down rocks and transport them to other locations.
What is weathering and erosion
A gravitationally bound system of stars, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.
What is a galaxy
The two main groups of minerals.
What are silicate and non-silicate minerals
The law that states within a fossilized sedimentary rock, the oldest layer is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top.
What is the Law of Superposition
Tectonic plates are ______ and consist of ______.
What is pieces of the Earth's lithosphere and oceanic and continental plates
The different kinds of weathering include ____, ____, ____, _____, _____, _____.
What is rain, snow, wind, frost, fog, and sunshine
Stars moving across the night sky is caused by _____.
What is Earth's rotational axis
Two elements that must be present in silicate.
What is oxygen and silicone
An annual layer of sediment.
What is a varve
The hypothesis that continental landmasses have "drifted" apart from one another, across relative geologic time.
What is Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory?
This forms when water moves from a higher location to a lower location, due to gravity.
What is a river
The dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area.
What is a rain shadow
The color of the powder produced when a mineral is dragged across a surface.
What is streak
The type of rock that most fossils are found in.
What is sedimentary rock
The boundary where two plates sliding past one another, resulting in extreme shock, rocks fall, and possibly earthquakes.
What is a transform boundary
A network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands called braid bars.
What is a braided stream
The amount of energy from the sun that reaches Earth.
What is one one-billionth
This happens when only a portion of an object has melted.
What is partial melting
What is a fossil imprint
The theory that plate tectonics provide an explanation for continental movement.
What is the supercontinent theory
The solid matter that is carried by a stream.
What is stream load
The approximate age of the universe.
What is 13-14 billion years old
The processes that cause a rock to go through the rock cycle.
What is crystallization, metamorphism, erosion, and sedimentation
This is the abreviation for mega annum or millions of years.
What is Ma