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Spatial Objects
Stars
Rocks
Plates
Plate 2
100
This object is gas, rocks, dust, and ice. It also has a tail.
What is a comet?
100
This is the first stage in a star's life.
What is a nebula?
100
This rock is cooled magma.
What is igneous?
100
The 3 layers of the earth.
What are the crust, mantle, & core?
100
The type of boundary when two plates come together.
What is a convergent boundary?
200
The force that keeps objects in the solar system orbiting around the sun.
What is gravity?
200
The next life stage of our sun.
What is red giant?
200
Heat and pressure form this type of rocks.
What is metamorphic?
200
Earths crust are broken up into__________ and they float upon this layer _______________.
What are tectonic plates and the mantle?
200
The type of boundary when 2 plates pull apart.
What is divergent?
300
When you wish upon a shooting star you are actually seeing this.
What is a meteor?
300
Distances between stars are measured in this.
What is a light year?
300
Sedimentary rocks are formed when these are compacted by water.
What are sediments?
300
Mountains, earthquakes, & volcanic eruptions result from the movement of these.
What are tectonic plates?
300
This occurs when plates slide past each other.
What is an earthquake?
400
The dinosaurs were takes out by this.
What is an asteroid?
400
A galaxy is made of how many stars.
What is billions and trillions.
400
Can a metamorphic rock change to a different metamorphic rock? Explain.
What is yes, with heat and pressure.
400
These currents move tectonic plates in the mantle.
What are convection currents?
400
Folding, Faulting, and uplifting rearrange the rock layers so this layer is not always on top. (Think rock age).
What is the youngest rock?
500
The shape of a comet's orbit and what it orbits around.
What are elongated and the sun?
500
The three types of galaxies. (They are classified by shape).
What is spiral, elliptical, irregular.
500
Rocks are classified using color, streak, texture, & cleavage. This is the formal name for the classification scale.
What is Mohs Hardness Scale?
500
The Hawaiian Islands are formed over this.
What is a hot spot?
500
DAILY DOUBLE The breaking down of rocks.
What is weathering?