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Maps/Minerals
Rocks
Earthquakes/Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Mystery
100
A naturally occurring inorganic solid.
What is a mineral?
100
A rock that is created by eroded pieces of other rocks.
What is a sedimentary rock?
100
The point at which an earthquake begins.
What is a focus?
100
Created at convergent plate boundaries.
What is a mountain?
100
The age of the earth.
What is the 4.6 billion years old?
200
0 degrees N Latitude.
What is the equator?
200
According to the Law of Superposition the ______ rock is found at the bottom.
What is the oldest?
200
Causes most volcanoes and earthquakes to occur.
What are plate tectonics (plate movement)?
200
Plates moving away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary?
200
Profession that studies Plate Tectonics and Rocks.
What is a geologist?
300
The Moh's Hardness Scale Ranges from 1-10, the hardest mineral is this number.
What is 10?
300
Rock formed through the cooling of magma.
What is an igneous rock?
300
A broad volcano with gently sloping sides.
What is a shield volcano?
300
Most volcanoes and earthquakes can be found at these places.
What are plate boundaries?
300
Scientists design and conduct experiments to test a __________.
What is a hypothesis?
400
The contour interval when the first line is 0m and the second line is at 25m.
What is 25m?
400
Rock formed through intense heat and pressure.
What is a metamorphic rock?
400
The wave that travels the fastest.
What is a p-wave?
400
The San Andreas fault is created by this boundary.
What is a transform boundary?
400
Evidence of plate tectonics
What are the shape of the continents (Pangea), or similar geologic features, or similar fossils?
500
The change in elevation when Point A is at 10m and Point B is at 30m.
What is 20m?
500
The size of the crystal is determined by how fast this rock cooled.
What is an igneous rock?
500
The type of volcano that is not formed at plate boundaries and is caused by magma being pushed to the surface of the earth.
What is a hot spot?
500
Causes the plates to move.
What are convection cells/currents?
500
The variable that is affected by what the scientist is testing (measurable).
What is a dependent variable?