Earth Formation
The age of the Earth
what is 4.5 billion years
Type of landscape the Early Earth had
what is fiery, hellscape, hot, (anything to that extent)
The two types of igneous rocks
Radioactive decay can lead scientists to discover this about rocks
what is Their Age
GENERAL objects used to determine the age of the Earth and areas on Earth
what are Rocks
The moon formed from this
what is A Collision
Sedimentary rocks are formed from these
what are Sediments
A radioactive decay curve creates this kind of mathematical function
Specific objects (from space) used to figure out how old the Earth is
what are Meteorites
There was this amount of oxygen in the Early Earth
what is None
Increasing the temperature and pressure on sedimentary rocks results in this type of rock
what is Metamorphic rock
The amount of time it takes for half of the parent isotopes to change into daughter isotopes is called this
Process by which the Earth formed from interstellar dust
what is Accretion
what is Less
Liquid rock is called this
what is Magma
The area around a star that can sustain life
what is The Habitable Zone
______ caused the Earth to melt into a molten ball
what are Radioactive Elements from Space
These rocks are formed when magma is cooled above or below the surface
what are Igneous rocks