Name That Song!
Historical Figures in Geology
Name That Mineral!
Rocks for Jocks
100

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ brought me down

Landslide by Fleetwood Mac 

100

Famous for his theory of "continental drift" proposed during the early 20th century.

Alfred Wegener

100

Formed when carbon atoms bond together under extreme heat and pressure deep within the Earth.


Diamond

100

Name the three types of rocks

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary 

200

I'm waking up to ash and dust, I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust. I'm breathing in the chemicals, I'm breaking in, shaping up, Then checking out on the prison bus. This is it, the apocalypse, whoa.

( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)

Radioactive by Imagine Dragons

200

This famous geologist / paleontologist / minister is known for his studies on Oregon geology in the 1800s. He was the first professor of geology at UO. He has a UO building named after him.

Thomas Condon

200

Found in peridotites, a key component of the Earth's upper mantle. Green!

Olivine

200

What is the third planet from the Sun? 

Earth (I really hope everyone gets points here..)

300

'Cause you make my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Oh, you make my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Riding around, your love is shakin' me up and it's making my heart break.

Earfquake by Tyler, the Creator 

300

Commonly referred to as "The Father of Modern Geology" and one of the earliest proponents of uniformitarianism. 

- the current natural laws and processes that operate in our present have always operated in the past.

James Hutton

300

The most common mineral on Earth. Composed of silicon and oxygen. Famous for common pyramidal structure.

Quartz

300

What 2 elements make up the Earth's core?

Iron and Nickel

400

I am alone
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
I am a _ _ _ _ I am an island

I Am a Rock by Simon & Garfunkel

400

An English fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist. Famous for her fossil discoveries in Jurassic marine fossil beds, including the first correctly identified ichthyosaur skeleton when she was twelve years old.  

Mary Anning

400
Referred to as "fools gold" and known for its commonly cubic structure.

Pyrite

400

What is the name of the subduction ring that traces the Pacific plate?

The Ring of Fire

500
'Cause you see I'm a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

I should have died out a long time before.

Have pity on a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Hand me my hat, excuse me man, but where's the door?

 

Dinosaur by Hank Williams Jr.

500

Alive today, this person was a main contributor to The Orphan Tsunami of 1700: Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America. 

Much of his work included working with depositional layers from tsunamis.

Brian Atwater

500

Identifiable through it's dodecahedron (12-sided) structure, often red in color.

Garnet

500

What type of Volcano is characterized by a steep triangular profile with a summit crater and explosive eruptions?

Stratovolcano