Type of sedimentary rock consisting of sand and quartz grains cemented together.
What is Sandstone
100
This is the characteristic that makes Igneous rocks...Igneous
What is forming from lava or magma (volcanoes)
100
Metamorphic rocks have:
a. Undergone a transformation
b. Stayed the Same
c. Formed from layered sediment
What is A: Undergone a transformation
100
The softest mineral according to Mohs hardness scale
What is Talc?
100
Studies volcanoes and the processes involved with past and present eruptions:
A. Fluvial Geologist
B. Volcanologist
C. Structural Geologist
D. Astro Geologist
What is B. Volcanologist
200
The process that breaks down rocks
What is weathering (erosion is acceptable, however, erosion is the process that removes soil/minerals/rock from one location to another)
200
The two major categories of Igneous rocks (depends on where they are formed)
What is Intrusive and Exctrusive
200
Three things needed to form a metamorphic rock
What is Heat, Pressure, Time
200
The two gemstones made from the mineral Beryl
What is Emerald and Aquamarine?
200
Studies the geology of Earth's moon, other planet's, their moons, asteroids, and meteorites.
A)Paleontologist
B)Sedimentologist
C)Astro Geologist
D) Oceanographer
What is C) Astro Geologist
300
This rock is made from shells and skeletal fragments of marine organisms like coral.
What is Limestone
300
Name one intrusive igneous rock
What is Granite, Gabbro, Diorite
300
The parent rock of Marble
What is Limestone?
300
Two gemstones that come from the mineral Corrundum
What are Ruby and Sapphire?
300
Studies glaciers and the natural phenomon of ice
A) Iceologist
B) Mixologist
C) Glaciologist
D) Anthropologist
What is C) Glaciologist
400
This rocks forms from consolidated mud and clay (think muck at the bottom of a lake)
What is Shale
400
This rock underlies most of Earth's ocean basin
What is Basalt?
400
The parent rock of Gneiss
What is Granite?
400
The most common mineral in our crust
What is Feldspar?
400
Studies Caves, how they formed, their history, the life forms, and how they change over time.
A) Speleologist
B)Acrologist
C) Caveologist
D)Geomorphologist