Rocks
Minerals
Plate Tectonics
Assorted Facts
Volcanos/Earthquakes
100
This is the rock that the continents are made of.
What is Granite?
100
The minerals shine is called what?
What is luster?
100
This is the most known fault in the world
What is the San Andreas Fault?
100
The largest meteorite was recovered here.
What is the Meteorite of Oregon?
100
A is a landform (usually a mountain) where molten rock erupts through the surface of the planet.
What is a Volcano?
200
This is the most common rock on earth.
What is Bassalt?
200
A ______ Plate tells you about the mineral.
What is a Streak Plate?
200
This is where two continental plates meet and rub together.
What is a fault?
200
This is the fossil of ancient coral.
What is a Petoskey Stone?
200
1510
What is the number of active volcanos in the world.
300
Our homeplanet is the biggest scource of rocks.
What is Earth?
300
This is the jardest mineral in the world.
What is diamond?
300
This is the process of the continents moving.
What is continental drift?
300
4.6 billion years.
What is the age of the Earth.
300
The active volcano in washington.
What is MT. St Helens?
400
Rocks from space that are very valuable.
What is a meteorite?
400
This is the most common mineral in the world.
What is Quartz?
400
This is the supercontinent that used to be our countries millions of years ago.
What is Pangea?
400
An uneven break, often jaged.
What is a fracture?
400
The scale used to measure a earthquakes intensity.
What is the Richter scale?
500
This tells you the hardness of a rock.
What is the MOH'S Hardness Scale?
500
This mineral was used to make tools in the stone age.
What is Jade?
500
Plate tectonics was theorized in this year.
What is the early 1960's?
500
A smooth break.
What is cleavage?
500
the average number of earthquakes per year.
What is aproximately 500,000 E.P.Y?