Fossils
What type of method is used to date materials?
Radiometric Dating
The Russian name for this continent is Rodina what does it mean in English?
Rodinia
What caused the movement of continents?
Continental Drift
What is a half-life?
Radioactivity of a specific Isotope.
What causes sediments to be moved to one place to another?
Erosion
What chemical contains an equal number of protons but not neutrons?
Isotopes.
Which super continent was formed around the Paleozoic and early Mesozoic time era?
Pangea
What is formed when magma works its way up to Earth's surface?
The Formation of Volcanoes
What causes a half-life?
Radiation
What happens before lava flow?
Volcanoes burst up to the Earth's upper layers and causes Volcanic Eruptions.
What is used to determine the order of past events?
Relative Dating
What is the oldest predicted time of Rodinia's formation?
What is it called when the Earth's outer shell glides across the mantle?
Plate movment
How is a Half-Life used?
To determine the age of organic organisms.
What is caused when two tectonic plates collide?
Earthquakes