Vocabulary
Rock Cycle
Literacy Awards
Weathering and Erosion
7 Regions
100
This person studies the earth and its features.
What is a geologist!
100
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous.
What are the three types of rock.
100
The Oregon State Rock
What is the thunder egg
100
This part of the process breaks the rock.
What is weathering.
100
The seven geological regions of Oregon.
What are: Coastal, Willamette, Klamath, Deschutes, Columbia, Blue Mountain, and Basin-Range.
200
A break in rock or the earth's crust
What is a fault.
200
This type of rock is formed by cooled magma from a volcano.
What is igneous rock.
200
Known as the Painted Hills.
What is the John Day Fossil Bed.
200
This part of the process takes the sediment to a new location.
What is erosion.
200
This region is bordered on the right by the Klamath river and on the left is the coastal region.
What is the Klamath region.
300
This type of rock is compressed and cemented together. It comes in clastic and non-clastic types.
What is sedimentary rock.
300
This rock formation is located at the Cove Palisades State Park.
What is the balancing rocks.
300
This part of the process drops the sediment off.
What is deposition.
300
We live in this region of Oregon.
What is the Willamette Region.
400
Any natural feature of the Earth's surface.
What is a landform
400
Igneous and sedimentary rocks that have been changed by heat or pressure.
What is metamorphic rock.
400
The height of sea stack rock in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
What is 235 feet.
400
These three things cause erosion.
What is water, wind and ice.
400
This desert is located in the Basin and Range region.
What is the Alvord Desert.
500
Creating or making.
What is formation.
500
All rocks are made up of these.
What is minerals.
500
Mt. Hood is known as what type of volcano?
What is a dormant volcano.
500
These are the two types of processes that break down solid rock.
What is a chemical process and a physical process.
500
This state is located to the east of Oregon.
What is Idaho.