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Minerals
Mountains
Theories
100
The layer that reaches temperatures of 7000 degrees?
What is the Inner Core
100
Someone who studies the Earth
Who is a geologist
100
Silt, sand, mud, gravel are all examples of...
What are sediments
100
Series of mountains
What is a mountain range
100
This theory believes that all continents were once together and then over time spread apart
What is the continental drift
200
Radiates Heat into the atmosphere
What is the crust
200
Someone who studies early life forms
Who is a palentologist
200
Measured by how easily a rock can be scratched
What is hardness
200
Part of Earth's surface that is much higher than the land around it
What is a mountain
200
The group of continents that were believed to be together were called
What is Pangea
300
________ Richter developed the Richter scale in 1935
Who is Charles
300
Moving soil from one area to another
What is erosion
300
When a rock breaks and it has uneven surfaces
What is a fracture
300
Longest mountain range in the world
What is Candian Rockies
300
This type of plate means moving towards each other
What is converging
400
Caused by sudden release of energy that has slowly been building up in the Earth's crust
What is an Earthquake
400
Type of weathering: wearing away of rocks by living things
What is biological
400
The way the surface of a mineral reflects light
What is lustre
400
Traces of once living things that are preserved in rocks
What are fossils
400
Edge where the plates meet
What are boundaries
500
An opening in the Earth's crust which solid and molten rock, ash and gases escape.
What is a volcanoe
500
Moving pieces of ice and water
What is a glacier
500
Sediments are deposited at the bottom of the ocean, rivers, lakes etc
What is sedimentation
500
The layers of sediment that have been formed over millions of years ago.
What is strata
500
It is estimated that the continents move ____ per year
What is 10cm