Other Sciences "in" the category of Geosciences
Another name for "Earth Science" is?
Geology
The building blocks of all rocks are....
Minerals
The name of Earth's former "super continent"....
Pangea
The vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy...
Earthquake
What is North Dakota's State Fossil?
Teredo Petrified Wood
The study of fossils?
Paleontology
Rocks that 'glow' under UV light are said to have what?
Fluorescence!
Where two plates move apart...
divergent boundary
Rocks formed from a volcano are what type of rocks?
What is an animal that has become "de-extinct" this year?
Dire Wolf
The study of the atmosphere and processes that produce weather and climate...
Meteorology
The color of a mineral in it's powdered form...
Streak
Where two plates move together..
convergent boundary
The minor earthquakes following and earthquake...
Aftershock
Blue - Green
The study of the universe...
Astronomy
The continuous processes that cause rocks to change...
The Rock Cycle
Where two plates grind past eachother...
transform fault
The three different types of volcanoes...
Shield Volcano
Stratovolcano
Cinder Cone Volcano
(Super Volcano - bonus)
The hardest mineral on the Mohs scale of hardness.
Diamond
The study of 70% of the water around the world...
Oceanography
The three types of rocks?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Plate Tectonics theory was first brought up by what scientist?
Alfred Wagener
What is molten rock called when it is OUTSIDE on the surface?
Lava
What is North Dakota's State Rock?
Knife River Flint