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Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Infamous Earthquakes
Eons
Epochs and Periods
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Formed from calcite and shells, what is the rock formed in a tropical envrionment?
What is limestone?
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Formed from shale, what is this metamorphic rock?
What is schist?
100
This 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck this impoverished nation on January 12th, 2010.
What is Haiti?
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This is the largest geological era.
What is the Paleozoic Era?
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This is the current epoch.
What is Holocene?
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Formed in a delta, what is the rock made from compacted silt?
What is siltstone?
200
Formed from limestone, what is this metamorphic rock?
What is marble?
200
This 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck this US state on January 17th, 1994.
What is California? (Los Angeles area)
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This eon was the time period when Earth was devoid of life.
What is the Hadean Eon?
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This is the first epoch of the Cenozoic Era.
What is Early Paleocene?
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Formed near a shore or a beach, this rock is made of sand.
What is sandstone?
300
Formed from marble, what is this metamorphic rock?
What is quartzite?
300
This 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of this nation on December 26th, 2004?
What is Indonesia? (Sumatra)
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This was the eon where the first bacteria and cells began to form.
What is the Archean Eon?
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This is the first epoch of the Mesozoic Era.
What is the Early Triassic?
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Formed in a deep ocean marine environment, what is the rock made from the compaction of clay?
What is shale?
400
Formed from granite, what is this metamorphic rock?
What is gneiss?
400
This 9.1 magnitude earthquake created a large tsunami that destroyed this nuclear power station on April 11th, 2011?
What is the Fukushima-Daichi Nuclear Power Plant?
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This was the era where today's atmosphere began to form.
What is the Proterozoic Eon?
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This period was the last of the Mesozoic Era.
What is Cretaceous?
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Formed in a mountain stream bed, what is the rock made from other rocks?
What is a conglomerate?
500
Formed in a deep ocean environment from organic materials, what is this metamorphic rock?
What is novaculite?
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This 9.2 magnitude earthquake struck this large city in Alaska on March 27th, 1964.
What is Anchorage, AK?
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This era is the current era with post dinosaur life.
What is the Cenozoic Era?
500
This is the current period.
What is Quaternary?