Landforms
These are created when two continental plates converge
What are Mountains?
Diamond
What is metaporphic?
The three indicators of a mineral
What is naturally occurring, solid, and inorganic?
Two plates colliding
Made of solid iron and nickel
What is the Earth's core?
A volcano is created when this type of plate subducts, or goes under, a continental plate
What is an oceanic plate?
Fossils are only found in this type of rock
What is sedimentary?
You can use a copper penny, your fingernail, or a metal nail to determine this.
What is hardness?
Two plates pulling apart
What is divergent?
The magma that fills volcanoes comes from this layer
What is the asthenosphere?
Formed where two oceanic plates diverge
What is a deep ocean trench?
Granite
What is igneous?
This is the least useful characteristic to use to figure out what mineral you have.
What is color?
The temperature here ranges from 4500 to 5500 degrees Celsius.
What is the outer core?
The island of Hawaii is this type of landform.
What is a volcano?
Shale
What is sedimentary?
Indicates the way a larger piece would break apart and the shape of the break
What is cleavage?
The name of the protocontinent before continental drift.
What is Pangea?
These two layers are liquid
What is the Mantle and Outer Core?
San Andres is a good example of this type of landform
What is a fault?
Marble
This can tell you if a mineral is metallic or non-metallic.
What is lustre?
The Ring of Fire is the outer edge of the largest plate
All living things exist in or on this layer of the Earth
What is the crust?