Movers and Shakers
The largest and thickest part of the earth. Made up of mostly silicates (compounds made of oxygen and silicon)
What is the Mantle
What are the three (3) categories of rocks.
What is Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic.
What are the two types of changes
What is Sudden Change and Gradual Change
The oldest rock is at the _____________ of a rock formation
What is Bottom
A solid made by many minerals is called a
What are Rocks
A force that causes the inner core of the Earth to remain solid
Pressure
The two key ingredients to make a metamorphic rock
What is Heat and Pressure
Two plates moving towards on another
What is Converging Boundaries
What are the two (2) types of fossils
What are Body and Trace Fossils
Earthquakes are an example of what type of change
What is Sudden Change
When a smaller plate gets forced underneath a larger plate
What is Subduction Zone
When magma hardens and crystalized beneath the Earth's surface
What is Intrusive Igneous Rocks
What is the four (4) different types of mountains that form in different ways
What is Folding, Fault-block, Volcanic, and Dome
Scientists that study fossils are called
What are Paleontologists
This property of minerals describes how light is reflected off of the mineral's surface
What is Lustre
New plates moving away from one another
What is Diverging Boundaries
When sediment is compacted and cemented it forms what class of rock
What is Sedimentary Rock
Earth is made up of several "_______" that are moving on the top of a magma layer in the mantle.
What are Plates
In what era did the Dinosaurs rule the earth
What is the Mesozoic Era
The process of remains (such as bones and teeth) becoming rocks
What is Fossilization
What are the four (4) major components of the Earth
What is Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
Explains the various processes that rocks undergo to change state
What is The Rock Cycle
The region of the Earth that has the highest number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions each year
What is The Ring of Fire
What defines segments (eras) of time in which major geological event occurred
What is Geological Time
These are natural occurring, organic substances, that are made up of a single element and are the building blocks of rocks.
What are Minerals