a solid fossil fuel that appears to have been laid down by water and is made from the remains of land plants and animals
What is coal?
100
igneous rock is formed through the crystallization of this
What is magma?
100
definition of metamorphism
What is "change" in rocks?
100
particles that accumulate to form a sedimentary rock
What is sediment?
100
rock that most fossils are found in
What is sedimentary rock?
200
the liquid fossil fuel that is formed from ocean dwelling creatures and is associated with sedimentary rocks
What is oil?
200
formed when magma cools beneath the surface of the earth and is insulated by the surrounding rock, cooling slowly
What is intrusive igneous rock?
200
metamorphic rocks formed with layered bands
What is foliated metamorphic rock?
200
processes to form sedimentary rocks
What are weathering and erosion?
200
fossil that evolutionists are searching for that is halfway between stages of evolution that will prove that evolution is true
What is the "missing link"?
300
the gaseous fossil fuel that is often found with oil and consists of organic gas methane
What is natural gas?
300
rock formed when ash falls and hardens
What is pyroclastic rock?
300
non-foliated rocks are described this way
What is metamorphic rock formed without layered bands?
300
water, wind, ice, mass movement, or glaciers
What are agents of denudation?
300
fossil used by evolutionists to determine the age of rock strata
What is an index fossil?
400
geologist who specializes in identifying rocks
What is a petrologist?
400
igneous intrusions formed from magma
What are plutons?
400
Process to form metamorphic rocks
What is undergo change in heat and pressure?
400
classification of the sedimentary rocks that appear to contain fragments eroded from other rocks
What is clastic or fragmental?
400
a fossil that extends through several layers of sedimentary rocks
What is a polystrate fossil?
500
a scientist who studies fossil
What is a paleontologist?
500
the two kinds of magma
What are felsic and mafic?
500
three examples of metamorphic rocks
What are slate, schists, gneiss, marble, and quartzite?
500
field of study that involves the study of sedimentary rocks and rock strata to provide information about the subsurface that is useful for construction
What is civil engineering?
500
specifically identify the most common fossils
What are shallow marine invertebrates and shellfish fossils?