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Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Rock Layers
Layers of the Earth
Tectonic Plates
100
This is what rocks that form slowly underground are called?
What is Intrusive
100
What are sedimentary rocks made of?
What is Sedment
100
What type of fossil is used to date other rock layers with fossils?
What is Index Fossils
100
The outer layer of earth is called the?
What is Crust
100
What is in the middle of the ocean and made of basalt?
What is Mid Ocean Ridge (MOR)
200
This is what rocks that quickly form on the earths surface are called?
What is Extrusive
200
What is the first step to make a sedimentary rock?
What is weathering and erosion
200
Finding the actual age of a rock layer is called?
What is Absolute age
200
What is the largest layer of earth?
What is the Mantle
200
This is the name of the super continent?
What is Pangea
300
For magma and lava to become a rock it must first?
What is Cool and Crystallize
300
What are the three types of sedimentary rocks?
What is Clastic, Organic and Chemical
300
What is the name of the rule that says all rock layers formed horizontally?
What is the Principle of Original Hoizontality
300
This is the (Plastic) layer of earth?
What is Asthenosphere
300
What is the name of the boundary that does not create or destroy
What is a Transform
400
Texture of a rock is what?
What is the size of the crystallzes
400
What are three natural forces that can erode solid rocks into sediment?
What is Ice, Snow, Wind, Gravity and Water
400
What is the name of the rule that says the oldest rocks are at the bottom and the youngest rocks are at the top?
What is the Principle of Superposition
400
This part of earth is the hottest and has he mot pressure on it?
What is the inner core
500
What is the main cause of extrusive igneous rocks?
What is Volcanos
500
What is the best type of environment to create sedimentary rocks?
What is Marine Environment
500
What is it called when there is erosion between a layer of igneous rock on bottom and a sedimentary layer on top?
What is Nonconformity
500
This is what the outer core is mostly made of?
What is Nickel and Iron