Geologist | Definitions | Rocks | Rock Cycle | Deadlist Volcanos |
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Who is Leonardo da Vinci
What Geologists stated material is carried by rivers to the sea
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What is Rocks
This makes up minerals that make up Earth's crust
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What is Igneous Rock
Fire Rock, formed by cooling of melted material. Granite is an example
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What is Theory of Plate Tectonics
Motion of magma in mantle caused plates to form seven large plates (theory)
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What is Old Faithful
This Geyser is found in Utah in the middle of the North American plate and hasn't erupted for 2 million years.
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Who is Nicolaus Steno
What Geologist discovered sedimentary rocks
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What is a mineral
Naturally occuring, inorganic (nonliving) solid. Crystalline structure, building blocks of rocks
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What is Metamorphic Rock
Formed when sedimentary rock or igneous rock undergoes a change of heat or pressure
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What is converrgent, divergent and transform
Three plate boundaries
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What is Seismograph
What detects earthquakes through waves
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Who is Alfred Wegener
This Geologist discovered Continental Drift Theory
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What is color, texture, structure and chemical condition
The four characteristics of soil
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What is compaction and cementation
Two processes of Sedimentary rocks
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What is the Rock Cycle
This takes place on both continental and oceanic crust and includes the inner workings of the earth
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What is a Volcano
Opening in the earth's crust through which lava and other earth materials flow to the crust
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Who is Bertram Boltwood
This Geologist discovered radioactive decay dated from 400 million to 2.2 billion years ago
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What is soil
Mixture of nonliving things, organic material and holds living things
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What is Silicon
Magma contains a chemical element, lesser amounts of this element are associated with sea floor spreading
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What is heat, weathering and erosion
The rock cycle includes three similar concepts for all forms of rocks
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What is Mt Merapi
In 2010 this volcano killed over 200 people in Indonesia
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Who is Harry Hess
This Geologist discovered Plate Tectonics Theory
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What is a fault
A crack in earth's crust where earthquakes occur
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What is Metamorphism
This means a change in rocks
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What is Asthenosphere
The motion of magma in the mantle, just under the crust, causes movement of the plates (another name for mantle)
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What is Iceland
This country had a eruption of ash cloud covering large parts of Europe. The volcano is known as Eyiafiallajokull. The size and impact was a surprise
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