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
100
What is Rocks
This makes up minerals that make up Earth's crust
100
What is Igneous Rock
Fire Rock, formed by cooling of melted material. Granite is an example
100
What is Theory of Plate Tectonics
Motion of magma in mantle caused plates to form seven large plates (theory)
100
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.
200
Who is Nicolaus Steno
What Geologist discovered sedimentary rocks
200
What is a mineral
Naturally occuring, inorganic (nonliving) solid. Crystalline structure, building blocks of rocks
200
What is Metamorphic Rock
Formed when sedimentary rock or igneous rock undergoes a change of heat or pressure
200
What is converrgent, divergent and transform
Three plate boundaries
200
What is Seismograph
What detects earthquakes through waves
300
Who is Alfred Wegener
This Geologist discovered Continental Drift Theory
300
What is color, texture, structure and chemical condition
The four characteristics of soil
300
What is compaction and cementation
Two processes of Sedimentary rocks
300
What is the Rock Cycle
This takes place on both continental and oceanic crust and includes the inner workings of the earth
300
What is a Volcano
Opening in the earth's crust through which lava and other earth materials flow to the crust
400
Who is Bertram Boltwood
This Geologist discovered radioactive decay dated from 400 million to 2.2 billion years ago
400
What is soil
Mixture of nonliving things, organic material and holds living things
400
What is Silicon
Magma contains a chemical element, lesser amounts of this element are associated with sea floor spreading
400
What is heat, weathering and erosion
The rock cycle includes three similar concepts for all forms of rocks
400
What is Mt Merapi
In 2010 this volcano killed over 200 people in Indonesia
500
Who is Harry Hess
This Geologist discovered Plate Tectonics Theory
500
What is a fault
A crack in earth's crust where earthquakes occur
500
What is Metamorphism
This means a change in rocks
500
What is Asthenosphere
The motion of magma in the mantle, just under the crust, causes movement of the plates (another name for mantle)
500
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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