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What does Geology mean? Study of the earth OR study of the universe
Study of the earth
How long ago do they think earth was formed? 3 billion years OR 4.5 billion years
4.5 billion years ago
What is the famous time you have heard of and studied before where big beasts roamed the earth?
Jurassic era OR dinosaur era
What can we use to study the past history of the earth? Rocks and minerals OR plants and trees
rocks and minerals
What do we mean when we talk about "observation"?
Looking and studying something
What is a hypothesis? What we ask OR what we think
What we think
How do these stripes in the rock form? From weathering OR from rain only
Weathering
What can we use to tell how old something is? Carbon dating OR carbon absorption
Carbon dating
There are 3 types of rocks...sedimentary, igneous and ________________? Is it metamorphosis OR metamorphic
metamorphic
Why have they found fossils in Africa and South America that look the same? What is the hypothesis?
Pangia....continents all were joined at one stage
What is it called when the continents move? Plate tectonics OR plate technetronic
Plate tectonics
What is a fossil? Something old found in the ground OR a rock that is from long time ago
In the ground
Give an example of a sedimentary rock. Limestone OR igneous rock
Limestone
Igneous rock means fire, but why is this so?
It is molten rock called lava that cools
