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What type of rock are fossils found in?

Fossils are found in sedimentary rocks.

What are the names of the eras in the geologic time scale?

Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.

What causes a rainbow to appear?

Rainbows are created when sunlight splits and the different color components are reflected through rain drops.

What is a convergent boundary?

A place where two or more plates collide with each other.

What type of boundary could cause an earthquake?

Transform boundaries could cause an earthquake.

What is the largest ocean on earth?

The Pacific Ocean

What is erosion?

The gradual breaking down of the rock from wind and water.

What are the basic type of rock forms?

Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.

What is a divergent boundary?

This is a place where plates are moving away from each other.

What type of boundary could cause a volcano to erupt?

Volcanoes are mostly likely to occur at convergent boundaries.

What process do plants go through to create energy?

Photosynthesis

What is the geologic time scale?

The geologic time scale is a system of dating that scientists use to describe different events in earth's history

What is a fossil?

Fossils are remains or impressions of a prehistoric organism.

What are the different layers of the earth called?

Crust, mantle, inner core, and outer core

What are three types of fossil fuels?

Oil, coal, and natural gas are three fossil fuels.

What is a transform boundary?

A place where plates slide sideways past each other.

Melted rocks from the mantle are called what?

Magma

What does a plants produce?

Plants take in carbon dioxide and produce oxygen

The earth's crust is mostly made up of what?

Oxygen and silicon

What is Pangaea?

Pangaea was one massive super continent that existed millions of years ago.

What causes the oceans' tides?

The moon's gravitational pull controls the tides.