4th Grade Geology

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1. Once magma flows out of a volcano it is called what?
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2. There are four layers of the earth.  They include the crust, mantel, the Outer Core and what?
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3. Rock, such as marble and diamond, is made by changes to rocks exposed to extreme temperature or extreme pressure.  What kind of rock is it?
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4. Weathering caused by natural occuring acids mixing with rain water is called what?
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5. 10,000 years ago our planet emerged from the what Age?  Hint, when the earth was covered with Ice.
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6. A tsunami occurs where?
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7. Earthquakes are caused by shifting what?
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8. Rocks are made from what?
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9. Rocks being tossed around in the ocean with sand is what type of weathering?
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10. Rock, such as limestone and sandstone, is made when layer upon layer of sand and debris settle down together.  Which kind of rock is it? 
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11. Mountains created on a fault where the rock is brittle and ridgid, such as in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is called what?
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12. Hot springs and geysers occur when water seeps down into cracks where magma is close to the earth's surface causing the water to boil and build up pressure. One of the most famous geysers located in Yellowstone National Park is called what?
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13. True or false, magnitude is the strength of the earthquake.
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14. Different pieces of the earth's crust that float on magma are called what?
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15. True or False, volcanos are formed when magma squeezes up from weak spots in the earth's crust?
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16. There are two different types of weathering.  They are what?
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17. Erosion, which is the process of breaking something down, happens due to the force of gravity.  True or False, the following things are all involved in this process.  Water, wind, glacers, soil and rocks.
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18.  If a volcano has not erupted for a while, and no one knows for sure whether it will ever erupt again it is called?
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19. The process of breaking down a boulder to a rock to sand and then to dirt is called what?
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20. Back 300 million years ago geologist believed that the continents we know today were crowded together in one giant land mass.  They have named that land mass what?
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21. The place where two different plates come together is called a what?
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22. True or False, continental drift occurs at a few miles a year?
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23. The richter scale is a chart that scientist use to meaure what?
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24. Rocks, such as granite, pumice and glassy obsidian, are made from cooling magma or lava.  What kind of rock is it? 
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25. The instrument that scientist use to record tremors underground is called what?
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26. Mountains created by crustal plate collision, much like what happens when you push a sheet together is called what?
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27. Mountains that are created by oozing magam is called what?
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Once magma flows out of a volcano it is called what?
There are four layers of the earth.  They include the crust,...
Rock, such as marble and diamond, is made by changes to rocks...
Weathering caused by natural occuring acids mixing with rain water is...
10,000 years ago our planet emerged from the what Age?  Hint,...
A tsunami occurs where?
Earthquakes are caused by shifting what?
Rocks are made from what?
Rocks being tossed around in the ocean with sand is what type of...
Rock, such as limestone and sandstone, is made when layer upon layer...
Mountains created on a fault where the rock is brittle and ridgid,...
Hot springs and geysers occur when water seeps down into cracks where...
True or false, magnitude is the strength of the earthquake.
Different pieces of the earth's crust that float on magma are called...
True or False, volcanos are formed when magma squeezes up from weak...
There are two different types of weathering.  They are what?
Erosion, which is the process of breaking something down, happens due...
 If a volcano has not erupted for a while, and no one knows for...
The process of breaking down a boulder to a rock to sand and then to...
Back 300 million years ago geologist believed that the continents we...
The place where two different plates come together is called a what?
True or False, continental drift occurs at a few miles a year?
The richter scale is a chart that scientist use to meaure what?
Rocks, such as granite, pumice and glassy obsidian, are made from...
The instrument that scientist use to record tremors underground...
Mountains created by crustal plate collision, much like what happens...
Mountains that are created by oozing magam is called what?
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