7th Grade Earth Science

The movement of tectonic plates at a convergent boundary can cause

Which of the following events causes a sudden change to Earth's surface?

What did marine fossils discovered on a Canadian mountaintop tell geologists?

Ice, wind, water, gravity, plants, and animals are all agents of 

Which of the following events causes a slow change to Earth's surface?

A possible result of plates moving along a transform boundary is 

A fossil used to date surrounding rock layers is called a(n)

Igneous rock usually begins as

The names of the three major groups of rocks refer to:

Which of the following is property used to classify minerals?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a mineral?

What determines the composition of a rock?

What is the grain of igneous rock formed when magma cools quickly?

Why is the fossil record incomplete?

Look at the diagram.  The movement of molten rock in the mantle can be described as a(n)

When sedimentary rock is exposed to heat and pressure, what does it change into?

How do scientists classify rocks?

Erosion and deposition play roles in the formation of what kind of rock?

How do geologists use the geologic time scale?

The color of the powder that a mineral leaves on a piece of white porcelain is called the _____

What kind of rock is formed from lava that cools on the Earth's surface?

What do scientists know about an undisturbed sequence of rocks?

Solid, tectonic plates can move because of the slow-moving layer under them called:

Layers in sedimentary rock are called

During the rock cycle, what product forms when magma cools?

What has to increase for metamorphism to occur?

How does a geologist know that rock layers are undisturbed?

Which of the following is a trace fossil?