TRIVA MARCH 2025

What is the name of the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

What is the primary driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates?

Which of the following is an example of a felsic igneous rock?

What is the term for the tendency of a mineral to break along flat surfaces?

What type of dinosaur is Triceratops, known for its three distinct facial horns?

Which of the following is not a sedimentary rock?

Which mineral is known for its softness (it can be scratched by a fingernail)?

What is the most common type of rock on the earth's surface?

What typically are the black crystals seen in andesite? (phenocrysts)

What key piece of evidence helped support Wegener’s theory decades later?

Which of the following is a silicate mineral?

What is the term used to describe an igneous rock with large crystals and magma cools slowly beneath the Earths surface?

What is the term for the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by natural forces?

What is the name of the horizontal layer of rock that forms at the Earth's surface as a result of deposition?

What is the name of your MC? (aka your vice president)

Which of the following is a foliated metamorphic rock formed from shale?

What is the term for the angle between a horizontal plane and the surface of a rock layer?

The "Great Unconformity" refers to a significant gap in the geologic record between which two geological time periods?

Which of these minerals is typically found in granite?

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of what type of plate boundary?

Which of these minerals has a red streak?