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a type of rock formed from cooling molten rock
a) metamorphic
b) sedimentary
c) igneous
d) mesologic

a type of rock formed from small particles that are compressed together over time
a) igneous
b) sedimentary
c) metamorphic
d) paleozoic

a large piece of the earth’s crust that floats on the mantle of the earth
a) fault line
b) convection current
c) nuclear fusion
d) tectonic plate

The space between where two tectonic plates meet (boundary)
a) friction
b) faucet
c) fault
d) fiction

The study of earth, rocks and history that can be gathered from them.
a) palentology
b) geology
c) astronomy
d) radiography

a type of rock that has been changed by extreme heat and pressure
a) planetariam
b) igneous
c) sedimentary
d) metamorphic

the impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in rock
a) fossil
b) fault
c) mold
d) trace

a cylinder of ice removed from the arctic to study conditions on earth in the past
a) frostie
b) ice core
c) fossil
d) ice slice

the history of the earth based on the rock layers
a) geological history
b) plate tectonics
c) the law of superposition
d) metamorphisis

explains the age of soil or rock layers based on their depth in the earth.
a) law of gravity
b) law of constintine
c) law of superstition
d) law of superposition

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