abrade, acid, aeration, aftershock, alloy, alluvial, alter, alteration, anodize, aquifer, assessment, avalanche
back reef, bacteria, basin, batholith, bedrock, burning, butte
calcium, calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide, carbon-14 dating, carbonic acid, carve, cataclysm, cavern, cavities, change, chemical reaction, chimney, cinder cone, cirque, classified, climate changes, clod, collision, compaction, composite, composition, compression, cone, configuration, continent, continental, coral, crag, creep, crevasse, crust, crystals, cycle
dampness, decay, decomposition, delta, dendrite, denude, deposits, depth, detritus, dike, dilute, disaster, discovery, dissolution, dissolve, distance, dome, drainage
earthquake, elements, elevation, eluvium, environment, eolian, epicenter, epoch, erosion, esker, evaporation, examination, exploration, explosion, extinction, extrude
facet, fault, feldspar, fissure, flowstone, fluvial, foliation, force, formations, fossil, fracture, fuel
geode, geodesic, geologic, geologist, geothermal, geyser, glacial, glacier, gravity, grotto, groundwater, guyot, gypsum
hade, honeycombed, horizon, humidity, humus, hyaline, hydrocarbon, hydrogen sulfide, hydrologic
ice age, icecap, igneous, illumination, imminent, impact, impassable, inanimate, inquiry, instruments, integrity, intrusive
joint, Jurassic, jutting
karst, keen, kettle lake
landmark, landscape, landslide, launch, lava, layer, leach, lethal, lignite, limestone, lithosphere, lodestone, loess, luminous, luster
magma, mantle, massif, matter, meander, measurements, mesa, metamorphosis, microbe, migration, millennia, minerals, moisture, molten, monograph, monolith, mosaic, movement
nubbin, numerous
oasis, objects, obsidian, official, oolites (cave pearls), organic, outcropping, outwash plain, oxygen
paleoclimates, paleontologist, passageways, percolate, permafrost, Permian, petrified, petrify, petrographer, physical, plate, plateau, playa, porous, precipitation, prediction, pressure, pristine, probe, prospecting
quarry, quartz, quest, questions, quit
ratios, reef, residual, Richter scale, rift, rill, rimrock, rivers, rocks, rockslide, rubble, runoff
salt, sandstone, saturation, schist, scientific, scree, sculpt, sedimentary, seepage, seismic, shale, shard, shelf, shelf stone, shift, slag, slope, slurry, soil, speleologist, spew, stalactite, stalagmites, stone, stratification, subterranean, sulfuric acid
talus, tectonic, thermals, thrust, tilt, topography, trail head, Triassic, tundra
underground, unearth, unique, unity, universal, upheaval, upstream
vapor, vein, vent, ventifact, vitreous, volcano, volume
waterfalls, weathering, wonder, worldwide
zealous, zero-impact, zest, zigzag, zone
Geology lesson plan and discussion ideas:
1. What are three main types of rocks?
2. How do rocks form?
3. Discuss the continuous erosion that occurs in the Grand Canyon. What role does/did the Colorado River play in shaping or carving it?
4. Name three types of volcanoes? How is a volcano formed?
5. Scientists assume there are approx. 27 geological eras, periods or epochs. Pick any five and give details
Geology Periods Word List: Precambrian, Azoic, Archeozoic, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silvrian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Mesozoic, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Cenozoic, Tertiary, Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Micene, Pilocene, Quaternary, Pleistocene, and Holocene)
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