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The supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago, containing all of Earth's landmasses joined together.
- Gondwana
- Pangaea
- Laurasia
- Rodinia
This scale, ranging from 1 to 10, measures a mineral's resistance to scratching, with talc at the bottom and diamond at the top.
- Richter scale
- Beaufort scale
- Mohs hardness scale
- Mercalli scale
Hot molten rock found beneath Earth's surface, which becomes something else entirely once it erupts from a volcano.
- Magma
- Basalt
- Granite
- Obsidian
These impressive geological features, found at Carlsbad Caverns and Mammoth Cave, hang from cave ceilings like stone icicles.
- Stalagmites
- Stalactites
- Flowstones
- Columns
The rigid outer layer of Earth, broken into tectonic plates, includes both the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.
- Asthenosphere
- Mesosphere
- Inner core
- Lithosphere
This type of rock forms when existing rocks are transformed by intense heat and pressure without melting, like marble from limestone.
- Igneous rock
- Sedimentary rock
- Metamorphic rock
- Volcanic rock
Scientists believe this layer at Earth's center is solid despite temperatures exceeding 5,000°C, kept solid by immense pressure.
- Inner core
- Outer core
- Lower mantle
- Asthenosphere
This black, glass-like volcanic rock forms when lava cools so rapidly that crystals don't have time to form.
- Pumice
- Obsidian
- Basalt
- Rhyolite
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