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What Are People Who study rocks?
Geologists.
What do geologists base the classification of rock on?
Geologists classify rocks based on their mineral composition, texture, and formation process. These characteristics help geologists understand the origin and history of the rocks, as well as their physical and chemical properties.
What information do rocks provides to geologists?
Rocks provides geological events and changing life forms of the past.
Why can't geologists use rocks from earth to learn how long ago earth formed?
Geologists can't use rocks from Earth to determine the planet's age because those rocks have all been recycled through the rock cycle over time. This means that the original rocks from when Earth formed no longer exist. Instead, geologists use radiometric dating of rocks from Earth's surface to estimate its age.
How do geologists classify igneous rock?
Geologists classify igneous rocks based on their mineral composition, texture (grain size and arrangement of crystals), and overall chemical composition. Igneous rocks are further categorized as intrusive (formed below the Earth's surface) or extrusive (formed on the Earth's surface) based on where they solidified.
Why do geologists use rocks?
Geologists don't use rocks, they study them.
Who learns about rocks?
Geologists study rocks.
What Are People Who study rocks?
Geologists.
What do you call who study the rocks?
Geologists
How do geologists classify metamorphic rock?
Geologists classify metamorphic rocks by the arrangements of the grains that make up the rocks.
What have geologists learned about Kilauea?
zimzy rocks
What scientist dates rocks?
A petrophile.Actually, dating of rocks is usually done by geologists or geochemists; I am not aware of a more specialized term than those.
What describes what geologist study?
Geologists are best described as studying rocks. These geologists may be studying rock features or impacts made on rocks for example.
What best describes theater geologists study?
Geologists study the origins, physical history, and structure of earth.
What do geologists base the classification of rock on?
Geologists classify rocks based on their mineral composition, texture, and formation process. These characteristics help geologists understand the origin and history of the rocks, as well as their physical and chemical properties.
What helps geologists study the history of earth?
rocks
What are people called that study the earth and rocks?
That would be a geologist? Or if you wanted a name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geologists
