Minerals

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Minerals 100

• What property of a mineral is measured on a scale
  from 1 to 10?

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• hardness

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Minerals 200

• Silicate minerals contain a combination of what
  two elements?

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• Silicon and oxygen

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Minerals 300

• What is the name of this metallic luster mineral
  often confused with real gold?

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• pyrite

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Minerals 400

• Which mineral contains lead, has a high density,
  is cubic and has a metallic luster?

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• galena

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Minerals 500

• What are the FOUR characteristics of a mineral?

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• 1. Natural
• 2. Solid
• 3. Non-living (inorganic)
• 4. Repeating chemical formula
• (crystal structure)

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Earthquakes 100

• What is the name of the location where an
  earthquake releases energy within the crust,
  along a fault line?

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• focus

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Earthquakes 200

• Which seismic wave exists only at the epicenter
  of very powerful earthquakes?

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• L (surface) waves

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Earthquakes 300

• What is the method used to locate an epicenter
  using distances from a seismic station?

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• triangulation

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Earthquakes 400

• What is the name of the scale that uses
  eyewitness accounts to measure the intensity of
  an earthquake?

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• Mercalli Scale

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Earthquakes 500

• What TWO pieces of information from a seismogram
  are needed to determine the Richter scale
  magnitude of an earthquake?

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• S P lag time
• AND
• Height of the S wave

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Earths Layers 100

• Which layer of the earth is solid due to
  tremendous pressure?

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• Inner core

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Earths Layers 200

• Which type of crust is less dense and thicker
  (ocean crust or continental crust)?

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• Continental crust

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Earths Layers 300

• Which layer of the earth is mostly made of liquid
  iron and nickel?

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• Outer core

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Earths Layers 400

• Lithospheric plates are made up of which two
  layers of the earth?

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• Crust and top of mantle

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Earths Layers 500

• What do we use to learn about the outer and inner
  core of the earth?

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• Earthquake (seismic) waves

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Rock Cycle 100

• What type of rock is created from the cooling of
  magma or lava?

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• Igneous rock

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Rock Cycle 200

• What type of rock is created from the compaction
  and cementation of particles?

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• Sedimentary rock

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Rock Cycle 300

• What process moves sediments from their original
  source to a new location?

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• erosion

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Rock Cycle 400

• What breaks down rock on the surface of the earth?

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• weathering

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Rock Cycle 500

• Name the FIVE agents of erosion.

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• Running water
• Wind
• Waves
• Glaciers
• Gravity

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Plate Tectonics 100

• What is the name of the transform boundary along
  the west coast of North America that causes many
  earthquakes?

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• San Andreas fault line

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Plate Tectonics 200

• What type of plate boundary exists when plates
  collide together?

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• Convergent

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Plate Tectonics 300

• What land form exists on plate boundaries at the
  bottom of the ocean where new ocean crust is
  being created?

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• Mid-ocean ridges

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Plate Tectonics 400

• What landform gets created above sea level when
  two oceanic plates collide?

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• Volcanic island arc

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Plate Tectonics 500

• What is the name of the circular pattern of
  material in the mantle that scientists think
  cause the plates to move?

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• Convection Currents