Earth Science

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Specific type weathering common in granite.

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Exfoliation

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Specific type weathering common in Florida.

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Solution

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Most common type of mechanical weathering.

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Frost - wedging

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Mud flows in volcanic areas.

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Lahars

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Most common type of chemical weathering.

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Exidation

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Creep in frigid zones

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Solifluctions

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Type soil common in arid regions.

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Pedocals

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Type soil common in tropics.

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Laterites.

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Slopes formed by weathering.

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Talus

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Type soil in humid areas.

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Pedalfers

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Most abundant sedimentary rock.

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Shale

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Most abundant non-clastic sedimentary rock.

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Limestone

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Most common feature of sedimentary rocks

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Stratification

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Changing sediment into rock,

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Lithification.

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List two minerals that serve as cement in the lithification process.

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1. Quartz
2. Calcite

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Most abundant mineral in organic rock

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Calcite

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List highest form of coal

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Anthrocite

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Two minerals present in Mafic rocks

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1. Iron
2. Magnesiu

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Four steps involved in clastic rock formation.

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1. Weathering
2. Erosion
3. Deposition
4. Lithification

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Three most common minerals comprising sedimentary rocks.

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1. Clay
2. Quartz
3. Calcite

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Intermediate rock with fine texture.

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Andesite

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Ore of copper.

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Bornite

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Ca - Na feldspars

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Plagioclase

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Most Mafic igneous rock.

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Peridotite

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Salt and gypsum.

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Evaporites

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Highest degree of metamorphism.

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Gneiss

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Fragmental texture.

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Tuff

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Vesicular texture.

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Scoria

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Obsidian

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Glassy

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Ore of Mercury

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Cinnabar

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K feldspar.

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Orthoclase

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Most mafic mineral

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Olivine

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Cave deposits of limestone.

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Travertine

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Metamorphic equivalent of limestone.

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Marble

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Metamorphic equivalent of Granite.

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Gneiss

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K feldspar.

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Orthoclase

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Most mafic mineral

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Olivine

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Cave deposits of limestone.

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Travertine

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Metamorphic equivalent of limestone.

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Marble

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Metamorphic equivalent of Granite.

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Gneiss

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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.

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Phenocryst

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Ore of Zinc.

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Sphalerite

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Igneous mafic extrusive with fine texture.

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Basalt

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Number on of Moh's scale.

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Talc

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Highest melting point of the Silicates.

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Olivine

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Degraded organic material in soil.

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Humus

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Layer of loose material covering solid rock.

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Regolith

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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.

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Phenocryst

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Minerals that are composed of aluminum, silicone, and oxygen.

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Aluminosilicates

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Type of rock that can be extracted through mining and refined through use.

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Ore

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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.

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Phenocryst

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Ore of Zinc.

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Sphalerite

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Igneous mafic extrusive with fine texture.

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Basalt

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Number on of Moh's scale.

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Talc

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Highest melting point of the Silicates.

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Olivine

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Degraded organic material in soil.

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Humus

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Layer of loose material covering solid rock.

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Regolith

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Large crystal in a porphyritic texture.

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Phenocryst

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Minerals that are composed of aluminum, silicone, and oxygen.

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Aluminosilicates

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Type of rock that can be extracted through mining and refined through use.

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Ore