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volcanic island arc oceanic trench benioff zone ARE ALL FORMS OF WHICH CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY? |
Ocean-Ocean Convergence |
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WHY DO PLATES DIVERGE AND SINK |
RIDGE PUSH SLAB PULL TRENCH SUCTION |
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WHAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PLATE DIVERGENCE |
NORMAL FAULTS RIFT VALLEYS BASALTIC VOLCANISM |
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____ VOLCANOES CAN BE FOUND ALONG SUBDUCTING PLATE BOUNDARIES |
ANDESITIC |
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ONE POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR PLATE TECTONIC DRIVE IS |
SLAB PULL |
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SEA-FLOOR SPREADING IMPLIES THAT SEA-FLOOR ROCKS IS YOUNGEST WHERE |
ON THE CREST OF MID-OCEAN RIDGES |
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A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY ON THE SEA FLOOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH |
MID-OCEANIC RIDGES |
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WHAT BOUNDARY IS MARKED BY TENSIONAL CRACKS, NORMAL FAULTS, SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES, HIGH HEAT FLOW, AND BASALTIC ERUPTIONS? |
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY |
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MID-OCEAN RIDGES FORM WHERE TWO OCEAN PLATES ____ |
DIVERGE |
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THE ATOMIC WEIGHT IS THE NUMBER OF |
PROTONS AND NEUTRONS |
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GRANITE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
ROCK COMPOSED OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF MINERAL |
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THE TERM MINERAL MEANS.... |
NATURALLY OCCURING, INORGANIC, CRYSTALLINE SOLID THAT HAS A SPECIFIC CHEMICAL COMPOSITION |
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ALL MINERALS HAVE WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE |
CRYSTALLINE |
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HOW ARE ROCKS DEFINIED |
NATURALLY FORMED AGGREGATES OF MINERALS OR MINERAL-LIKE SUBSTANCES A ROCK CAN ALSO BE COMPOSED OF A SINGLE MINERAL |
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LIMESTONE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
ROCK |
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LIMESTONE IS COMPOSED OF WHAT MINERAL |
CALCITE |
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CALCITE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
MINERAL |
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MINERALS ARE COMPOSED OF ____ OF ____ BONDED TOGETHER IN AN ORDERLY CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE |
ATOMS; ELEMENTS |
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WHICH LAYER IN THE EARTH HAS A COMPOSITION SIMILAR TO GRANITE |
CONTINENTAL CRUST |
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A SILICATE IS ____ BONDED WITH ____ AS IN A MINERAL QUARTZ |
Si;O |
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BIOTITE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE MINERAL |
DARK-COLORED
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BIOTITE IS A MINERAL OR A ROCK |
MINERAL |
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QUARTZ IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE MINERAL |
LIGHT-COLORED |
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QUARTZ IS A MINERAL OR A ROCK |
MINERAL |
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THE NUCLEUS CONTAINS WHAT |
POSITIVELY CHARGED PROTONS AND NEUTRAL PARTICLES CALLED NEUTRONS |
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WHAT IS SURROUNDING THE NUCELUS |
NEGATIVELY CHARGED ELECTRONS |
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AN ELEMENT IS DEFINED BY THE NUMBER OF ____ IN ITS NUCLEUS OR ITS ___ NUMBER |
PROTONS;ATOMIC |
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WHAT IS CONSIDERED AN ISOTOPE |
CONTAINING DIFFERENT NUMBER OF NEUTRONS BUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PROTONS |
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WHAT IS THE ATOMIC MASS NUMBER/ATOMIC WEIGHT |
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEUTRONS AND PROTONS IN AN ATOM |
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WHAT MINERALS ARE SHEET SILICATES |
MICA GROUP AND THE CLAY GROUP OF MINERALS |
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HOW MANY OXYGENS ARE IN A FRAMEWORK SILICATE |
FOUR |
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WHAT MINERALS ARE FRAMEWORK SILICATES |
QUARTZ FELDSPARS |
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FELDSPAR IS A MINERAL OR A ROCK |
MINERAL |
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MICA IS A MINERAL OR A ROCK |
MINERAL |
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GYPSUM IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
BOTH |
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DOLOMITE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
MINERAL |
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HEMATITE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
MINERAL |
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HALITE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
MINERAL |
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HEMATITE IS FOUND IN WHAT TYPE OF ROCKS |
SEDIMENTARY METAMORPHIC IGNEOUS |
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HOW MANY DIRECTIONS OF CLEAVAGE DO MINERALS HAVE? |
NONE
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TWO ELEMENTS MOST ABUNDANT IN THE EARTH'S CRUST ARE |
OXYGEN SILICON |
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SHEET SILICATES HAVE HOW MANY OXYGENS |
THREE |
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GRANITE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
ROCK |
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NAME FOUR EXAMPLES OF NATIVE ELEMENTS |
GOLD COPPER DIAMOND GRAPHITE |
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GRAPHITE IS COMPOSED OF WHAT ELEMENT |
PURE CARBON |
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IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE FORMED WHEN |
MAGMA COOLS AND SOLIDIFIES |
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WHAT TAKES PLACE WHEN AN IGNEOUS ROCK BECOMES SEDIMENT |
WEATHERING AND EROSION |
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WHAT TAKES PLACE WHEN A ROCK CHANGES FROM SEDIMENT TO SEDIMENTARY ROCK |
LITHIFICATION |
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WHAT TAKES PLACE WHEN A ROCK GOES FROM SEDIMENTARY TO METAMORPHIC |
METAMORPHISM (HEAT AND PRESSURE) |
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WHAT CHANGES TAKE PLACE WHEN A METAMORPHIC ROCK GOES TO AN IGNEOUS ROCK |
PARTIAL MELTING CHANGES IT TO MAGMA THEN SOLIDIFICATION (HEAT AND PRESSURE) |
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HOW IS A SEDIMENTARY ROCK FORMED |
UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT BECOMES LITHIFIED (WEATHERING, EROSION, THEN LITHIFICATION) |
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HOW ARE METAMORPHIC ROCKS FORMED |
WHEN THE ORIGINAL SEDIMENTARY ROCK IS NO LONGER IN EQUILIBRIUM (TEMPERATURE VERY HOT) AND RECRYSTALLIZES |
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WHERE IS MAGMA CREATED |
IN THE ZONE OF MELTING ABOVE THE SUBDUCTION ZONE |
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BASALT IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
ROCK |
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WHAT TYPE OF ROCK IS BASALT |
IGNEOUS |
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PHANERITIC MEANS |
COARSE-GRAINED (DONT NEED A MICROSCOPE) |
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APHANITIC MEANS |
FINE-GRAINED |
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HOW ARE IGNEOUS ROCKS CLASSIFIED |
TEXTURE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION |
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GEOLOGISTS INFER THE CHEMISTRY OF AN IGNEOUS ROCK BY |
LOOKING AT THE MINERALS IT IS COMPOSED OF OR IF THEY CANT SEE THE MINERALS BY ITS COLOR |
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RYOLYITE IS A ROCK OR MINERAL |
ROCK |
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WHAT TYPE OF ROCK IS RYOLITE? SEDIMENTARY, IGNEOUS, OR METAMORPHIC |
IGNEOUS EXTRUSIVE ROCK |
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WHAT IS RYOLITE PREDOMINATELY COMPOSED OF |
FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ |
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WHAT ARE THE 6 MOST COMMON IGNEOUS ROCKS |
GRANITE DIORITE GABBRO RHYOLITE ANDESITE BASALT |
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HOW IS A CRYSTALLINE TEXTURE OBTAINED IN A ROCK |
WHEN THE CRYSTALS FORM AND GROW AS THE MAGMA MELTS AND COOLS |
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PEGMATITE IS A MINERAL OR ROCK |
ROCK |
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WHAT TYPE OF ROCK IS PEGMATITE |
IGNEOUS |
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WHAT DOES A VESICULAR TEXTURE LOOK LIKE |
HAS HOLES FROM GAS BUBBLES WHEN THE LAVA SOLIDIFIED |
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NAME THE THREE TEXTURES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS |
CRYSTALLINE GLASSY FRAGMENTAL |
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EXAMPLES OF PYROCLASTIC PARTICLES |
TUFF VOLCANIC BRECCIA |
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IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE COMPOSED OF PRIMARILY OF WHAT SILICATE MINERALS (7) |
QUARTZ PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR POTASSIUM FELDSPAR AMPHIBOLE PYROXENE BIOTITE OLIVINE |
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BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF SILICA IN THE IGNEOUS ROCKS THEY ARE CLASSIFIED IN THESE FOUR GROUPS (in order of decreasing silica content) |
FELSIC INTERMEDIATE MAFIC ULTRAMAFIC |
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FELSIC ROCKS ARE COMPOSED OF WHAT THREE CONTENTS (3) |
SILICA POTASSIUM SODIUM |
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PLUTONIC ROCKS HAVE LARGE OR SMALL MINERAL GRAINS |
LARGE |
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_______ ARE EXTREMELY COARSE-GRAINED WITH CRYSTAL UP TO 10 METERS ACROSS |
PEGMATITES |
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DEFINE GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT |
THE RATE AT WHICH TEMPERATURE INCREASES WITH INCREASING DEPTH BENEATH THE SURFACE |
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DEFINE DECOMPRESSION MELTING |
WHEN A BODY OF HOT MANTLE ROCK MOVES UPWARD AND THE PRESSURE IS REDUCED |
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WHAT PROCESS IS IT CALLED WHEN A ROCKS MELTING TEMPERATURE IS LOWERED BY WATER UNDER HIGH PRESSURE |
FLUX MELTING PROCESS |
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ACCORDING TO THE BOWEN'S REACTION WHICH MINERALS WILL XLIZE FIRST TO LAST AS TEMPERATURES DECREASE (ultramafic to felsic) |
OLIVINE PYROXENE AMPHIBOLE BIOTITE MUSCOVITE (potassium feldspar and Quartz) |
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PARTIAL METING OF THE LOWER CONTINENTAL CRUST PRODUCES |
FELSIC MAGMA |
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PARTIAL MELTING OF LOWER CRUST MAGMA RISES AND EVENTUALLY SOLIDIFIES AT A HIGHER LEVEL IN THE CRUST INTO _____, OR ____ IF IT REACHES EARTH'S SURFACE |
GRANITE; RYOLITE |
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BASALTIC MAGMA AS A RESULT OF PARTIAL MELTING OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCK IN THE |
MANTLE |
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NAME THREE SHALLOW INTRUSIVE STRUCTURES |
VOLCANIC NECK DIKE SILL |
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WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A STRUCTURE IS FORMED FROM MAGMA THAT SOLIDIFIES WITHIN THE THROAT OF A VOLCANO |
VOLCANIC NECK |
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WHAT IS A DIKE |
A TABULAR DISCORDANT (not parallel to the rock) |
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WHAT IS A SILL |
TABULAR INTRUSIVE STRUCTURE, BUT IT IS CONCORDANT (parallel to the rock) |
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WHAT IS THE MOST ABUNDANT IGNEOUS ROCK IN MOUNTAIN RANGES |
GRANITE |
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WHICH TWO ROCKS ARE PREDOMINAT ROCK UNDERLYING THE OCEANS |
BASALT;GABBRO |
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INTERMEDIATE AND FELSIC MAGMAS ARE RELATED TO WHAT BOUNDARY |
CONVERGENT |
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THE MOST COMMON MINERALS IN A GRANITE ARE THE |
FELDSPARS |
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GLASSY TEXTURES OCCUR WHEN THERE IS .... |
EXTREMELY RAPID COOLING TAKING PLACE
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WHICH MINERALS WILL BE MOST ABUNDANT IN AN IGNEOUS ROCK FORMED FROM MAGMA THAT IS RICH IN IRON, MAGNESIUM, AND CALCIUM |
PYROXENE OLIVINE BIOTITE MICA |
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PEGMATITIC ROCKS HAVE SMALL OR LARGE CRYSTALS |
VERY LARGE |
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GRANITE IS COMPOSED OF WHAT MINERALS |
FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ |
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AS MAGMA TRAVELS THROUGH THE COUNTRY ROCK, SOME OF THE COUNTRY ROCK MELTS, CHANGING THE COMPOSITION OF THE MAGMA. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED ______ |
ASSIMILATION |
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A ROCK THAT IS SODIUM-RICH, SILICA-RICH, AND POTASSIUM-RICH IS A ______ ROCK |
FELSIC |
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AN IGNEOUS ROCK WITH LARGE CRYSTALS SURROUNDED BY FINE-GRAINED CRYSTALS OR GLASS IS CALLED _____ |
PORPHYRITIC |
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WHEN AN IGNEOUS ROCK CONTAINS LARGER CRYSTALS THAT ARE ENCLOSED IN A GROUNDMASS OF FINER-GRAINED CRYSTALS, THE LARGER CRYSTALS ARE REFERRED TO AS |
PHENOCRYSTS |
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WHETHER ERUPTIONS ARE VIOLENTLY EXPLOSIVE OR QUIET IS LARGELY DETERMINED BY TWO FACTORS
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THE EASE OR DIFFICULTRY WITH WHICH THE GAS CAN ESCAPE TO THE ATMOSPHERE |
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THE VISCOSITY OF LAVA FLOW DETERMINES
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HOW EASILY THE GAS ESCAPES |
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VISCOSITY MEANS WHAT REFERRING TO LAVA FLOW |
RESISTANCE OF FLOW |
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IF THERE IS A VIOLENT ERUPTION WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ABOUT THE LAVA
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IT WAS VISCOUS AND HAD A GREATER AMOUNT OF GAS TRYING TO ESCAPE |
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WHAT IS A MIXTURE OF MOLETN SILICATE ROCK, CRYSTALS, AND GAS
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LAVA |
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WHAT REPRESENTS GASES EXPANDING AND ESCAPING FROM THE LAVA AS IT ERUPTED
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VESICLES |
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WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE VISCOSITY OF LAVA
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2. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE LAVA 3. THE AMOUNT OF GAS DISSOVLED IN MAGMA |
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WHICH ARE SILICA-RICH ROCKS
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FELSIC |
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WHICH ARE SILICA-DEFICIENT ROCKS |
MAFIC |
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WHICH ROCKS HAVE A SILICA CONTENT BETWEEN FELSIC AND MAFIC ROCKS
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INTERMEDIATE ROCKS |
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MAFIC BASALTS ARE ______ VISCOUS, AND GASES CAN ESCAPE _____
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LESS; EASILY |
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WHAT IS PAHOEHOE CHARACTERIZED BY
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MAFIC LAVA FLOW |
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WHAT IS A'a CHARACTERIZED BY
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MAFIC LAVA FLOW |
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FLOOD BASALTS BUILD WHAT |
THICK LAVA PLATEAUS |
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WHEN BASALT LAVA ERUPTS INTO WATER IT COOLS RAPIDLY, FORMING A DISTINCTIVE FEATURE KNOWN AS
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PILLOW STRUCTURE |
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INTERMEDIATE AND FELSIC LAVA FLOWS TEND TO BE _____ AND FLOW OVER MUCH ____ DISTANCE
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THICKER; SHORTER |
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VOLCANOES
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CINDER CONE COMPOSITE LAVA DOME CALDERA |
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A SHIELD VOLCANO HAS WHAT TYPE OF SLOPE AND WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION
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BASALT (layers of solidified lava flows) |
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A COMPOSITE VOLCANO HAS WHAT TYPE OF SLOPE AND WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION
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MOSTLY ANDESTITE (layers of pyroclastic fragments and lava flows) |
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A CINDER CONE HAS WHAT TYPE OF SLOPE AND COMPOSITION
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STEEP SLOPES BASALT IS MOST COMMON (pyroclastic fragments of any composition) (smallest of the 3 types) |
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CINDER CONES ARE COMMONLY FOUND
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ON THE FLANKS AND IN THE CALDERAS OF HAWAII'S SHIELD VOLCANOES |
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COMPOSITE VOLCANOES ALIGN ALONG WHAT TWO MAJOR BELTS
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MEDITERRANEAN BELT |
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WHICH IGNEOUS ROCK HAS LARGER CRYSTALS THAT ARE ENCLOSED IN A GROUNDMASS OF MUCH FINER-GRAINED MATERIAL
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PORPHYRITIC |
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HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE PEGMATITE |
VERY COARSE MINERAL GRAINED ROCK |
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THE ASTHENOSPHERE IS WHAT PART OF THE EARTH |
MANTLE |
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HOW ARE IGNEOUS ROCKS FORMED |
BY CRYSTALLIZATION OF MOLTEN MAGMA |
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VOLCANIC DOME IS FORMED FROM WHAT KIND OF MAGMA |
VISCOUS |
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WHAT IS THE INTERPRETED ORIGIN FOR MAGMA THAT FORMS FLOOD BASALTS |
A RISING MANTLE PLUME |
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THE CLAY MINERAL GROUP HAS WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE STRUCTURE
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SHEET-LIKE |
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WHICH GROUP OF MINERALS ARE THE MOST ABUNDANT IN THE EARTHS CRUST |
SILICATES |
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SHIELD VOLCANOES HAVE ___ BASES AND ____ INCLINED SLOPES |
BROAD;GENTLY |
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LAYERS OF PYROCLASTIC FRAGMENTS AND SOLIDIFIED LAVA FLOWS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT VOLCANO |
COMPOSITE |
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DARK (FERROMAGNESIAN) SILICATES CONTAIN WHAT TWO SILICATE MINERALS |
IRON AND MAGNESIUM |
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AMPHIBOLE GROUP HAS WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE STRUCTURE |
DOUBLE CHAIN |
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PYROXENE GROUP HAS WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE STRUCTURE |
SINGLE CHAIN |
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MICA GROUP HAS WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE STRUCTURE |
SHEET |
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QUARTZ HAS WHAT TYPE OF SILICATE STRUCTURE |
FRAMEWORK |
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WEATHERING PREPARES ROCKS FOR WHAT PROCESS |
EROSION |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE PROCESSES THAT AFFECT ROCK |
WEATHERING EROSION TRANSPORTATION |
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WEATHERING CHANGES THE ___ AND ___ CHARACTER OF ROCKS AT OR NEAR THE SURFACE |
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL |
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THE TIGHTLY BOUND CRYSTALS OF ANY ROCK CAN BE LOOSENED AND ALTERED TO NEW MINERALS WHEN EXPOSED TO WHAT |
WATER AND AIR DURING WEATHERING |
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PHYSICAL DISINTEGRATION OF ROCKS IS CALLED |
MECHANICAL WEATHERING |
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THE DECOMPOSITION OF ROCK FROM EXPOSURE TO WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC GASES IS CALLED |
CHEMICAL WEATHERING |
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WHAT TWO MINERALS FORM AS A CHEMICAL WEATHERING PRODUCT OF IRON-RICH MINERALS |
HEMATITE AND LIMONITE |
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WHICH PROCESS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE THAT CAUSE ROCKS TO DISINTEGRATE |
PRESSURE RELEASE AND FROST ACTION |
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WHAT ARE THE TWO MECHANICAL WEATHERING PROCESSES |
PRESSURE RELEASE AND FROST ACTION |
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WHAT ARE LARGE, ROUNDED LAND-FORMS DEVELOPED IN MASSIVE ROCK SUCH AS GRANITE BY EXFOLIATION |
EXFOLIATION DOMES |
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NAME THREE SOLID PRODUCTS OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING |
QUARTZ IRON OXIDES CLAY |
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NAME FOUR MINERAL IRON FERROMAGNESIAN |
PYROXENES AMPHIBOLES BIOTITE OLIVINE |
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCK |
LIMESTONE |
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WHEN FELDSPAR IS ATTACKED BY CARBONIC ACID IT FORMS WHAT MINERAL |
A CLAY MINERAL |
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WHAT IS THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE AGENT OF CHEMICAL WEATHERING |
CARBONIC ACID |
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SOLUTION WEATHERING IS WHAT TYPE OF WEATHERING
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CHEMICAL |
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WHAT MINERAL IS COMPLETELY DISSOVED IN THE CHEMICAL WEATHERING PROCESS
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CALCITE |
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WHEN FELDSPAR GOES THROUGH CHEMICAL WEATHERING IT FORM WHAT MINERALS
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CLAY MINERALS |
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SILICATE MINERALS REACT WITH H2O TO PRODUCE WHAT MINERALS
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CLAY MINERALS |
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THE CLIMATE AFFECTS SOIL ______
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THICKNESS
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SOIL IN MOIST CLIMATES ARE _____ SOIL IN ARID CLIMATES ARE ______ |
THIN |
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YOUNG SOILS ARE RELATED TO WHAT KIND OF LAYERS IN SOIL
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BEDDING LAYERS |
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CURRENTS THAT FORM IN THE SHEET OF WATER CUT TINY CHANNELS CALLED _______ IN THE EXPOSED SOIL
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RILLS |
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WHAT ARE THE 4 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SOIL EROSION
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SOIL CHARACTERISTICS CLIMATE SLOPE VEGETATION |
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DURING EROSION WATER MOVES SLOWLY ON WHAT TYPE OF SLOPES
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GENTLE SLOPES |
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DURING EROSION WATER MOVES FAST ON WHAT TYPE OF SLOPES
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STEEPER SLOPES |
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IN WHICH TYPE OF CLIMATE IS CHEMICAL WEATHERING MOST INTENSE
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TROPICAL |
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS |
CHEMICAL ORGANIC |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE MOST COMMON SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
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SHALE SANDSTONE LIMESTONE |
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DETRITAL ROCKS ARE FROMED FROM WHAT
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WEATHERED AND ERODED REMAINS OF BEDROCK |
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DESCRIBE SANDSTONE |
FORMED BY THE CEMENTATION OF SAND GRAINS |
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WHAT IS A ALLUVIAL FAN AND
WHERE DO YOU FIND ALLUVIAL FAN |
FAN SHAPED PILE OF SEDIMENT
FOOT OF A MOUNTAIN RANGE |
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GRAYWACKE IS WHAT TYPE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK
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SANDSTONE |
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IF A ROCK IS ABLE TO SPLIT INTO LAYERS THAT IS CALLED ITS
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FISSILITY |
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SILT AND CLAY AND LITHIFY INTO WHAT SEDIMENTARY ROCK |
SHALE |
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CHEMICAL ROCKS ARE PRECIPITATED FROM _____ TEMPERATURE _____ ENVIRONMENT
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AQUEOUS |
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NAME TWO CARBONATE CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (contain C03) |
DOLOMITE |
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WHAT IS LIMESTONE ROCK COMPOSED MAINLY OF
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CALCITE |
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NAME THE TWO MAJOR TYES OF LIMESTONE |
INORGANIC LIMESTONE |
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A BIOCHEMICAL LIMESTONE (precipitated through the actions of organisms) |
COQUINA |
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN INORGANIC LIMESTONE (precipitated directly as the result of inorganic process) |
OOLITIC LIMESTONE |
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TUFA AND TRAVERTINE ARE WHAT TYPE OF ROCKS |
INORGANIC LIMESTONES |
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OOLITIC LIMESTONE IS FORMED BY THE CEMENTATION OF |
OOIDS |
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DOLOMITE IS A ROCK OR A MINERAL
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BOTH |
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DOES LIMESTONE REACT WITH HYDROCHLORIC ACID
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YES |
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NAME THE CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
(from increasing grain size) |
CHERT ROCK SALT ROCK GYPSUM |
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NAME TWO COMMON CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCKS THAT ARE EVAPORITES
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ROCK GYPSUM |
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COAL IS WHAT TYPE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK
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ORGANIC |
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COAL IS A SEDIMENTARY ROCK THAT FORMS FROM THE COMPACTION OF WHAT |
PLANT MATERIAL |
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NAME THE 7 SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES FOUND WITHIN SEDIMENTARY ROCK |
BEDDING BEDDING PLANE CROSS-BEDS RIPPLE MARKS GRADED BED TURBIDITY CURRENT MUD CRACKS |
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WHAT DO SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES REVEAL
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WHERE THE SEDIMENT WAS TRANSPORTED AND THE RESTING PLACE |
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BEDDING IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL LAYERS
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HORIZONTAL |
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CROSS-BEDS OCCUR IN WHAT TYPE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK
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SANDSTONE |
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WHAT IS A LAYER WITH A VERTICAL CHANGE IN PARTICLE SIZE (relating to sedimentary rocks and structures) |
GRADED BED |
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GRADED BEDS AT THE BOTTOM ARE _______ GRAINED |
COARSE |
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MUD CRACKS CAN ONLY OCCUR ABOVE OR BELOW WATER |
ABOVE |
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WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY SURFACE BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ROCK TYPES OR AGES OF ROCKS CALLED
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CONTACT |
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AS SEDIMENT DEPOSITS GET FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SOURCE AREA THEY ARE
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THINNER |
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PEAT CAN TRANSFORM INTO WHAT SEDIMENTARY ROCK
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COAL
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ROCKS START OUT AS
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BASALT |
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BASALT ROCKS ERUPT AT
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MID-OCEANIC RIDGES |
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OTHER ROCKS MUST GO UNDER ___ AND ____ TO TRANSFORM INTO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
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CEMENTATION AND COMPACTION |
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_____ PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE METAMORPHIC PROCESS |
WATER |
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YOU MUST DETERMINE THE ____ ____ OF A METAMORPHIC ROCK BEFORE NAMING IT
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MINERAL CONTENT
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NAME THE TWO TYPES OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS
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FOLIATED |
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PLANAR TEXTURE ROCKS ARE SAID TO BE FOLIATED OR NONFOLIATED
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FOLIATED |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF TEXTURES A FOLIATED ROCK CAN HAVE
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SCHISTOSE (needle-shaped) GNESSIC (distinct light or dark layers) |
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WHAT MINERALS ARE IN GNEISS
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QUARTZ AMPHIBOLE BIOTITE |
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WHAT MINERALS ARE IN SCHIST
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MUSCOVITE AMPHIBOLE |
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WHAT MINERALS ARE IN SLATE
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CLAY AND OTHER SHEET SILICATES |
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NAME FOUR FOLIATED METAMORPHIC ROCKS |
PHYLLITE SCHIST GNEISS |
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NAME THREE NONFOLIATED ROCKS
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QUARTZITE HORNFELS |
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WHAT IS MARBLE PARENT ROCK
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LIMESTONE |
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WHAT IS QUARTZITE PARENT ROCK
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QUARTZ SANDSTONE |
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WHAT COULD BE THE TWO PARENT ROCKS OF HORNFELS
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BASALT |
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WHAT IS THE MINERAL IN MARBLE ROCK
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CALCITE |
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WHAT IS THE MINERAL IN THE HORNFELS ROCK WITH A PARENT ROCK OF SHALE
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FINE GRAINED MICA |
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WHAT IS THE MINERAL IN THE METAMORPHIC HORNFELS ROCK WITH A PARENT ROCK OF BASALT
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FINE GRAINED FERROMAGNESIAN MINERALS AND PLAGIOCLASE |
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NAME THE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF METAMORPHISM
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HYDROTHERMAL REGIONAL SHOCK |
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METAMORPHISM HAS ____ CONFINING PRESSURE |
LOW |
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METAMORPHISM TAKES PLACE WHERE IN THE EARTHS SURFACE |
NOT TOO FAR BENEATH |
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NONFOLIATED ROCKS ARE FOUND IN WHAT TYPE OF METAMORPHISM
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CONTACT |
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REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IS COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH MOUTAIN BUILDING AT WHAT TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARIES |
CONVERGENT |
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REGIONAL METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE NONFOLIATED OR FOLIATED
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FOLIATED |
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WHAT IS THE PARENT ROCK NAME FOR AMPHIBOLITE
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BASALT |
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WHAT ARE THE MINERALS IN THE ROCK AMPHIBOLITE
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HORNBLENDE, PLAGIOCLASE, GARNET |
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WHAT ARE THE MINERALS IN THE ROCK MICA SCHIST
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BIOTITE, MUSCOVITE, QUARTZ, GARNET |
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WHAT IS THE PARENT ROCK FOR THE ROCK MICA SCHIST
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SHALE |
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WHAT IS THE PARENT ROCK FOR MARBLE
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DOLOMITE OR LIMESTONE |
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WHAT ARE THE MINERALS IN THE METAMORPHIC ROCK MARBLE
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CALCITE OR DOLOMITE |
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CHERT NODULES ARE FORMED FROM PRECIPITATION FROM GROUND WATER IN OTHER ROCK TYPES
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LAYERED CHERT WAS DEPOSITED FROM THE SILICA SHELLS OF MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS
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GRADED BEDS ARE FORMED IN
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WATER |
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CHERT IS THE MICROCRYSTALLINE FORM OF
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QUARTZ |
