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28 Cards in this Set
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rock cycle
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model showing processes that create and change rock
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How to change Sedimentary rock - and into what?
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by heat and pressure into metamorphic rock
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How to change Metamorphic Rock - and into what?
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melted and cooled to form igneous rock
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How to change igneous rock - and into what?
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be broken into fragments that may later form sedimentary rock
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Intrusive
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Rocks that formed below the the surface with large crystals
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Extrusive
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Rocks that formed above the surface with small crystals
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The 3 types of Igneous Rocks
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basaltic, granitic, and andesitic
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Properties of Basaltic + examples
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Dark colored and dense
Gabbro + Basalt |
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Properties of Granitic + examples
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lower density and lighter color
Granite + Pumice |
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Properties of Andesitic + examples
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more balanced composition of color and density
Diorite + Andesite |
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3 Types of volcanoes
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Shield
Cinder Cone Composite |
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Type of Lava for Shield Volcano
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Basaltic
Dark colored |
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Type of Lava for Cinder Cone Volcano
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Granitic
Light in Color |
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Type of Lava for Composite Volcano
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Andesetic
Medium, between Granitic and Basaltic |
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Name of how Shield Volcanoes are made
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Diverging Plates
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Name of how Composite Volcanoes are formed
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Converging Plates
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Shield Volcano erupts (xplosive, quiet) + silica amount + Flow of lava
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quiet
high easily |
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Composite Volcano erupts (xplosive, quiet) + silica amount + Flow of lava
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explosive
middle poor |
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Cinder Cone Volcano erupts (xplosive, quiet) + silica amount + Flow of lava
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explosive
low poorly |
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Eroded laccolith
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above ground laccolith that moved upwards and got exposed
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Vent/Pipe
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channel way
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sill
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window sill
horizontal hardened area of magma |
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dike
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used to be vent but trapped, hardened magma, vertical, used to be pip/vent
opposite of sill |
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Laccolith
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dome shaped, larger than sill or dike, smaller than chamber
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Batholith
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Intrusive property, the hardened, cooled magma underground
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Caldera
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When a crater collapses it forms this
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Crater
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Opening magma exits
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Tephra
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bits of rock or solidified lava dropped from the air when a volcano has an explosive eruption
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