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33 Cards in this Set
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH WHO ARE THE TREASURE HUNTERS OF TODAY?
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GEOLOGISTS
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THE OUTERMOST REGION OF THE EARTH WHERE ALL THE TREASURES DISCUSSED IN THE FIRST CHAPTER ARE IS CALLED...
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THE CRUST
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THE LAYER OF EARTH BENEATH THE CRUST
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THE MANTLE
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MELTED ROCK IS CALLED...
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MAGMA
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MAGMA MOVES LIKE...
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PLIABLE (SOFT) PLASTIC
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MOLTEN MEANS...
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MELTED
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THE THIRD LAYER OF THE EARTH IS CALLED THE...
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CORE
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NAME THE TWO PARTS OF THE CORE
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INNER CORE AND OUTER CORE
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HOW THICK IS THE OUTER CORE?
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1300 MILES THICK
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WHAT DO SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE INNER CORE IS MADE OF?
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IRON-1600 MILES IN DIAMETER
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF LOOSE EARTH CONTAINING HUMUS AND TINY PIECES OF WEATHERED ROCK?
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SOIL
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WHAT IS HUMUS MADE OF?
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DECAYING PLANT AND ANIMAL MATERIAL
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WHAT ARE THE TWO MAJOR FORMS OF WEATHERING?
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CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
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NAME A WEAK ACID THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT HOME?
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LEMON JUICE
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NAME TWO PLANTS THAT PRODUCE ACIDS THAT WEATHER THE ROCK TO WHICH THEY CLING?
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MOSSES AND LICHENS
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WHAT'S IT CALLED WHEN ROCK IS BROKEN BY PHYSICAL FORCES?
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PHYSICAL WEATHERING
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WHAT IS THE SOUND MADE WHEN ROCKS SPLIT AND BREAK DURING THE NIGHT IN THE DESERT DUE TO RAPID STRESS COOLING?
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GUNSHOT SOUND
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WHAT'S THE NAME OF ARTIFICIAL ROCK?
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CONCRETE
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NAME THE THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ROCKS
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IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, METAMORPHIC
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WHEN MAGMA COOLS, IT HARDENS AND FORMS ________ OR FIERY ROCK
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IGNEOUS
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THE MAGMA FORCED THROUGH THE EARTH'S CRUST IS CALLED...
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LAVA
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WHEN LAVA HARDENS AS QUICKLY AS IT COOLS IT BECOMES WHAT KIND OF ROCK?
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IGNEOUS
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NAME TWO TYPES OF IGNEOUS ROCK
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OBSIDIAN OR PUMICE
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WHEN MAGMA DOES NOT ERUPT THROUGH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH BUT PUSHES UP INTO UNDERGROUND CRACKS IN THE EXISTING ROCK AND COOLS SLOWLY BELOW THE SURFACE TO FORM WHAT TWO TYPES OF ROCK?
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GRANITE OR BASALT
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NAME THREE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
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SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE AND SHALE
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THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT TYPE OF ROCK WAS PROBABLY FORMED DURING THE GREAT FLOOD OF NOAH'S TIME?
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK
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WHAT COMBINED PROPERTIES MAKE CEMENT?
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WATER, SAND AND GRAVEL
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CEMENT PRODUCES A VERY DURABLE ARTIFICIAL ROCK CALLED...
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CONCRETE
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WHAT IS SHALE (A SEDIMENTARY ROCK) FORMED FROM?
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MUD (usually clay)
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WHAT DOES SHALE SMELL LIKE WHEN IT GETS WET?
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MUD
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ROCK WHICH WAS ONCE LIMESTONE BUT WAS HARDENED AS THE RESULT OF EXTREME HEAT AND PRESSURE WITHIN THE EARTH?
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MARBLE
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SOME CHALKBOARDS ARE MADE FROM WHAT ROCK?
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SLATE
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NAME THE TWO LAYERS OF THE CRUST?
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SOIL AND BEDROCK
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