Earth Chemistry
Minerals
Rocks
Forces in the Earth
Miscellaneous
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
100
Color, hardness, luster, streak cleavage, specific gravity.
What are properties of minerals?
100
Rock that form inside the earth from cooling magma
What are INTRUSIVE igneous rocks?
100
The location directly above the origin of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter?
100
The explanation of how large sections of the Earth's crust move.
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
200
A change that alters the identity of a substance.
What is a chemical change?
200
A naturally occurring chemical substance formed on or in the Earth.
What is a mineral?
200
Describes how one type of rock may be changed into another type of rock.
What is the rock cycle?
200
A sudden release of energy inside the earth, causing shaking.
What is an earthquake?
200
Hot molten rock inside the Earth.
What is magma?
300
The number of protons in an atom.
What is the atomic number?
300
This mineral is the hardest of all materials and may be used in jewelry or industry.
What is diamond?
300
This mineral forms the foundation of the continents.
What is granite?
300
The largest type of volcano.
What is a shield volcano?
300
Ocean-Ocean Convergent, and Ocean-Continent Convergent.
What types of plate boundaries create volcanos?
400
The mass minus the atomic number.
How many neutrons does an atom have?
400
This mineral is used in watches, windows, glass, and is readily found in sand.
What is quartz?
400
These two processes change sediment to sedimentary rock.
What are compaction and cementation?
400
The equipment used to measure earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
400
A hot plume of magma in the mantle, for example: Hawaii
What is a hotspot?
500
Two or more elements or compound physically combined.
What is a mixture?
500
This mineral contains aluminum and is used for pop cans, bikes, ladders, and may other products.
What is bauxite?
500
This metamorphic rock used to be limestone. It can now be used in buildings and art.
What is marble?
500
What is a normal fault?
500
Formed by alternating layers of pyroclastic material and lava.
What are composite volcanos?