Earthquakes & Volcanoes
What type of volcano is broad and gently sloping with mild eruptions?
Shield volcano
What term describes the way light is reflected from the surface of a mineral?
Luster
Most reflective metal?
Silver
What is a design used for testing called?
Prototype
The rarest, most durable, and most beautiful minerals are semi-precious stones.
False, Precious stones
What is the point directly above where an earthquake begins?
What is the layer of solid rock below the soil?
Bedrock
reddish-orange metal that is a good conductor of electricity
Copper
In logic, what is a statement of fact called?
Proposition
Water underneath the soils’ surface is called groundwater.
True
What are large pieces of solid volcanic ejecta that solidify before being ejected from the volcano?
Volcanic Block
What group of minerals contain fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine?
Halides
Metal used in radiation shielding, automobile batteries, and small arms ammunition.
Lead
When multiple scientists test the same scientific idea in different ways and all come to the same conclusion the idea has ____.
Reproducibility
The general term for any nourishing substance is phosphate.
False, Nutrient
What are smaller earthquakes that follow a large earthquake for days or months?
Aftershocks
Crust
Green form of beryl.
Emerald
A variable in an experiment that is the same in all groups
Controlled variable
The type of metamorphism that results when rocks are bakes by contact with hot magma is regional metamorphism.
False, Contact metamorphism
What is the fastest type of earthquake wave?
P-Waves
What large group of minerals contain silicon and oxygen?
Silicates
Refined using blast furnaces
Iron
Which process of manufacturing artificial crystals involves a seed crystal and nutrient material in a high pressure vessel?
Hydrothermal Synthesis
A line of powder left by a mineral when it is rubbed across unglazed porcelain is called streak.
True