Minerals
Largest group of minerals
What is Silicates
The study of volcanoes and related phenomena
Volcanology
The sudden movement of rock masses as a result of tectonic earthquakes
The central part of the earth
What is the core?
a "nourishing substance"
What is a nutrient?
Compounds containing flourine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine
What is Halides?
What is molten rock that has reached the surface level of the Earth
What is lava?
What are the slowest type of waves?
The middle layer of the earth
What is the mantle?
A substance composed of only one type of atom?
Hint: Periodic Table
What is an element?
includes "fools gold", which is known for its metal-like luster and golden color
What is Sulfides?
A volcano that is inactive but could erupt again
Hint: Sleepy
The most active earthquake zone
What is the circum-Pacific belt?
The most abundant element in the earth's crust?
What is oxygen?
What is the process by which nitrogen is moved from the air to the soil to be used by plants and goes back up into the atmosphere to start all over again?
What is the nitrogen cycle?
What quality indicates how a minerals surface reflects light?
What is luster?
More than half the worlds volcanoes are located in this volcanic zone
What major strike-slip fault exists in western California?
What is the San Andreas Fault?
The zone between the upper and lower mantle
What is the transition zone?
What type of bacteria converts nitrOgen into NitAtes and other nitrogen compounds?
What is nitrogen-fixing?
Name of the scale used to measure a mineral's hardness.
Mohs (scale)
The reservoir beneath the surface that holds the molten rock
The place on the earth's surface directly above were an earthquake begins
What is the epicenter?
The boundary or region between the crust and mantle
What is the Moho Region?
a substance containing two or more elements bonded together
What is a compound?