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The type of volcano that is broad and gently sloping with mild eruptions
What is a shield volcano?
Large pieces of solid volcanic ejecta that solidify before being ejected from the volcano
What is volcanic block?
The fastest type of earthquake wave
What is a P wave?
Smaller earthquakes that follow a large earthquake for days or months
What is aftershocks?
A large group of minerals that contain silicon and oxygen
What are silicates?
If a soil sample has a pH of 8 it is
What is basic?
The type of rock that forms when layers of small particles laid down by water are hardened into rock
What is sedimentary rock?
The most reflective metal
What is silver?
The term that describes rocks that bend downward during the folding process to form a trough-like structure
What is syncline?
The red variety of corundum
What is ruby?
In logic, the statement of fact is called
What is proposition?
The general term for any nourishing substance
What is a nutrient?
The term that describes the way light is reflected from the surface of a mineral
What is luster?
Water underneath the soil's surface
What is groundwater?
The structure that ejects solid materials from a volcano
What is the vent?
Lava hardened to form either a smooth surface or a ropy surface
What is pahoehoe?
The type of mining where pillars are removed in a specific order in order to allow the least stress on the walls and cooling of the mine
What is retreat mining?
A group in an experiment on which a test is performed is called
What is an experimental group?
The narrow zone of active volcanoes that nearly encircles the Pacific basin
What is the Ring of Fire?
The general term for any piece of solid volcanic volcanic ejecta
What is pyroclast?
Organic sedimentary rock that is a fossil fuel
What is coal?
A soil substance composed of decayed organisms' particles
What is organic?
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The primary factor that determines the texture of igneous rocks
What is the rate of cooling?
The minimum number number of seismometers that must detect an earthquake for the earthquake's exact location to be determined
What is 3?
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A metal used in radiation shielding, automobile batteries, and small-arms ammunition
What is lead?
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A layer of either porous rock or a gravel-soil mixture that can hold water
What is an aquifer
The type of volcano that will probably never erupt again
What is an extinct volcano?
Fine-grained sedimentary rock known for it's ability to be split into thin layers
What is shale?
Streaked metamorphic rock produced from limestone
What is marble?
The idea that undisturbed sedimentary strata lie in the order they were laid down is this law
What is superposition?
The plastic rock in the lower portion of the upper mantle on which plates float
What is the asthenosphere?
The rarest, most durable, and most beautiful minerals
What are precious stones?
The earthquake zone that includes the San Andreas Fault
What is the circum-Pacific belt?