Minerals
Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
The scale of mineral hardness characterizing the scratch resistance.
What is Moh's Hardness Scale
100
Type of rock meaning "born from fire."
What is Igneous
100
Made mostly of granitic/felsic material
What is Continental Crust
100
When the rock springs back to original shape
What is Elastic Deformation
100
Hawaiian volcanoes are commonly this kind of volcano
What are Shield Volcanoes
200
A minerals shape when it formed
What is Crystal Habit
200
Physical weathering produces pieces called "____" which may be transported, deposited and lithified into physical sedimentary rocks.
What are clasts
200
Became infamous for this Continental Drift Theory
Who is Alfred Wegener
200
The "P" in p-wave stands for this
What is Primary
200
These volcanoes produce more violent eruptions than their mafic counterparts
What are felsic volcanoes
300
A minerals appearance of reflected light
What is Luster
300
Three agents of metamorphism
What are heat, pressure, and chemically active fluids
300
The layer of the Earth that facilitates continental motion
What is the Asthenosphere
300
Triangulation from three seismic stations shows this
What is the epicenter
300
low silica and relatively low volatiles produce low
What is Viscosity
400
A minerals color of powdered mineral
What is Streak
400
When the material being cut is older than the cutting material.
What is cross cutting relationships
400
Plausible driving force for plate tectonics
What is Sea Floor Spreading
400
S-waves do not travel through this type of material
What are liquid materials
400
"_____" is "ropy" basaltic lava and flows at a higher temperature than Aa, which is a "blocky" basaltic lava.
What is Pahoehoe
500
Corundum's hardness on Moh's hardness scale
What is 9
500
Particle size of a cobble
What is 256 mm to 64 mm
500
The plate we (here in Indiana) live on
What is the North American Plate
500
Surface waves are slower than this type of wave
What are Body Waves
500
This is the result of cooling in lava.
What is Columnar Jointing
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