Intro/Features/Locations
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Minerals
100
Study of the Solid Earth
What is geology
100
The proposed supercontinent 200 million years ago
What is pangaea
100
Small earthquakes causes from the readjustment of plates after a major earthquakes
What is aftershocks
100
Molten rock found under the surface of the earth
What is magma
100
Characteristics of having regular geometric shapes
What is crystal
200
A prediction based on observation and logic
What is hypothesis
200
Thin, dense crust found on the ocean floor
What is oceanic crust
200
The points under the surface of the earth where plates fault
What is focus
200
Magma which erupts onto the earth's surface and begins to cool
What is lava
200
The reflectivity of a mineral
What is luster
300
The imaginary line which the earth spins upon
What is axis
300
Where two plates move apart from one another
What is Divergent Boundary
300
A massive wave created from an earthquake on the ocean floor
What is tsunami
300
Mafic lava which cools quickly and produces a jagged texture
What is Aa
300
A scale that goes to 1-10 soft to hardest
What is Mohs Hardness Scale
400
Imaginary lines which run vertically
What is longitude
400
Where two plates slide past on another
What is Transform Boundary
400
Regions where plates under stress move apart
What is fault zones
400
A feature produced when an emptied magma chamber causes a volcano to collapse
What is calda
400
Ability of a mineral to glow or change color under UV light
What is Fluoescence
500
A map which shows the earth with true direction
What is mercator projection
500
The crust abd uppermost mantle
What is lithosphere
500
The point on the surface of theearth directly above the focus
What is epicenter
500
Mafic lava which cools slowly and produces a ropy textures
What is Pahoehoe
500
Non-living, a must for all substances to be minerals
What is inorganic
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