Intro/ Features/ Locations
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Minerals
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What is Geology?
The study of Solid Earth
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What is Pangaea?
It is the proposed supercontinent 200 million years ago.
100
What is a Tsunami?
A massive wave created from an earthquake on the ocean floor.
100
What is Magma?
Molten rock found under the surface of the earth.
100
What is Cleavage?
When a mineral breaks along smooth, flat surface.
200
What is a Theory?
A conclusion to a scientific inquiry which can't be proven.
200
What is the Island Arc?
A chain of volcanic islands that forms at a subduction zone.
200
Whats the Ring Of Fire?
A region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the majority of the earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
200
What is a Hot Spot?
Regions underneath lithosphere plates which are abnormally hot and can cause volcanism in those regions.
200
What is the Mohns Hardness Scale?
A scale for 1-10 softest to hardest.
300
What is an Equinox?
The two dates per year which direct sunlight strikes the Equator.
300
What is a Divergent Boundary?
When two plates move apart from eachother.
300
What is a Fault Zone?
Regions where undre stress move apart.
300
What is Lapilli?
BB or Marble sized particles of rock.
300
What is Fluorescence?
The ability of a mineral to glow or change color under UV light.
400
What is Cartogrphy?
The study of maps.
400
What is the Oceanic Crust?
thin, dense crust found on the ocean floor.
400
What is an Aftershock?
Small earthquakes causes from the readjustment of plates after a major earthquake.
400
What is a Crater?
A feature produced when the vent of a volcano is blown apart during eruption.
400
What is Silicate Minerals?
Minerals containing silicon and oxygen (80% of all minerals)
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What is the Aphelion?
The date which the earth is farthest from the sun during it's orbit.
500
Whats the Continental Crust?
Thick, light crust found on land.
500
What is the Elastic Rebound Theory?
The straightening of plates after plates under stress snap, the cause of the majority of seismic waves.
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What is a Pahoehoe?
Mafic Lava which cools slowly and produces a ropy texture.
500
What is Luster?
The reflectivity of a mineral.
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