Geomorphology
The Earth is made up of the crust, upper mantle, inner core, outer core and the _________.
Lower mantle
The response of a body to forces applied to it.
Deformation
Fossils that are good indicators of geologic time period.
Index fossils
The formation of layers in rock is called...
Stratification
This mineral has a red streak.
Hematite
The breakdown of rocks by mechanical or chemical processes.
Weathering
Any type of planar fabric in a rock.
Foliations
Brachiopods have what type of symmetry?
Left/right
These have a stoss and lee, and can be 2D or 3D.
Ripples
The 4th mineral on Moh's Hardness Scale
Fluorite
Large rocks dropped by glaciers, far from their origin.
Erratics
A secondary fabric element that imparts a tendency for the rock to split along planes.
Cleavage
Bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods are all types of...
Mollusks
A petromict is a type of _________.
Conglomerate
Calcite and _________ react with HCl.
Dolomite
Streams that flow only after storms are call __________ streams.
Ephemeral
"Crack pants" are an example of...
A (screw) dislocation
The longest units of geologic time.
Eons
Burrows, tracks, and trails are all examples of _______________.
Bioturbation
Plagioclase often has ________ while orthoclase does not.
Striations
The largest karst void in the world is the...
Sarawak Chamber
Stress can be dependent on ________ and ________ .
Temperature and grain size
The orogeny that formed the Rocky Mountains.
The Laramide Orogeny
The physical and chemical change that carbonate rocks undergo after deposition.
Diagenesis
The major groups of silicates are olivine, pyroxene, mica, quartz, feldspar, and ________ .
Amphibole