Invisible force causing the accelerated expansion of the Universe
What is Dark Energy?
Organic, composed of silica, found in Georgia, used in metal making.
What are not physical properties of minerals?
It has 23 protons and 23 neutrons.
What is an isotope of Vanadium?
Mountains form but no volcanoes.
What occurs at a continental - continental convergent boundary?
Cooling of the solar system cloud allows consolidation.
What is the Virial Theorem?
Occurs inside stars
What is nuclear fusion?
A mineral with SO4
What is a sulfate mineral?
Helium, argon, neon
What are noble gasses?
Parallel patterns on the ocean floor.
What are magnetic field reversals?
Cratons and the magnetosphere.
What does differentiation form?
Gas and dust floating in space
What is a nebula?
Amethyst, rose, smoky, cryptocrystalline, and transparent.
What are different forms of quartz?
To have completely filled electron shells
What is the primary directive for atoms?
Wide beaches, shallow water, quiet sedimentation
What characters are there for a passive continental margin?
Theia
What was the name of the impact body that helped form the Moon?
Tin (Sn), lead (Pb), uranium (U), mercury (Hg), zirconium (Zr)
What are some elements form through supernovae?
Pearly, glassy, silky, greasy.
What are different mineral lusters?
The loss of electrons
What is ionization?
Volcanos and earthquake epicenters are found there.
What is found on the overriding plate?
The number of craters
What are used to determine the age of planetary surfaces?
Through E=mc2
How do we now that energy and mass are related?
The third hardest semiprecious mineral on Earth with beryllium and in the oxide group.
What is chrysoberyl?
The number of protons
What is the defining character of an element?
The further away from the trench, the deeper the earthquakes.
What is the Benioff zone?
It was 18 hours long.
What was day length 500 million years ago?