ROCKS
ORGANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK THAT IS A FOSSIL FUEL
COAL
THE GENERAL TERM FOR A MASS OF VOLCANIC ROCK BENEATH THE SURFACE
IGNEOUS INTRUSION
AN ARTIFICIAL GEMSTONE THAT LOOKS LIKE A NATURAL GEMSTONE BUT HAS DIFFERENT CHEMICALS AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SIMULANT
THE PRIMARY FACTOR THAT DETERMINES THE TEXTURE OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
RATE OF COOLING
THE TYPE OF VOLCANO THAT WILL PROBABLY NEVER ERUPT AGAIN
EXTINCT VOLCANO
THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF SEISMOMETERS THAT MUST DETECT AN EARTHQUAKE FOR THE EARTHQUAKE‘S EXACT LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED
THREE
ROCK THAT CONSISTS OF SMOOTH PEBBLES EMBEDDED IN HARDENED SAND OR CLAY
CONGLOMERATE ROCK
THE RAREST, MOST DURABLE, AND MOST BEAUTIFUL MINERALS
PRECIOUS STONES
MOST COMMON IGNEOUS ROCK, COVERS MUCH OF THE OCEAN FLOOR
BASALT
THE TYPE OF MOUNTAIN FORMED WHEN MOLTEN ROCK ERUPTED FROM A HOLE IN THE EARTH’S CRUST
VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN
THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE THAT INCLUDES THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
CIRCUM PACIFIC BELY
STREAKED METAMORPHIC ROCK PRODUCED FROM LIMESTONE
MARBLE
THE TYPE OF METAMORPHISM THAT RESULTS WHEN ROCKS ARE BAKED BY CONTACT WITH HOT MAGMA
CONTACT METAMORPHISM
GROUP OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS MADE UP OF LAYERS LIKE THE LEAVES OF A BOOK
FOLIATED ROCKS
SCALE USED TO MEASURE THE EXPLOSIVENESS OF A VOLCANIC ERUPTION
VOLCANIC EXPLOSIVITY SYSTEM OR VEI
FINE GRAINED SEDIMENTARY ROCK KNOWN FOR ITS ABILITY TO BE SPLIT INTO THIN LAYERS
SHALE
A MINERAL THAT REMAINS GLOWING AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND THEN PLACED IN THE DARK EXHIBITS
PHOSPHORESCENCE
DESCRIBES MAGMA BULGING OVERLYING ROCKS UPWARD TO PRODUCE A DOME-LIKE INTRUSION
LACCOLITH
STRUCTURE EJECTS SOLID MATERIALS FROM A VOLCANO
VENT
CONSIDERED THE MOST RELIABLE METHOD FOR MATHEMATICALLY MEASURING AN EARTHQUAKE’S STRENGTH
MOMENT MAGNITUDE SCALE
THE TYPE OF SOIL BACTERIA CONVERTS ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN INTO NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA
THE MINERAL GROUP THAT CONTAINS MAGNETITE
OXIDES