General Geology
A mass of movement of material down a slope.
What is a landslide?
This is made up of minerals, broken pieces of crystals or rocks, and sometimes the shells of animals or compressed plants.
What are rocks?
This volcano is the most common type and is cone- shaped with steep sides.
What is cinder?
Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.
What are tsunamis?
Process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition.
What are fossil fuels?
Formed when particles from water or air settle out and accumulate in layers. Examples include sandstone and limestone.
What are Sedimentary rocks?
This volcano is shaped like a bowl or shield in the middle.
What are shield volcanoes?
Caused by the movement of magma or ash from an erupting volcano. These earthquakes are usually small, but can be dangerous if they occur near populated areas.
What is volcanic?
Water seeps into cracks in rocks, expands when it freezes, and breaks the rock apart.
The measure of energy released by an earthquake.
What is magnitude?
Formed when magma or lava cools and solidifies, creating interlocking crystals. Examples include granite and basalt.
What are Igneous rocks?
This volcano is usually tall and symmetrical, sometimes rising 10,000 feet tall.
What are composite volcanoes?
Three main types of tectonic earthquakes, each associated with a different type of plate boundary.
What are divergent, transform, and convergent?
Salt crystals can crystallize within rock pores creating holes.
What is salt weathering?
This is used to fuel nuclear power plants.
What is uranium?
Formed when existing rocks are changed by heat, pressure, or reactive fluids. For example, limestone can be transformed into marble through intense heat.
What are metamorphic rocks?
Is most commonly found in oceanic settings. Mauna Kea is an example.
Earthquakes that begin 300 kilometers or more below the surface.
What are deep?
The process by which living organisms break down rocks.
What is biological weathering?
A two-dimensional representation of the Earth's three-dimensional landscape that uses contour lines to show the shape and elevation of the land.
What is a topographic map?
Two types of minerals.
What are metallic and non-metallic?
Mount Fuji is Japan is this type of volcano.
What is Composite?
These waves travel slower through Earth's material at the planet's surface.
What are surface waves?
Geological process where rocks and minerals break down and change composition due to chemical reactions with substances.
What is chemical weathering?