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Earth's Surface
Minerals
Igneous Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
100
Force that causes landforms to grow
What is a constructive force?
100
Solid in which atoms or ions are arranged in a regular repeating pattern
What is a crystal?
100
Any type of igneous rock that forms on Earth’s surface from rapidly cooling lava
What is an extrusive rock?
100
Changes in rock due to heating by contact with hot magma
What is contact metamorphism?
100
Sticking together of sediments by mineral crystals from fluids
What is cementation?
200
Distance in degrees north or south of the equator
What is latitude?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
What is streak?
200
Type of igneous rock that is made mostly of high-density, dark-colored minerals such as olivine and pyroxene
What is mafic rock?
200
Changes in rock over a large area due to pressure from other rock or geological processes
What is regional metamorphism?
200
Squeezing together of sediments by the weight of overlying sediments
What is compaction?
300
Any two-dimensional representation of Earth’s surface
What is a map?
300
How light reflects off the surface of a mineral
What is luster?
300
Melting of some but not all of the minerals in rock
What is partial melting?
300
The main type of rock found at Putnam Park
What is The Rowe Schist?
300
Rock composed of mostly quartz sand.
What is sandstone?
400
Map that shows elevations above sea level of features on Earth’s surface
What is a topographic map?
400
Molten rock that has reached Earth’s surface
What is lava?
400
Type of igneous rock texture that includes holes left by gas bubbles in the magma
What is vesicular?
400
Metamorphosed limestone.
What is marble?
400
Rock composed mostly of calcium carbonate that is usually formed in mild, shallow seas.
What is limestone?
500
Map that shows depth below sea level of features on the floor of a body of water
What is a bathymetric map?
500
Rock that contains useful minerals
What is an ore?
500
Order in which minerals undergo melting or crystallization as temperature increases or decreases
What is Bowen's Reaction Series?
500
The 1.2 billion year old rock found along the western part of CT.
What is Grenville Gneiss?
500
Rock formed from the accumulation of clay and silt-sized particles.
What is shale?