Earth's Spheres and Planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are all examples of this type of planet because of their rocky compositions
What are terrestrial planets?
The Mid Atlantic Ocean Ridge is an example of this plate boundary
What is a divergent plate boundary?
This is the softest mineral
What is talc?
The largest type of volcano with a gradual slope
What is a shield volcano?
A 10 on the Moh's Scale
What is a diamond?
Pluto is now considered this
What is a dwarf planet?
The area of Earth where most volcanoes and earthquakes occur
What is The Ring of Fire?
When two minerals have the same chemical composition but different crystal structures
What are polymorphs?
This term means the resistance of a liquid to flow
What is viscosity?
A negative charged component of an atom
What is an electron?
The two most abundant elements in Earth's crust
What are Si and O?
Ocean crust will always do this
What is subduct?
This is the term for the mineral test that uses a porcelain plate to look at the powered mineral and its color
What is a streak test?
The name for the typical volcano that is shaped like a cone
What is a stratovolcano or composite volcano?
The chemical bond in NaCl
What is an ionic bond?
This "sphere" includes all of Earth's ice and glaciers.
What is the cryosphere?
Hawaii is created by this unique tectonic process
What is a hot spot?
Quartz and feldspars are examples of this silica tetrahedra shape
What is a 3D crystalline framework?
These larger crystals are found in Porphyritic igneous rocks
What are phenocrysts?
A diamond and water have this chemical bond
What is a covalent bond?
This sphere is known to burn up meteors
What is the mesosphere?
Volcanic arcs like the Andes Mountains in South America are created by this kind of convergent plate boundary
What is Continental-Ocean plate boundary?
Sapphire and rubies are examples of this mineral on the Moh's Scale
What is corundum?
The magma composition of Mt. Saint Helens is describes as being this
What is high in silica content with relatively high viscosity?
This is a global escarpment on Mars
What is Valles Marineris?