Minerals
Is a mineral a rock?
No
Yes
Is climate short-term or long-term?
Long-Term
Is the earth's surface one solid piece?
No
What property of minerals describes the way they interact with light?
What do we call rock that holds a lot of water?
an Aquifer
What are tools that allow us to recreate historic climates?
Climate Proxies
Is the inner core solid or liquid?
Solid
When you read a topographic map, north is where?
The top of the map
What mineral is the hardest on the Mohs scale?
What describes the level of open space inside rocks?
Porosity
An example of a climate proxy is ... (list at least one)
fossils, ice cores, tree rings, etc
What is directly below the earth's crust?
The Mantle
What tectonic plate are we on?
The North American Plate
What proper of minerals describes its resistance to breakage
Tenacity
The Rocky Mountains is an example of a ....
Drainage Divide
The portion of solar radiation reflected off the earth's surface is ...
Albedo
What crust type is the more dense?
Oceanic Crust
When lines of contour are close together, the area is ... (flat or inclined)
What mineral feels soapy when touched?
Talc
Permeability
What is the geographic area covered by glaciers?
Ice Extent
What type of rock is the oceanic crust mostly made of?
Basalt
What type of boundary is the San Andreas Fault
Transform boundary