Identifying Minerals
Volcanoes
Layering the Earth
Mapping
Lunar Formation
100
What hardness does this object used to test minerals have: Glass Plate
5.5
100
The island of Hawaii is considered to be this type of volcano:
Shield Volcano
100
The Uppermost layer of the Earth that is completely solid
Crust
100
Located at 180 degrees west on the map of the world
International Date Line
100
This mission was the very first time an American stepped onto the moon
Apollo 11
200
What is Luster?
The way a mineral reflects light from its surface
200
This type of magma is darker colored and that produces quiet eruptions and darker colored rocks
Mafic
200
The process that Earth went through which made up all the layers of the world
Differentiation
200
This type of map is used to display changes made by man in an area of land
Political
200
The most accepted moon theory which states that large “Mars shaped” meteors impacted the Earth and debris created the moon
Giant Impact Theory
300
Name of the Scale used to measure hardness of the mineral.
Mohs Scale
300
An opening of a volcano where gas and magma can escape
Conduit
300
The Mantle makes up roughly this amount of the Earth
80-85 percent
300
The distance between two adjacent contour lines is called ______ _______
Contour Interval
300
This area is lighter colored and has a higher elevation on the moon
Terrae
400
A mineral with smooth spots that reflect light are referred to having a ____
Cleavage
400
Airborne products only coming from an explosive eruption
Tephra
400
The core is made up mostly of these two materials
Nickel and Iron
400
What hemisphere is the country the United States is located in?
Northwestern
400
The moon has a similar ____ _____ to the Earth but its much thicker
Solid Lithosphere
500
Minerals have atoms arranged in an _____ _____
Orderly Pattern
500
Lava flow that is smooth with ropelike surfaces
Pahoehoe
500
The layering of the earth is based off the ____ of all the layers
Densities
500
9400 Feet
500
The area where gravity will rip apart another object is called the ______ ______
Roche Limit