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map types
map parts
minerals
rocks
misc/rock cycle
100
a map that shows boundaries of countries
What is a political map
100
example= 1: 35,000
What is the scale
100
How many minerals ( about ) have been discovered?
What is 4000
100
Rocks that contain useful minerals and are mined are called?
What is ores?
100
All minerals have to be in what phase?
What is solid
200
a map that shows elevation with contour lines
What is a topographic map
200
line that divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
What is equator
200
a 10 on Moh's scale of hardness would be-
What is a diamond.
200
Fossils are found in what type of rock?
What is sedimentary.
200
All metamorphic rocks have to go through this ( what would the arrow be labeled?)
What is heat and pressure.
300
a map that shows things like rainfall amounts or population.
What is a thematic map
300
line that runs through Greenwich, England.... 0 degrees longitude.
What is prime meridian?
300
How light reflects off of a mineral...
What is luster.
300
When magma cools is makes this type of rock. ____________ ___________ rock
What is igneous intrusive rock.
300
Sediments are made from this
What is weathering and erosion?
400
a map that shows he world with lat & long at 90 degree angles. This distorts the land closer to the poles.
What is a mercator projection?
400
shows directions N, E, S, W
What is compass rose?
400
These grow UP in caves from mineral deposits.
What is stalagmites.
400
cementation and compaction combine to make the _________ of sedimentary rocks.
What is lithification?
400
What is the estimated age of the Earth? We don't find many rocks this age because of the rock cycle.
What is 4.5 or 4.6 b.y.o.
500
this has no use for navigation, but is a map projection with little land distortion
What is equal area or sinusoidal map?
500
Who said: "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia."
What is Charles Shultz
500
5 ways minerals can form.
What is from magma, lava, precipitation, evaporation, and metamorphism
500
Rocks made from abnormally large mineral crystals are called____________. ( Often find beryl and topaz in them).
What are pegmatites.
500
What are the plates called that make up Earth's surface?
What is tectonic plates.