Formation of elements
Minerals
"Chemistry"
Plate Boundaries
Earth's origin
100

Invisible force causing the accelerated expansion of the Universe

What is Dark Energy?

100

Organic, composed of silica, found in Georgia, used in metal making.

What are not physical properties of minerals?

100

It has 23 protons and 23 neutrons.

What is an isotope of Vanadium?

100

Mountains form but no volcanoes.

What occurs at a continental - continental convergent boundary?

100

Cooling of the solar system cloud allows consolidation.

What is the Virial Theorem?

200

Occurs inside stars

What is nuclear fusion?

200

A mineral with SO4

What is a sulfate mineral?

200

Helium, argon, neon

What are noble gasses?

200

Parallel patterns on the ocean floor.

What are magnetic field reversals?

200

Cratons and the magnetosphere.

What does differentiation form?

300

Gas and dust floating in space

What is a nebula?

300

Amethyst, rose, smoky, cryptocrystalline, and transparent.

What are different forms of quartz?

300

To have completely filled electron shells

What is the primary directive for atoms?

300

Wide beaches, shallow water, quiet sedimentation

What characters are there for a passive continental margin?

300

Theia

What was the name of the impact body that helped form the Moon?

400

Tin (Sn), lead (Pb), uranium (U), mercury (Hg),  zirconium (Zr)

What are some elements form through supernovae?

400

Pearly, glassy, silky, greasy.

What are different mineral lusters?


400

The loss of electrons

What is ionization?

400

Volcanos and earthquake epicenters are found there.

What is found on the overriding plate?

400

The number of craters

What are used to determine the age of planetary surfaces?

500

Through E=mc2

How do we now that energy and mass are related?

500

The third hardest semiprecious mineral on Earth with beryllium and in the oxide group. 

What is chrysoberyl? 

500

The number of protons

What is the defining character of an element?

500

The further away from the trench, the deeper the earthquakes.

What is the Benioff zone?

500

It was 18 hours long.

What was day length 500 million years ago?