Minerals
The formula is SiO2
What is quartz
Stalactite and _______
What is stalagmite
What is salt
A hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization.
What is obsidian
T/F Is glass a mineral?
False! It has no repeated crystal structure
It is also known as Fool's Gold
What is Pyrite
Mafic and ______
What is Felsic
The profession of the first Syracuse Chancellor
What is geologist
A numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake
What is the Richter Scale
What type of animal is a brachiopod?
A shell
It has a hardness of 4.
What is Fluorite
Normal Fault and ____ Fault
What is Thrust (Reverse)
The big fossil on the first floor is..
What is a tree
A type of unconformity that marks a significant gap in the geological record between two parallel layers of sedimentary rock
What is disconformity
The 3 periods the dinosaurs lived in.
What is Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
Ruby is a type of..
What is corundum
isotropic and _____
What is the state fossil of NY?
What is the eurypterid?
A geologically rapid event, occurring around 541 million years ago, during which most major animal groups (phyla) appeared in the fossil record
What is the Cambrian Explosion
The continental crust is made of...
granite (granodiorite)
Name 3 different types of Mica
What is Biotite, Muscovite, Lepidolite, Phlogopite, (chlorite is slightly different but I will count it!)
Alkali and ______ Feldspars
Who is Heroy named after?
Who is William Heroy??
The proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon
What is Albedo
What color is the mantle (cooled)
What is green (peridotite)