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Earth and Space Flashcards

Test 1

1
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What is soil below the ground that is soaked

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Saturated soil

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2
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What is the upper boundary of saturated ground

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Water table

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3
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What is groundwater flowing to the surface

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Spring

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4
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What are large, slowly flowing reservoirs of groundwater. Provide half of the USA’s freshwater, and erodes limestone to produce caves

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Aquifers

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5
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What is water accumulated below the surface and can be a source of depositing material

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groundwater

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6
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What are erosion deposits

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Sediments

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7
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What are sediments that replenish soil making it more fertile

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Floodplain deposits

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8
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What are deposits left as a mountain stream slows

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Alluvial fan

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9
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What are deposits extending out to sea left by major rivers

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Delta

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10
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What are 3 stream deposit sites

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  1. Floodplain deposits
  2. Alluvial fan
  3. Delta
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11
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What are piles of debris at the sides of a glacier

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Moraines

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12
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What is a mixture of rocks laid down by the glacier

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Tills

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13
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What are two glacial deposits

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  1. Moraines
  2. Tills
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14
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What are precipitated minerals in underground cracks

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Veins

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15
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what are limestone deposits from a cavern’s roof

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Stalactites

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16
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What are limestone deposits at the floor of a cavern

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Stalagmites

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17
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Because groundwater can be a source of depositing material what can it cause

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veins, stalactites, and stalagmites

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18
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what is the conversion of sediment into sedimentary rock

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lithification

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19
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When did lithification most occur

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during the flood

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20
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What is the movement of molten rock

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Vulcanism

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21
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What are the movements of solid crustal materials

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Diastrophism

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22
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What is an opening in the earth’s crust from which molten rock pours

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Volcano

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23
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What is molten rock under the surface

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Magma

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24
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What is molten rock above the surface

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Lava

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25
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What shape is a volcano

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Conical

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26
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what is a depression at the summit of a volcano

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Crater

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27
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What are the deadliest products of a volcano

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gas and ash

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28
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what was the most destructive volcanic event in history

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Krakatoa

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29
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When was Krakatoa

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August 17, 1883

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30
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What is mafic lava

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the lava is runny and has low viscosity

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31
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What is felsic lava

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it has more silica in it so it causes the lava to have more viscosity

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32
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What are 3 volcanic rocks

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  1. fine grained
  2. basalt
  3. pumice
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33
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What volcanic rock is the most common volcanic rock

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Basalt

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34
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What volcanic rock is light and porous igneous rock

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pumice

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35
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Which volcanic rock is more mafic

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Basalt

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36
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Which volcanic rock is more felsic

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Pumice

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37
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Where are Volcanos located

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Ring of fire” Iceland, the mediterranean, and East Africa

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38
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How many volcanic eruptions per year are there on average

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50

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39
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Where is magma formed

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underneath the surface

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40
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What are bodies of solidified magma

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Plutons

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41
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What rock is most common in Plutons

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Granite

42
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Are plutons coarse or fine grained

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coarse grained

43
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What are 4 types of plutons

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  1. Dikes
  2. Sills
  3. Laccoliths
  4. Batholiths
44
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which type of pluton have areas where magma comes up from the earth

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Dikes

45
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Which type of pluton has horizontal intrusions between layers

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Sills

46
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Which type of plutons have intrusions that push the overlying crust upward

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Laccoliths

47
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Which type of plutons have large, vast intrusions that form mountain ranges

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Batholiths

48
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What is the process of the snow compacting into a glacier

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Glaciation

49
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What are glaciers originating from a mountain and erode a U-shaped depression

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Valley Glaciers

50
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Which glaciers are found in Greenland and Antarctica, are in massive sheets of ice slipping off the continent, and fragments become icebergs

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Continental glaciers

51
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Cuts and grooves in rock and deposits with boulders with flattened sides are indicators of what

A

glacial erosion

52
Q

What is the definition of science

A

the systematic study of the physical universew

53
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what is the one word definition for science

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knowledge

54
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What is the definition of the scientific method

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a process of gaining reliable information about the natural world

55
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what are the steps to the scientific method

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  1. Formulating a problem/question
  2. Observation and experimentation
  3. Interpretation
  4. Testing the interpretation
56
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Which step of the scientific method starts with a hunch and produces a hypothesis

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Formulating a problem/question

57
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Which step of the scientific method is gathering facts and testing models

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Observation and Experimentation

58
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Which step of the scientific method may become a theory or law and can make predictions concerning new data

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Interpretation

59
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which step of the scientific method is performing new experiments and confirming, modifying, or rejecting the interpretation

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Testing the interpretation

60
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What are the two types of interpretation

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Law and theory

61
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What is a general rule that describes the data and tells what

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Law

62
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What are specific conclusions from observations that can produce predictions and tells why

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theory (ex. atomic theory)

63
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What is a simplified version of reality

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model

64
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Scientific knowledge is based on what

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presuppositions

65
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what is taking a specific example and making a general conclusion

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induction

66
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Science can’t account for what 3 things

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  1. Logic
  2. Mathematical truths
  3. Ethics
67
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Science is a what

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tool

68
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Evolutionary science believes what 3 things

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  1. claims that all beliefs should be challenged
  2. Proponents accept evolution and big bang by faith
  3. Purpose is to remove the creator from creation
69
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What makes up half (50%) of the earth’s crust

A

oxygen

70
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What is oxygen usually bonded to

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silicon (28%)

71
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what are silicates

A

silicon bonded with oxygen and a metal

72
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Most rocks are made of what pyramids

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silica pyramids

73
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What doesn’t dissolve in water

A

silica

74
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What are naturally occurring, non-living, inorganic solids

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minerals

75
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what is orderly repeating pattern making distinctive shapes

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crystalline

76
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Are cleavages jagged or smooth

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smooth

77
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Are fractures jagged or smooth

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jagged

78
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What are the 6 most common minerals

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  1. Quartz
  2. Feldspar
  3. Mica
  4. Ferromagnesian
  5. Clay
  6. Calcite
79
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Which mineral is most abundant on earth, has a prism or pyramid-shaped silica crystals, and is pure silica

A

Quartz

80
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Which mineral has silicates of K or Al that form rectangular crystals, is the most abundant mineral in the earth’s crust

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Feldspar

81
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Which mineral is a soft silicate that cleaves into sheets and comes in two varieties of white and black

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Mica

82
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What are silicates of iron and magnesium and can be dark green or black

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Ferromagnesian

83
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Which mineral is light, soft, and powdery silicates of aluminum

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Clay

84
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Which mineral has soft hexagonal crystals of calcium carbonate and is found in limestone and marble

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Calcite

85
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which mineral dissolves in water

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Calcite

86
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What type of rocks form from molten state from cooled magma or lava

A

Igneous

87
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What is one type of igneous rock

A

Obsidian

88
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Which rocks are compacted sediments or deposits by water

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Sedimentary rocks

89
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What are 5 types of sedimentary rocks

A

Conglomerate
Sandstone
Shale
Limestone
Chirt

90
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What are conglomerate rocks

A

cemented gravel

91
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What are particle sizes from smallest to largest

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clay, silt, sand, gravel, stones, boulders

92
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What is compacted as cemented sand

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Sandstone

93
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What is soft rock from thin layers of mud or silt

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Shale

94
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What is precipitated chemicals from shell fragments and chalk and make up 1/3 of the sea floor

A

Limestone

95
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What rock is microcrystalline quartz, has smooth rocks that have hard sharp edges, and is less common

A

chert

96
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What rocks are formed from other rocks by heat and or pressure

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metamorphic rock

97
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What are the 4 types of metamorphic rock

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  1. Slate
  2. Schistt
  3. Gneiss
  4. Marble
98
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What rock is formed from clay at low temps

A

Slate

99
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What rocks are formed from shale at higher temps

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Schist

100
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What rocks are formed from nearly any rock at high temps/pressure

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Gneiss

101
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What rocks are formed from limestone at high temps/pressure

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Marble

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