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1
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exhibits plasticity

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Mantle

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unconsolidated material covering the bedrock

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regolith

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3
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Hawaiian island is formed by volcanic activity associated with…

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Hotspot

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4
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sediments settle out of water

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deposition

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5
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The Great Barrier Reef is located in…

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Australia

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several minerals

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Rock

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7
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natural
inorganic
crystalline

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Minerals

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8
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color in powdered form

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Streak

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9
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resistance to fracture

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Cleavage

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10
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transparency

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Dia Phaneity

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11
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how light is reflected

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Luster

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12
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reaction to stress

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Tenacity

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13
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flattened by hammer

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Malleability

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14
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stretched into wire

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Ductility

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15
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sliced to knife

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Sectility

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16
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Rapid cooling

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small

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17
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settle out of water

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sediments

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18
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fossils

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shale

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19
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cemented sand

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sandstone

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20
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gypsum
sandstone
limestone

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sedimentary

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21
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crust is made up of

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silicon and oxygen

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22
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formed because cooled too quickly

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obsidian

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23
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slate ➡️ schist ➡️ gneiss

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Metamorphic

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24
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igneous rock classification

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mineral composition and texture

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25
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sedimentary classification

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sediment size and composition

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26
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metamorphic classification

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foliation and recrystallization

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27
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snowball

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deformation
recrystallization

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28
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salt on ice

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melting

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29
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mix garbage in garden

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weathering
sedimentation

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30
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Basalt

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Oceanic

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31
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Granite

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Continental

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32
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does not pass on fluid

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S wave

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33
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core is liquid because…

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S wave shadow zone

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34
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Less dense

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continental

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35
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plastic layer

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Asthenosphere

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36
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seafloor spreading… boundary

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Divergent boundary

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37
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San Andreas fault is ___ fault

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Transform

38
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New crust form because of _____ plate

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divergent

39
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Average seafloor spreading

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2.5 cm / yr

40
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subducted plate does not become____

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part of the outer molten core

41
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principles of uniformity

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spans of geologic time

42
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compressional force then return to original shape

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elastic strain

43
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pulling force does not return to original shape

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Plastic strain

44
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Anticlines
Synclines
Domes

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Plastic strain

45
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Normal faulting

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pulling-apart stress

46
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reverse or thrust

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Compressional stress

47
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S waves and P waves arrival

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3 recording station

48
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Magnitude by number increases

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10x more movement
30x more energy

49
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Teton mountains

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fault block mountain

50
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Cascade mountain range

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Composite volcano

51
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Sedimentary

occur first

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waethering

52
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red soil

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chemical weathering

53
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cold, dry climate

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mechanical weathering

54
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growing roots

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mechanical weathering

55
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Cavern

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carbonization

56
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Humus

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Topsoil

57
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richer soil

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wet and warm

58
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rapid stream valley

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youth

59
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flooding stream valley

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old age

60
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U shaped mountain valley

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glacier

61
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highly acidic

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grapefruit

62
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boundary between inner and outer core

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Lehmann

63
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Solid
Iron and Nickel

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Inner core

64
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84% of earth’s volume

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Mantle

65
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Boundary between outer core and mantle

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Gutenberg

66
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Plasticity
easily shaped
Silicon and magnesium

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Lower mantle

67
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Vicious/ weak
plate tectonic movement

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Asthenosphere

68
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Asthenosphere found in…

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upper mantle

69
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outermost shell
crust + upper mantle

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Lithosphere

70
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boundary between mantle and crust

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Mohorovicic

71
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Less dense

continental or oceanic?

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Continental

72
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Denser and younger

continental or oceanic?

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oceanic

73
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mineral
rocks
organic material

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Regolith

74
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used in blackboard

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Slate

75
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solid matter with metal inside

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Ore

76
Q

resistance to scratching

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Hardness

77
Q

Hardest in mohs scale

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Diamond

78
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Softest in Mohs scale

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Talc

79
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Mohs Scale Mnemonic

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Tall Gypsy Can Fight And Order Queens To Carry Diamond

80
Q

most common coal

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Bituminous

81
Q

DESTRUCTIVE

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Convergent

82
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Constructive

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Divergent

83
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Trench

Convergent or divergent?

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Convergent

84
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Conservative

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transform fault

85
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largest plate

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Pacific plate

86
Q

compressional wave
longitudinal
fastest

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P wave

87
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Perpendicular
Transverse wave

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S wave

88
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also called shear waves

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S wave

89
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can travel only in solid

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s wave

90
Q

GRANITE IS…

A

IGNEOUS

91
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movement of earth SOLID part

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Diastrophism

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