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| The base unit for length in the metric system |
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| Crystal habit is a reflection of the _____ of the mineral. |
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| The way in which a mineral reflects light |
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| The way in which a mineral breaks along weak bonds |
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| The process by which sediments are compacted and cemented to for rock |
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| The process by which rocks are altered by heat, pressure and/or fluids. |
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| Why is a sedimentary rock classified as a conglomerate? |
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| The grains are rounded and gravel size or larger |
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| An example of isotopes used in absolute dating would be Carbon-14 decays to what? |
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| How much of the parent isotope decays into the daughter isotope in absolute dating? |
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| Radiometric dating works well with ____ rocks because they often contain the isotope pairs needed for the process and have not been altered |
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| The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into.... |
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| Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
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| The method of using three seismograph stations to locate the epicenter |
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| The angular difference between true north and magnetic north and changes with time |
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| Has ten levels of hardness |
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| Crystal size in igneous rock is controlled primarily by |
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| The parent rock of the metamorphosed rock quartzite |
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| The sedimentary rocks that consist of particles broken off of preexisting rocks |
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| The main mineral composition of marble |
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| Has the highest grade of metamorphism compared to Phyllite, Slate, and Schist |
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| Considered a detrital sedimentary rock |
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| Lighter colors: pinks and browns |
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| Darker colors: black and green |
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| Ways to identify a mineral |
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| The older layers are below the newer layers |
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| Law of cross-cutting relationships |
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| A layer must first exist before anything can intrude in it |
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| Fossils in older layers of sediment existed before those in newer layers |
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| sed. Rock rest on the eroded surface of tilted or folded older rocks |
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| sed. Rocks lie on an erosion surface cut into igneous or metamorphic rocks |
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| Waves are primarily a movement of what? |
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| The tilt of the earth's axis |
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| The maximum number of degrees North Latitude possible |
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| Depict 3D landforms with a series of contour lines connecting points of equal elevation |
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| every 15 degrees of longitude |
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| Distance from the sun to the earth |
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| Streams of high velocity radiation, light and charged particles |
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| Clouds that look like large, fluffy stacks of cotton balls |
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| When a fast moving cold front catches up with a warm front |
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| Considered the reflectivity of a material |
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| Vapor Pressure is expressed in what? |
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| Swirling columns of fog in a think fog bank |
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| The transition zone between two different air masses |
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| a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare element |
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| the type of sedimentary rock, like sandstone and shale, that is formed from fragments of other rocks |
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| the location on the fault where the earthquake begins |
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