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| The most abundant class of minerals in crustal rocks: |
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| The most common element in crustal rocks is |
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| The type of atomic bonding in which electrons are shared |
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| Igneous rocks are categorized as |
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| ____ is the solid state change of a rock |
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| The two types of weathering associated with sedimentary rocks is |
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| Physical/Mechanical & chemical |
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| About 80% of Earth's surface is covered with |
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| The Solid Earth model layers the earth based on which two properties |
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| Detrital rocks are classified by |
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| A mineral that can take on different physcal charactersitics as the atomic strucutre varies |
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| A solid substance with specific internal atomic structure and chemical composition is a |
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| The formation of minerals through a temperature gradient is |
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| If a rock is light weight due to its mineral content it is called |
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| Lava is chemically the same as magma |
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| ___ is the molten form of an igneous rock |
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| The different minerals composition of igneous bodies are called |
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| If an igneous rock is said to be aphanitic or phaneritic, it is referring to the rock ___ |
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| An igneous rock that is very dark in color is |
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| ___ is the process of turning sediment into rock |
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| If a sedimentary rock is not detrital, it is most likley this category of sedimentary rock |
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| The thickest surface weathering occurs within this climatic zone of the earth |
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| The three factors that affect thickness of the weathering profile |
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| Precipitation, temperature, and vegetation |
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| The most violent type of volcano |
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| If an igneous rock is aphanitic, teh cooling rate was probably |
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| Metamorphism that occurs in close proximity to an intrustive igneous body is |
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| The systematic distrubtion of metamorphic rocks in a regional metamorphic environment is an indictation of |
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| Temperature and pressure gradients |
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| A metamorphic rock that has preferentially aligned inerals or banding is |
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| The largest type of volcano |
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| The temperature and pressure relationship at which rocks melt is the |
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| If a volcano erupts mafic lava, this indicates the source is |
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| Which rock type is most likely to contian evidence of previous life forms or environments of deposition such as geographic setting |
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| The term used to describe a characteristic of the rock that can be related to conditions in which it was deposited, or formed |
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| Basaltic rocks are most closely associated with |
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| the process of metamorphism changes the chemistry however the crystalline structure remains the same |
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| The three types of chemical weathering are |
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| Hydrolysis, Dissolution, Oxidation |
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| The three textures of metamorphic rocks are |
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| non-foliated, foliated, mylonitic |
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| The increase in the surface area as rocks weather ___ the process |
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| In Bowen's Reaction series, the minerals form along |
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| Gravitational forces pulled __ minerals to the core as the earth slowly cooled |
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| The rotation of the molten core of earth produces the ___ which shields solar radiation |
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| Which layer of earth has the highest density |
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| There are __ naturally occurring elements |
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| If a rock or mineral reacts with acid it likely contains |
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| If a rock is subjected to high grade metamorphism it will become a |
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| A rock that is subjected to such high temperatures during metamorphism that it begins to re-melt, it is called a |
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| As material within a mantle plume ascends, decompression melting results in |
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| Very large plutonic igneous bodies are called |
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| A map that shows surface relief is |
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| The conept that older sediments are overlain by younger is |
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| Principle of Superposition |
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| The __ ___ was identified from changes in P wave velocity between the crust and mantle |
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| Mohorovicic Discontinuity |
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| The absorption of s waves by the outer core indicates it must be |
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