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What is Plate tectonics
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The earth broke into 50 pieces
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Earth lithosphere broke into 12 pieces
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The movement of the earth to cause earthquakes
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Continents change their direction by drifting not moving.
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What is specific gravity?
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the gravity of an object in mass
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the weight of a mineral compared to equal weight of water
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the weight of an object in water
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What is a "P" Wave? (Referring to different body waves)
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wave that could travel through liquid & solid
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wave that can not travel through liquid
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wave that begins at the epic center
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Which type of wave does the most damage in the event of an Earthquake and travels only the surface?
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L wave
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P wave
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S wave
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F wave
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What was the "name" of all the continents combined 200 million years ago?
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Super continent
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Pangaea
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Seamount
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How many "big" earthquakes do we get per year?
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Biotite
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Orthoclase
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Muscovite
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If a mineral has cleavage it is always parallel to the crystal face?
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A fracture always produces a flat surface?
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What is the hallmark of a metamorphic rock?
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Foliated
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Layered or bedded
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Intrusive
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What are the 3 subtomic particle of an atom?
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Proton
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Neutron
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Electrons
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Nucleus
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What is not reliable when identifying a mineral?
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What is a Convalent bond?
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Sharing of electron to meet the Octet Rule
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Sharing of protons to meet the Octet Rule
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The idea of electrons moving freely to fufuill the Octet Rule
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What would be considered a Felsic Rock?
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Diorite
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Andesite
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Rhyolite
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What would be considered a Mafic rock?
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What are the two steps of Lithification?
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What would be considered a dark mineral?
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If minerals are visible in a rock it would be considered?
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Intrusive
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Extrusive
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Volcanic
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If minerals aren't visible in a rock they are considered extrusive/ volcanic?
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What is Liquefaction?
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When describing texture of rock what is Pegmatic?
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same size minerals
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all huge crystals
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no crystals at all
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When describing texture of rock what is Plutonic?
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formed above ground
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just like extrusive rock
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formed under ground
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What is the rock texture porphyritic?
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same size minerals
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no minerals at all
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different size minerals
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What is the rock texture Phaneritic?
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microscopic crystals
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large crystals
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same size crystals
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Identify the texture of the Rock?
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Plutonic
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Porphyritic
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Pyroclastic
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Pegmatic