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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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Hawaiian island is formed by volcanic activity associated with…

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Hotspot

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sediments settle out of water

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deposition

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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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natural
inorganic
crystalline

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Minerals

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color in powdered form

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Streak

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resistance to fracture

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Cleavage

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transparency

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Dia Phaneity

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how light is reflected

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Luster

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reaction to stress

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Tenacity

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flattened by hammer

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Malleability

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stretched into wire

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Ductility

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sliced to knife

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Sectility

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Rapid cooling

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small

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settle out of water

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sediments

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fossils

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shale

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cemented sand

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sandstone

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gypsum
sandstone
limestone

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sedimentary

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crust is made up of

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silicon and oxygen

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formed because cooled too quickly

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obsidian

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slate ➡️ schist ➡️ gneiss

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Metamorphic

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igneous rock classification

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mineral composition and texture

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sedimentary classification
sediment size and composition
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metamorphic classification
foliation and recrystallization
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snowball
deformation recrystallization
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salt on ice
melting
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mix garbage in garden
weathering sedimentation
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Basalt
Oceanic
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Granite
Continental
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does not pass on fluid
S wave
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core is liquid because...
S wave shadow zone
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Less dense
continental
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plastic layer
Asthenosphere
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seafloor spreading... boundary
Divergent boundary
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San Andreas fault is ___ fault
Transform
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New crust form because of _____ plate
divergent
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Average seafloor spreading
2.5 cm / yr
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subducted plate does not become____
part of the outer molten core
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principles of uniformity
spans of geologic time
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compressional force then return to original shape
elastic strain
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pulling force does not return to original shape
Plastic strain
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Anticlines Synclines Domes
Plastic strain
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Normal faulting
pulling-apart stress
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reverse or thrust
Compressional stress
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S waves and P waves arrival
3 recording station
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Magnitude by number increases
10x more movement 30x more energy
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Teton mountains
fault block mountain
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Cascade mountain range
Composite volcano
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Sedimentary occur first
waethering
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red soil
chemical weathering
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cold, dry climate
mechanical weathering
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growing roots
mechanical weathering
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Cavern
carbonization
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Humus
Topsoil
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richer soil
wet and warm
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rapid stream valley
youth
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flooding stream valley
old age
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U shaped mountain valley
glacier
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highly acidic
grapefruit
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boundary between inner and outer core
Lehmann
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Solid Iron and Nickel
Inner core
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84% of earth's volume
Mantle
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Boundary between outer core and mantle
Gutenberg
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Plasticity easily shaped Silicon and magnesium
Lower mantle
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Vicious/ weak plate tectonic movement
Asthenosphere
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Asthenosphere found in...
upper mantle
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outermost shell crust + upper mantle
Lithosphere
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boundary between mantle and crust
Mohorovicic
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Less dense continental or oceanic?
Continental
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Denser and younger continental or oceanic?
oceanic
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mineral rocks organic material
Regolith
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used in blackboard
Slate
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solid matter with metal inside
Ore
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resistance to scratching
Hardness
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Hardest in mohs scale
Diamond
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Softest in Mohs scale
Talc
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Mohs Scale Mnemonic
Tall Gypsy Can Fight And Order Queens To Carry Diamond
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most common coal
Bituminous
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DESTRUCTIVE
Convergent
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Constructive
Divergent
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Trench Convergent or divergent?
Convergent
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Conservative
transform fault
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largest plate
Pacific plate
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compressional wave longitudinal fastest
P wave
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Perpendicular Transverse wave
S wave
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also called shear waves
S wave
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can travel only in solid
s wave
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GRANITE IS...
IGNEOUS
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movement of earth SOLID part
Diastrophism

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