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Question | Answer |
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SEDIMENTAEY ROCKS | COMMONLY MADE OF SEDIMENT LAYERS AND MAY CONTAIN FOSSILS. |
IGNEOUS ROCKS | LAVA OR MAGMA COOLED QUICKLY- SMALL CRYSTALS SLOWLY- LARGE CRYSTALS. |
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY | SLIDE BY SIDE MOTION (SAN ANDRES, FAULT, CA) |
OCEAN VS. CONTINENT CRUST | OCEAN MORE DENSE (HENCE TRENCHES FORM) |
CHEMICAL WEATHERING | OCCURS IN WARM, HUMID CLIMATE |
METAMORPHIC ROCKS | MINERAL ALIGMENT (FOLIATION) OR DISTORTED STRUCTURE (BANDING) |
LATITUDE DRAWN EAST TO WEST | MEASURE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR |
MANTLE PLATES MOTION CAUSE BY | CONVECTION CARENTS (DENSITY DIFFERENCES) |
MAGNETIC REVERSAL | MAGNETIC PATTERN PROVES SEA-FLOOR SPREADING. |
COVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY | PLATE MOVE TOGETHER (FROM TRENCHES OR UPLIFT) *MOUNTAINS FROM BY UPLIFT (PRODUCT OF VOLCANOES, CONVERGENT PLATES OR FAULTING |
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY | PLATES MOVE APART (FORM RIDGES OR RIFT ZONES AS IN ICELAND AND AFRICA. |
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A MINERAL ARE DUE TO | INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT OF ATOMS. |
PHISICAL WEATHERING | OCCURS IN COLD, HUMID CLIMATE (EX. FROST WEAGING |
MID-OCEAN RIDGE | NEW CRUST BEING CREATED- SEA FLOOR SPREADING. |
TRENCHES | CRUST BEING DESTROYED (SUBDUCTION ZONES) |
PRIMARY (P) WAVES | FASTEST SEISMIC WAVES |
SECUNDARY (S)WAVES | ONLY GO THROUGH SOLIDS (CAN'T GO THROUGG OUTER CORE) |
LONGITUDE DRAWN NORTH TO SOUTH | MEASURES EAST AND WEST OF PRIME MERIDIAM. |
OCEAN CRUST | MADE OF BASALT AND THIN |
CONTINENTAL CRUST | MADE OF GRANITE AND THICK |