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Final [PHY-125-01]
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 2 types of crust | |
| 2 types of crust | |
| 3 compositional layers of earth | |
| 3 compositional layers of earth | |
| 3 compositional layers of earth | |
| Nebular Hypothesis | |
| Positive Feedback | |
| Earth System Science | |
| Plate tectonics | |
| Rock Cycle | |
| Polymorph | |
| Alfred Wegener | |
| Harry Hess | |
| Steno's Law | |
| Divergent Plate Boundary | |
| Convergent Plate Boundary | |
| Transform Fault Boundary | |
| Mineral Definition | |
| Most Common Mineral Group | |
| Decompression melting is due to what? | |
| Streak | |
| Crystal Habit or Form | |
| Non-Silicate Mineral Groups | |
| Pluton | |
| Magmas with Felsic Compositions | |
| Magmas with Mafic Compositions | |
| How are Igneous Rocks Classified | |
| Phaneritic Texture | |
| Bowen's Reaction Series | |
| Differentiation of Magma | |
| Viscosity of magma is directly related to ____. | |
| Examples of volatiles in magma | |
| Primary factors in determining nature of volcanic eruption | |
| Lahar | |
| Pyroclastic Materials | |
| Composite Volcanos | |
| Stratovolcanos | |
| Caldera | |
| Shield Volcano | |
| Batholith | |
| Most important agent of chemical weathering | |
| How is clay formed (by the weathering of what material?) | |
| Mechanical Weathering | |
| Dike | |
| Soil | |
| How are detrital sedimentary rocks classified? | |
| Organic Sedimentary Rock | |
| Composition of Limeston | |
| Chemical Sedimentary Rock | |
| Detrital Sedimentary Rock | |
| Common Sedimentary Rock Cements | |
| Examples of Sedimentary Structures | |
| Lithification | |
| Agents of Metamorphism | |
| Contact Metamorphism | |
| Thermal Metamorphism | |
| Grade of metamorphism is reflected in texture and ____ of rock. | |
| Foliation | |
| Examples of non-foliated metamorphic rocks | |
| Gneiss | |
| Hydrothermal Methamorphism | |
| Relative Age Dating | |
| Regional Metamorphism | |
| Principle of Original Horizontality | |
| Unconformity | |
| Fossil Succession | |
| Fossil | |
| Correlation | |
| Index Fossil | |
| Conditions Favoring Fossilization | |
| Mass of an atom is located in ___. | |
| Half-Life | |
| Geologic Time Scale | |
| Isotope | |
| Radioactive Decay | |
| Know the eons | |
| Know the name of "Middle Life" era | |
| Know the name of "Ancient Life" era | |
| Deformation | |
| What rocks are best for radiometric age dating | |
| defined as force per unit area | |
| Plastic Deformation | |
| Ductile Deformation | |
| Elastic Deformation | |
| Anticlines | |
| Synclines | |
| Confining Pressure | |
| Earthquake | |
| Focus of an Earthquake | |
| Body Wave Examples | |
| Fault | |
| Joint | |
| Triangulation method for earthquake location determination | |
| Surface Waves | |
| P-Waves | |
| S-Waves | |
| Richter Schale | |
| Maximum displacement of seismic wave is called its ___. | |
| How are caves formed? | |
| Zone of Saturation | |
| Largest reservoir of freshwater available for human use | |
| Aftershock | |
| Water Table | |
| Hydraulic gradient | |
| Cone of Depression | |
| Spring | |
| Hydraulic Conductivity |
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