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NAME THOSE PROCESSES! MOVING or CARRYING SEDIMENT = ___; DROPPING SEDIMENT = ___; BREAKING ROCK = ___ EROSION; DEPOSITION; WEATHERING
TO CHANGE ANY ROCK TO IGNEOUS ROCK, WHAT PROCESSES MUST TAKE PLACE? MELTING & COOLING
NAME THE BOUNDARY & STRESS FORCE FOR PLATES THAT MOVE ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, NOT GETTING CLOSER OR FARTHER APART, NOT MOVING UP OR DOWN TRANSFORM; SHEARING
ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED BY ___ ORIGIN
IN THE ROCK CYCLE, WHAT MATERIAL PRODUCES SEDIMENT & HOW IS THE SEDIMENT PRODUCED? ANY ROCK; WEATHERING
HOW & WHERE A ROCK FORMS ORIGIN
IN THE ROCK CYCLE, WHAT PROCESS IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE METAMORPHIC ROCK? EXTREME HEAT & PRESSURE
WHICH TWO ENERGY RESOURCES DO NOT DERIVE THEIR ENERGY FROM THE SUN? NUCLEAR POWER & GEOTHERMAL
IF THE SIZE & SHAPE OF A ROCK IS ALTERED, ___ WEATHERING HAS OCCURRED PHYSICAL (or MECHANICAL)
WHAT IS THE BASIC INGREDIENT IN THE FORMATION OF SOIL? BEDROCK/PARENT ROCK
HOTSPOT VOLCANOES ARE UNUSUAL BECAUSE MOST VOLCANOES FORM __ AT PLATE BOUNDARIES
IF THE MINERAL CONTENT OF A ROCK IS ALTERED, ___ WEATHERING HAS OCCURRED. CHEMICAL
NAME THAT SOIL HORIZON: PARTLY WEATHERED ROCK C HORIZON
33% OF EARTH'S MASS IS IN WHICH LAYER(S)? EARTH'S CORE (THE INNER AND OUTER CORE)
WHICH OCEAN INCREASING IN SIZE DUE TO SEAFLOOR SPREADING? ATLANTIC OCEAN
OLDER ROCK LAYERS CONTAIN FOSSILS OF ___ ORGANISMS & YOUNGER ROCK LAYERS CONTAIN FOSSILS OF ___ ORGANISMS. SIMPLE; MORE COMPLEX
NAME THAT SOIL HORIZON: FORMED BY LEACHING THEREFORE THE LAST HORIZON TO DEVELOP B HORIZON
HOW DID GEOLOGISTS IDENTIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF EARTH'S TECTONIC PLATES? BY MAPPING THE LOCATIONS OF EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES
THE SOUTH AMERICAN ANDES MOUNTAINS ARE LOCATED ALONG WHICH TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY? CONVERGENT (CONTINENTAL-OCEANIC)
ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF SUPERPOSITION, OLDER ROCK LAYERS ARE ___ YOUNGER ROCK LAYERS BELOW
ICELAND IS LOCATED ALONG WHICH TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY? DIVERGENT
NAME THAT SOIL HORIZON: SUPPORTS PLANT GROWTH; CAN CONTAIN HUMUS A HORIZON
PRESERVED ORGANISMS (SUCH AS ___ & ___)THAT LIVED FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT WERE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED ARE CALLED ___ ___ TRILOBITES; AMMONITES; INDEX FOSSILS
67% OF EARTH'S MASS IS IN WHICH LAYER(S)? MANTLE
WHICH TYPE OF CRUST PRODUCES VOLCANOES AT CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES? OCEANIC
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT IS A __ FAULT AND IS LOCATED ALONG A ___ BOUNDARY STRIKE-SLIP; TRANSFORM
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