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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
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