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Geology 1.0
Physical Geology Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Layers of the Earth: | Crust, Mantel, Outer and Inner Core |
| Magnetic poles: | MOVE!!!!! and protetct us from the suns deadly rays Magnet field in South Atlantic is weakening, Magnetic poles flip |
| Giga Anum: | Billion Years |
| Mega Anum: | Million Years |
| Pangea | the idea that the contenants were once all conected. |
| Types of Plate Boundaries | are.... |
| Divergent | where both plates are moving away from eachother |
| Convergent | where both plates are moving towards eachother |
| Transform | where both plates are sliding past eachother |
| Convergent and Transform Boundaries create??? | EARTHQUAKES!!! |
| Convergent and Divergent create??? | Volocanoes!!! |
| Wadafi Benioff Zone??? | A belt of eathquakes in a downgoing plate. |
| Divergent Boundaries create... | rift valleys |
| Black Smokers... how hot? | About 350C |
| The seafloor spreads at what rate? | 5-10 cm/yr or the rate your fingernail grows... |
| Contental Crust is less dence than? | Ocean crust |
| Types of Convergent Boudaries | are... |
| 1. Oceanic | Oceanic |
| 2. Oceanic | Contenental |
| 3. Contenental | Contenental |
| Mariana's trench is... | about 6 miles deep |
| Example of a transform fault is the... | San Anreas Fault |
| Hot spots don't move | just fyi |
| Tallest Mt. in the world is.. | Monta Loa Islan in Hawii |
| What is the direction of plate motion? | The location of the hot spot doesn't change... |
| A mineral is... | Naturally occuring |
| Solid | Cristalline structure |
| Definable Chemical Structure | Inorganic |
| Diamond is made of carbon. | ... |
| Cristaline structure | results from arrangement of atoms |
| Cristal Habit | naturally occuring shapes |
| Cleavage | breaks into predictable planes |
| Cristals have a maximum of ___ planes of cleavae | 4 |
| Fracture | Brakage without cleavage |
| Luster | way surface scatters light |
| Streak | color when powdered |
| Specific Gravity | Dencity |
| Luster is | Metalic or Nonmetalic or Sub Metalic |
| Moh's Hardness scale | On a scale from 1 to 10 ten being hardest |
| 1 | Talc |
| 2 | Gypsum |
| 2.5 | Fingernail |
| 3 | Calcite |
| 3.5 | Copper penny |
| 4 | Florite |
| 5 | Apatite |
| 5.5 | Knife |
| 6 | K-spar |
| 6.5 | Steel File |
| 7 | Quartz |
| 8 | Topaz |
| 9 | Corundum |
| 10 | Diamond |
| Luminecense | color under differant forms of light |
| Streak | color when powdered |
| Minerals in Arkansas | Buaxite |
| Bromine | Quartz |
| Clay | Sulfur |
| Coal | Vandium |
| Gemstones: Quarts, diamond | Vermiculite |
| Muscivite | is a mineral |
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mr.vonlipich
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