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Physical Geology Exam 1

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