Final [PHY-125-01] Word Scramble
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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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