Geology Final Test
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- Strike Slip Fault
- The San Andreas is an example of what kind of fault
- Basalt/gabbro`
- The composition of oceanic crust is similar to the igneous rock
- Crustal Rebound
- The rise of earth's crust after a glacier melts is called
- Strain
- The change in size, shape or both of a rock in response to stress is known as
- Outer Core
- The magnetic field is generated by what layer
- S waves, P waves
- Name the 2 types of body waves generated by an earthquake
- Half life
- The amount of time it takes for half the amount of an unstable isotope to decay into more stable product
- Compostion of the matter
- The classical subdivisions of the earth are based on
- S waves
- What type of body wave can travel through solids but not liquids
- Younger
- Cross cutting relationship-a feature that cuts across another feature is ? than the feature it cuts across
- Richter Scale
- Measure of earthquake magnitude that is based on largest seismic wave recorded by seismograph
- Epicenter
- Position on earth's surface directly above the earthquake source is called the
- Explain the driving forces of plate tectonic.
- viscocity
- the nature of a lava's mobility(fluidity) is known as
- Flood basalt
- the largest volcanic eruptions based on volume of material erupted are known as
- swamp,damp, wet
- In what type of environment does coal usually form?
- Covalent
- What type of bonding involves atoms that share electrons?
- Gravel
- what sediment size would you expect to find close to the source area of that sediment
- Contact
- Metamorphism that occurs because of close proximity to a magma body is called _______ metamorphism
- Si
- What is the basic building block of silicate materials
- neomorphism
- During metamorphism, the recrystallization and formation of new materials w/o changing the composition is called
- Cleavage
- The ability of a mineral to break along a preferred plane is called
- electron
- the subatomic particle that is negatively charged is called
- Kimberlite
- Diamonds come from what specific typ of mineral deposit
- Slump
- A cohesive mass of material that moves along a curved surface is called a
- convection
- The process of hot material rising and cold material sinking is called
- Hydrothermal
- Mineral deposits that result from the circulation of hot water are called
- Runoff from the continent
- Terrigenous seafloor sediment is derived from where
- It is not dense enough
- Why won't continental crust subduct
- Clay & Quartz
- Name 2 minerals that result from the chemical weathering of feldspar
- Ocean/Continent boundary - Cascades
- Give an example where subduction is occurring
- Earthquakes, heavy rains, Construction/people
- List 2 triggers of mass movements
- Himalayas
- A mountain range that formed as a result of continent-continent collision is
- San Andreas fault
- Give an example of a transform boundary
- Plants, salt wedging, extreme temps
- Name 2 types of mechanical weathering
- Debris avalanche
- A flow in which the fluid is air, not water is called
- Pedocal
- What type of soil forms in an arid environment