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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A type of rock formed by the compaction and cementation of layers of sediments	Sedimentary	94%
A type of rock formed by the cooling and hardening of magma	Igneous	93%
A type of rock that has undergone chemical or structural change due to the effects of heat and pressure	Metamorphic	93%
What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's scale of hardness	Diamond	83%
Magma that reaches Earth's surface is called	lava	83%
The name of a supercontinent which existed 200 million years ago	Pangea	81%
What is a special property of magnetite	magnetism	74%
What is the inner most layer of the earth	inner core	71%
A minimum of ___ seismographs are necessary to locate the epicenter of an earthquake	3	67%
The crust and uppermost portion of the mantle make up the...	lithosphere	63%
What is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a distinct chemical composition	mineral	60%
An instrument which detects and records waves produced by earthquakes	seismograph	58%
What is the least helpful property in identifying minerals	color	57%
Mauna Loa is an example of a ______ volcano	shield	51%
The mid-Atlantic ridge lies along a _______ boundary	divergent	49%
A subduction boundary is also a ______ boundary	convergent	47%
Crystals form in igneous rock when magma cools...	slowly	47%
What is the point on Earth's surface that is directly above the focus	epicenter	46%
_____ faults are caused by compression	reverse	37%
Topsoil is found in the __-horizon	A	26%
_____ the slow, imperceptable movement of soil down a slop	creep	26%
______ is the rate at which water or other liquids pass through the pore spaces of a rock	permeability	25%
_____ is the breakup of rock	weathering	25%
This type of sedimentary rock is formed from fragments of other rock	clastic	23%
Compressional waves, can travel through any material	P waves, primary waves	21%
Normal faults occur in areas where ______ is pulling the crust apart	tension	14%
Another word for drainage basin	watershed	14%
The zone of ______ is directly above the water table	aeration	5%
A ______ _______ is a boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust	continental margin	2%