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