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45 Cards in this Set
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Minerals |
A type of rock made of one substance |
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Ore |
Something that a valuable resource comes out of |
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Fossil Feuls |
A type of nonrenewable source of energy |
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Physical property |
Something that does not change the chemical makeup |
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Chemical Property |
Something that makes a new substance |
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Rock cycle |
The cycle of rock change and formation |
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Sediments |
Weathered down rock that is smaller in size |
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Sedimentary rock |
Rock that goes through weathering, erosion, deposition, and compaction |
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Metamorphic Rock |
rock that goes through intense heat and pressure |
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Extrusive ingenious rock |
Rock that cools immediately after reaching the surface |
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Intrusive igneous rock |
Rock the cools slowly after it was exposed to the surface |
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Mechanical weathering |
Weathering that breaks apart rocks without changing chemical composition |
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Chemical weathering |
Weathering that alters or changes the chemical composition |
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Erosion |
The act of taking or moving sediments away |
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Deposition |
The act of pushing eroded sediments into new rocks |
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Density |
Mass per unit volume |
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continental crust |
Thinnest layer of earth |
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Oceanic crust |
Thinnest layer of crust |
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Lithosphere |
Upper mantle and crust |
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Asthenosphere |
Bottom of the mantle |
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Mantle |
Thickest layer of the earth |
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Outer core |
Second most inner layer of the earth |
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Inner core |
Inner most layer of the earth |
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Tension |
Divergent plate boundary |
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Compresion |
Convergent plate boundary |
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Shearing |
Tension plate boundary |
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Convection currents |
The rising and falling of magma in the mantle |
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Theory of plate tectonics |
The theory that rock is moving in the mantle |
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Subduction |
When one plate slides under another plate |
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Hot spots |
A place in earth where magma rises just beneath the crust to create something |
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Convergent plate boundary |
Where plates slide towards each other |
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Divergent plate boundary |
Where plates slide away from each other |
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Transform plate boundary |
Where plates grind past each other |
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Mid ocean ridges |
Where volcanoes come up because of sea floor spreading |
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Pangea |
The theory that all of the continents were once connected |
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Island arcs |
a curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate
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Faults |
A crack in the earth caused by splitting boundaries |
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Trenches |
Deep underwater landform caused by subduction |
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Folded mountains |
Mountains that are made by the folding of plate layers |
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Pacific ring of fire |
A ring around N/SA and Africa |
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Seismic activity |
What caused an earthquake |
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Land forms |
Body of land caused by many things |
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Sea floor spreading |
New sea floor being caused by divergent |
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San Andreas fault |
One of the largest faults caused by transform boundaries |
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Continental drift |
Theory that continents move a little every year |
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