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Formed in nature
a solid non living has a crystalline structure
What four characteristics do ALL minerals share?
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-Oceanic and Continental Crusts
- Outermost layer of the Earth - Thinnest layer
What are the characteristics of the crust?
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Pieces of lithosphere that move around the asthenosphere
What is tectonic plate?
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Mountains
What are the main features created at a Cont. Cont. Convergent Boundary?
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Color
luster cleavage and fracture streak hardness special properties density test
When scientists are trying to identify a mineral they perform a series of test. List the 7 different tests that can be performed in identifying minerals?
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-3 layers:Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, & Mesosphere
- Magma - thickest layer
What are the characteristics of the mantle?
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Claims all the continents were once a supercontinent and then broke apart and floated to their current locations.
Pangaea
What is the theory of continental drift? What is the name of the supercontinent?
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Mid-Ocean Ridge
Volcano
What are the main features created at a divergent boundary?
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Diamonds and topaz
What 2 minerals can scratch Calcite?
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-liquid iron and nickel
- surrounds inner core - only liquid layer
What are the characteristics of the outer core?
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Mid- ocean ridges are places where sea- floor spreading take place.
Explain the process of sea-floor spreading.
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Fault Line
Earthquakes
What are the main features created at a transform boundary?
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A metal like rock; bright and reflective
What is metallic?
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- solid iron and nickel
- center of the Earth
What are the characteristics of the inner core?
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The ocean floor is new when closer to the ocean ridge.
The ocean floor is old when farther from the ocean ridge.
Where is the ocean floor new? Where is the ocean floor the oldest?
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At the bottom, they melt and become less dense and rise to the top of the mantle. At the top, they cool, becoming more dense, and sink.
How do convection currents move?
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Sort of like metal; dull and reflective
What is submetallic?
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Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, & Inner Core
What are the 5 physical layers of the Earth?
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The change in shape of a rock due to stress.
What is deformation?
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