Question 1

A measurement of distance from the equator, expressed in degrees north or south

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Latitude

Question 2

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

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Longitude

Question 3

Another name given for lines of latitude

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Parallels

Question 4

Another name given for lines of longitude

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Meridians

Question 5

0 degrees latitude

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Equator

Question 6

0 degrees longitude

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Prime Meridian

Question 7

Imaginary circle around Earth 23.5 degrees north of the equator

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Tropic of Cancer

Question 8

23.5 degrees South of the equator.

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Tropic of Capricorn

Question 9

parallel of latitude that runs 66.5 degrees north of the Equator

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Arctic Circle

Question 10

A line running around the earth at 66.5 degrees south latitude

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Antarctic Circle

Question 11

90 degrees north latitude

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North Pole

Question 12

90 degrees South

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South Pole

Question 13

Any line connecting points with the same elevation

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Contour Line

Question 14

Contour line that is often in bold and has the elevation written on it

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Index Contour

Question 15

A location's height above sea level

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Elevation

Question 16

A map that shows the elevation of the land

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Topographic Map

Question 17

The distance between each contour line

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Contour Interval

Question 18

"Fool's Gold", hardness of 6.5, green-black streak, sulfide

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Pyrite

Question 19

Hardness of 1, white color, powdery feel, silicate

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Talc

Question 20

Salty taste, hardness of 2.5, cubic cleavage

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Halite

Question 21

SiO2, hardness of 7, colorless usually, used for jewelry.

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Quartz

Question 22

CaCO3, hardness of 3, bubbles when acid is put on it.

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Calcite

Question 23

Used in eyeshadow, hardness of 2-2.5, cleaves in sheets

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Mica

Question 24

Native Element, very soft, greasy texture

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Graphite

Question 25

Dark gray, slightly metallic, Oxide, magnetic

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Magnetite

Question 26

Pink/white/orange in color, Silicate, hardness of 6

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Feldspar

Question 27

How light reflects off a mineral's surface

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Luster

Question 28

How a mineral breaks-has no predictable pattern

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Fracture

Question 29

How a mineral breaks-sheets, bands, blocks

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Cleavage

Question 30

The color left behind when mineral is rubbed on a porcelain tile

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Streak

Question 31

Moh's scale measures this on a scale of 1-10, one being the softest, 10 being the hardest

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Hardness

Question 32

Most pure - mineral composed of only one element

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Native Element

Question 33

A solid substance made of two or more types of minerals.

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Rocks

Question 34

Rocks formed from the hardening and crystallization of magma or lava. (Intrusive/Extrusive)

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Igneous

Question 35

The wearing down of rocks or other solid objects by water, wind or other means

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Weathering

Question 36

The transporting of sediment by moving water, wind or gravity.

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Erosion

Question 37

Igneous Extrusive

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Obsidian

Question 38

Metamorphic Nonfoliated

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Marble

Question 39

Igneous Intrusive

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Granite

Question 40

Metamorphic Foliated

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Gneiss

Question 41

Shows mineral banding on the metamorphic rock

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Foliated

Question 42

Intrusive

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Igneous rock that has cooled inside the volcano and has large crystals

Question 43

Extrusive

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Igneous rock that has cooled outside the volcano, is usually smooth

Question 44

Molten rock inside Earth's crust

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Magma

Question 45

The process of breaking down rock or other substances and changing their chemical makeup

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Chemical Weathering

Question 46

The process of breaking down rock or other substances while keeping the chemical makeup the same.

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Mechanical Weathering

Question 47

Rusting or metal objects or the metal inside rocks; chemical

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Oxidation

Question 48

When rocks bang togehter in a stream or the "sanding down" of the rock outside of water; mechanical

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Physical Battering/Abraison

Question 49

Minerals in rock react with hydrogen in water and break down more quickly; chemical

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Hydrolysis

Question 50

Sulfur dioxide dissolved in rain water leads to the advanced weathering of materials; chemical

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Acid Rain

Question 51

The freezing and thawing of water in the cracks of rocks makes the cracks larger; mechanical

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Frost Wedging

Question 52

Animals burrowing can cause weathering; mechanical

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Animal Activity

Question 53

Tree roots can lead to cracks in rocks; mechanical

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Root wedging

Question 54

The main cause of all mass movement

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Gravity

Question 55

the process of gathering evidence about the natural world and proposing explanations based on this evidence

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Scientific Inquiry

Question 56

an educated guess

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Hypothesis

Question 57

the one factor that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis (what I change in the experiment)

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Independent Variable

Question 58

the factor that may change in response to the independent variable (the data that you measure or you count)

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Dependent Variable

Question 59

aspects of an experiment that remain the same

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Constants

Question 60

a scientific experiment in which only one variable is changed at a time

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Controlled Experiment

Question 61

the group in which the independent variable is not applied (the before)

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Control Group

Question 62

the group in which the independent variable is applied (the after)

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Experimental Group

Question 63

the facts, figures, and other information gathered through observations

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Data

Question 64

the standard measurement system based on the number 10, also known as SI Units

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Metric System

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