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| Rock with a regular order of atoms | Crystalline |
| Describes an igneous rock crystallized well below the earth’s surface; typically, coarse- grained | Plutonic |
| Mineral consisting of a single chemical element | Native elements |
| Subduction zone or continental collision zone | Convergent plate boundary |
| A convergent plate boundary at oceanic lithosphere is being pushed beneath another plate into the asthenosphere | Subduction zone |
| Seafloor spreading ridges and continental rift zones | Divergent plate boundary |
| Underwater mountain range, Magma spreading sea floor crating bands of normally & reversed Magnetic polarity | Mid-ocean ridge |
| A fault between offset segments of a spreading ridge, along which 2 plates move horizontally in opposite directions (San Andreas Fault) | Transform fault |
| A fault with predominantly when plate horizontal displacement | Strike-slip fault |
| The solid, outermost zone of the earth, including the crust & a portion of the upper mantle | Lithosphere |
| Elements - Mineral - Rock | Elements |
| Size, Distance to Sun, Nearby presence to Jupiter | Earth hospitality |
| Exponential growth rate | 7.8 Billion people on earth |
| 118 elements Chemical Symbol | Periodic table |
| Same Number on Periodic Chart | Atoms and Protons |
| Naturally occurring, inorganic solids composed of 1 ot more chemical elements bonded together | Minerals are: |
| Si & O silicon and Oxygen | 2 most common elements |
| Newly discovered & Highly radioactive | Elements < 92 |
| 1) Chemical composition & 2) Crystal Structure | 2 Fundamental Characteristics of any mineral |
| Hardness, color, cleavage, fizzing w/ acid, streak, density | Properties to identify most minerals |
| Silicates | Largest General Group of minerals |
| Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic | 3 Main types of Rock |
| Fast cooling - Volcanic | Fine Igneous Rock |
| Slow cooling - Plutonic | Coarse Igneous Rock |
| Clastic , Chemical , Organic | Sedimentary rocks formed from |
| Formed by heat and/or pressure | Metamorphic rock |
| Foliated and Non-foliated | 2 Categories of Metamorphic Rock |
| 1 or 2 letter code for an element | Chemical Symbols |
| 6th | AZ size rank in US |
| 16th | AZ population rank in US |
| Colorado River doesn't flow straight | AZ Border is not straight - why? |
| Basin & Range , Central Mtn Region, CO Plateau | 3 Subdivisions of AZ |
| Boundary between Central Mtn Zone & CO Plateau | Mogollon Rim |
| Verde River | River 30 miles North of Prescott |
| Palo Verde is West of Phx | AZ Nuclear power plant |
| Salt, Little CO, Colorado, Verde, Gila, Bill Williams | 6 Rivers in AZ |
| Cattle, Citrus, Cotton, Copper, Climate | 5 C's of AZ State Seal |
| Federal or State Land / Public | Majority of AZ Land |
| 40 miles NW of center of AZ | Prescott Location |
| 3 Seismic Stations & where the circles cross = Epicenter | EQ Triangulation |
| Plate Boundary Subduction release / Faults | What causes EQs |
| Mercalli, Richter, Moment | EQ Size Scales |
| 1- 12 Roman Numeral & Felt Reports | Mercalli scale |
| Convergent | Plate boundary that has truly Large EQ |
| Body - P & S , Surface | Seismic Waves |
| HIllsides, Fires, Tsunamis | EQ Hazards |
| Location of next EQs | Seismic Gaps |
| Cascadia & Hayward | Next 2 most common US EQs |
| Foreschocks, Groundwater levels in wells, & Animal behavior | EQ Predictions? |