EARTH SCIENCE: SASE REVIEWER

nitrogen

The largest component of air is

decreases

as the water content of rock increases, the melting point _____

Bowen's reaction series

a model that illustrates the predictable patterns of mineral formation from cooling magma is

coarse

Intrusive igneous rocks form __________ grained rocks

crystallizes

Rocks are form when magma ______

intrusive

igneous rocks that cool slowly beneath earth's crust are

pressure and water content

Factors that affect a rock's melting point

solid

Minerals always exist in a(n) _______ form

oxygen and silicon (silicates)

The most abundant elements in earth's curst are

24

How many time zones is earth divided into

weather

current, short term variations in the atmosphere are referred to as

rotation

The coriolis affect is due to the _____ of earth

clastic

what type of sediment particles have worn surfaces and rounded corners

contact metamorphism

what results when rocks come in contact with molten rocks such as an igneous intrusion

photosphere

most of the light emitted by the Sun comes from the _____

mass

the _______ of a star determine its temperature, luminosity and diameter

width X depth X velocity

what is the formula for discharge

an oxbow lake

a blocked-off meander eventually becomes

speeding up

recent observations show that the rate of expansion of the universe is

4

fluorite is what number on Moh's hardness scale

carbon

diamond and graphite are polymorphs of which element

iron and nickel

the core of the earth is made up of what?

laccolith

a dome shaped intrusion

methane and carbon dioxide

global climate change is attributed to the increase of what two gases

mantle and crust

The mohorovicic discontinuity is the boundary between

Gutenberg Discontinuity

discontuinity between the mantle and core

halite

mineral name for ordinary salt

diamonds

geologic feature called kimberlite indicates the possibility of

precambrian

longest era