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Pahoehoe to Mineral: 25 terms

  1. Pahoehoe: Hawaiian term for a smooth, rope-like lava flow

  2. Seismic Wave: Mechanical waves of energy that move through the earth at different speeds

  3. Tephra: Different sizes of volcanic material that get released from a volcano

  4. Shield Volcano: Volcano formed from mafic magma that has a broad and fairly flat shape

  5. P-wave: Fastest wave that will arrive first in an earthquake and can move through liquids, solids, and gasses

  6. Strato / Composite Volcano: Volcano formed from andesitic magma that forms from oceanic and continental plates colliding1. Reverse Fault: A fault where the area above the plane of the fault has moved downward

  7. Convergent: Boundary where two plates move together

  8. Epicenter: Point on the earth's surface directly above where the earthquake formed

  9. Alfred Wegener: German scientist who discovered continents fit together like puzzle pieces but had no evidence to support his idea

  10. Normal Fault: A fault where the area above the plane of the fault has moved upward

  11. Focus: Point inside the earth where the earthquake formed

  12. Strike Slip Fault: A fault where two areas slide past one another

  13. Isochrone: A line drawn on a map where all points on it represent the same time

  14. Surface wave: Slow mechanical wave that reaches the surface of the earth

  15. Divergent: Boundary where two plates move apart

  16. Batholith: Largest igneous structure formed inside the earth

  17. gneous rock: Formed by the cooling and crystallization of magma or lava

  18. Intrusive: Formed inside the earth

  19. Dike: Igneous structure that runs perpendicular to surrounding rock around it

  20. Extrusive: Formed on the surface of the earth

  21. Laccolith: Dome-shaped igneous structure

  22. Intrusion: Igneous minerals forced between other layers of rock

  23. Phenocrysts: Larger crystals surrounded by smaller grains/crystals in a rock

  24. Sill: Igneous structure that runs parallel to surrounding rock around it

  25. Mineral: Naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, crystalline substance that has a specific chemical composition


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Pahoehoe to Mineral: 25 terms

  1. Pahoehoe: Hawaiian term for a smooth, rope-like lava flow

  2. Seismic Wave: Mechanical waves of energy that move through the earth at different speeds

  3. Tephra: Different sizes of volcanic material that get released from a volcano

  4. Shield Volcano: Volcano formed from mafic magma that has a broad and fairly flat shape

  5. P-wave: Fastest wave that will arrive first in an earthquake and can move through liquids, solids, and gasses

  6. Strato / Composite Volcano: Volcano formed from andesitic magma that forms from oceanic and continental plates colliding1. Reverse Fault: A fault where the area above the plane of the fault has moved downward

  7. Convergent: Boundary where two plates move together

  8. Epicenter: Point on the earth's surface directly above where the earthquake formed

  9. Alfred Wegener: German scientist who discovered continents fit together like puzzle pieces but had no evidence to support his idea

  10. Normal Fault: A fault where the area above the plane of the fault has moved upward

  11. Focus: Point inside the earth where the earthquake formed

  12. Strike Slip Fault: A fault where two areas slide past one another

  13. Isochrone: A line drawn on a map where all points on it represent the same time

  14. Surface wave: Slow mechanical wave that reaches the surface of the earth

  15. Divergent: Boundary where two plates move apart

  16. Batholith: Largest igneous structure formed inside the earth

  17. gneous rock: Formed by the cooling and crystallization of magma or lava

  18. Intrusive: Formed inside the earth

  19. Dike: Igneous structure that runs perpendicular to surrounding rock around it

  20. Extrusive: Formed on the surface of the earth

  21. Laccolith: Dome-shaped igneous structure

  22. Intrusion: Igneous minerals forced between other layers of rock

  23. Phenocrysts: Larger crystals surrounded by smaller grains/crystals in a rock

  24. Sill: Igneous structure that runs parallel to surrounding rock around it

  25. Mineral: Naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, crystalline substance that has a specific chemical composition