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Loss of some or all of the ability of soils to support plant growth
a) Soil Degradation
b) Cation Exchange Capacity
c) Erosion
d) Chemical Weathering

Elements with properties that conduct electricity and heat
a) Ores
b) Metals
c) Minerals
d) Crystal Abundance

Exact point on Earth's surface directly above where rock ruptures
a) Base Saturation
b) Seismic Activity
c) Epicenter
d) Hotspot

Magma pushes up and out, making new rocks and bringing copper, lead, and silver, however it is deep under ocean
a) Divergent Plate Boundaries
b) Convergent Plate Boundaries
c) Transform Plate Boundaries
d) Extrusive Igneous Rock

Large expanses of rock where movement had occurred where plates meet
a) Fractures
b) Fault Zones
c) Fault
d) Epicenter

Cools inside Earth underground. Many colors, cools slowly, minerals seperate
a) Metamorphic
b) Extrusive Igneous
c) Igneous Rock
d) Intrusive igneous

Form by sediments like muds, sand, and gravels compressed by overlying sediments. can be uniform or different
a) Igneous Rock
b) Metamorphic Rock
c) Sedimentary Rocks
d) Extrusive Igneous Rock

Vent in Earth's surface. Emits ash, gas, and molten lava. Can be caused by hotspots or convergent plates
a) Tectonic Cycle
b) Seismic Activity
c) Hot Spots
d) Volcano

Create large pit or hole in ground to mine
a) Placer Mining
b) Open Pit Mining
c) Strip Mining
d) Sup Surface Mining

Process of one plate passing under another
a) Subduction
b) Seafloor Spreading
c) Transform Fault Boundary
d) Convergent Plate Boundary

Outer part of mantle. Made of semi-molten, ductile rock
a) Lithosphere
b) Cryosphere
c) Hydrosphere
d) Asthenosphere

1st and innermost layer. Split into inner and outer. Inner is solid, outer liquid. Made of nickel and iron
a) Core
b) Magma
c) Mantle
d) Crust

Molten rock in mantle
a) Metals
b) Ores
c) Magma
d) Metamorphic Rock

Topsoil. Organic material and minerals
a) B Horizon
b) A Horizon
c) C Horizon
d) O Horizon

Process of looking for metals and precious stones in river sediments
a) Mountain Top Mining
b) Subsurface Mining
c) Ore Pit Mining
d) Placer Mining

Mineral material, little organic matter
a) C Horizon
b) B Horizon
c) E Horizon
d) A Horizon

Lie beneath landmasses. Contains more Silicon dioxide. Plates less dense that oceantic
a) Divergent Plates
b) Convergent plates
c) Continental Plates
d) Oceanic Plates

Unwanted wast material created during mining
a) Mining Spoils/Tailings
b) Cation Exchange Capacity
c) Placer Mining
d) Strip Mining

Determined by percentage of sand, silt, and clay
a) Ores
b) Texture of Soil
c) Ores
d) Deposition

Oceanic plate meet continental. Oceanic pulled under continental. As other plates move apart, rising magma forms new seafloor crust
a) Rock Cycle
b) Seismic Activity
c) Fault
d) Seafloor Spreading

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