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Unit test review:
Label a volcano
Distribution of volcanoes
Geologic formations (pillow basalt, columnar jointing, plateau basalt)
What comes out of a volcano? How does it affect surrounding areas? Effects of ash fall?
Viscosity of lava: Aa, pahoehoe, what changes it’s viscosity
Pysroclastic flow: how is it formed
Volcanic dome
Eruption prediction
Volcano types (characteristics, eruption types, volcano formation)
Eruption types, key features,
What characteristics make eruptions violent and dangerous
Factors that affect eruption type
Igneous rocks (intrusive vs extrusive) (felsic vs mafic) (fine vs coarse grained) (textures)
- if given a sample you should be able to describe these features
Minerals: properties, how do we test them, mohs hardness scale
know the basics of atomic structure, bonds,
Naica Cave: how did the crystals form
Crystals: how do they form, six common shapes