4220038
Descripción
Test por Rebekkah Gresh, actualizado hace más de 1 año
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Creado por Rebekkah Gresh
hace casi 9 años
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Pregunta 1
Pregunta
The most common elements in the earth's crust are ________________.
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Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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Oxygen, silicon, and aluminum.
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Carbon, silicon, and sulfur.
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Silicon, aluminum, and iron.
Pregunta 2
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_______________ is when a mineral breaks along irregular surfaces.
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Clevage
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Fracture
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Hardness
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Specific Gravity
Pregunta 3
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_______________ is the primary cause of melting at divergent plate boundaries in the oceans (mid-ocean ridges).
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Adding Water
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Reducing Pressure
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Increasing Temperature
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All listed options are correct
Pregunta 4
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Gabbro and basalt _________________.
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Have the same chemical composition.
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Have the same texture.
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Have the same texture and chemical composition.
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Have different texture and chemical composition.
Pregunta 5
Pregunta
Shield volcanoes are composed primarily of _______.
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Andesite
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Basalt
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Granite
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All options are correct.
Pregunta 6
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Volcanic eruptions are explosive when ____________.
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The gases in the magma can move throught the magma easily.
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The gases in the magma cannot move throght the magma easily.
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The gases in the magma escape.
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Gas plays no role in how explosive a volcanic eruption is.
Pregunta 7
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The ___________ of a soil is a leached zone.
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A horizon
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B horizon
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C horizon
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D horizon
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E horizon
Pregunta 8
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_______________ is a high-grade metamorphic rock.
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Gneiss
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Slate
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Schist
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Vein
Pregunta 9
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Coarse-grained igneous rocks ______________.
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Crystallized near the surface.
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Crystallized deep beneath the surface.
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From close to the source area.
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From far from the source area.
Pregunta 10
Pregunta
In igneous rocks, grain size refers to ______________.
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The size of the crystals.
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The sorting of the sediments.
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The distinctness of the banding.
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The size of the sediments.
Pregunta 11
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____________ is the breakdown of rocks and minerals at the earth's surface.
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Weathering
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Erision
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Depostion
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Transportation
Pregunta 12
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The ______________ is granitic in composition.
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Continental crust
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Oceanic crust
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Asthenosphere
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Core
Pregunta 13
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_______________ sedimentary rocks are formed from places of pre-exisiting rocks that have been weathered, eroded, and transported at the Earth's surface.
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Chemical
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Clastic
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Biochemical
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Organic
Pregunta 14
Pregunta
Fine-grained igneous rocks form at or near the Earth's surface.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 15
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Low grade metamorphic rocks are fine-grained.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 16
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Coarse-grained sedimentary rocks formed close to their source area.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 17
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The theory of plate tectonics is proven beyond and doubt and will never change.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 18
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All minerals are crystalline solids.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 19
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Shield volcanoes generally have very explosive eruptions.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 20
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Chemical weather is most intense in dry climates.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 21
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A sedimentary rock with cross-bedding could have been deposited in a lake.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 22
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Equigranular metamorphic rocks have a foliated texture.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 23
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Quartz chemically weathers to form clay minerals and ions in solution.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 24
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Slate and gneiss have the same texture.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 25
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Sediments deposited directly by a glacier tend to be well-sorted.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 26
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A hypothesis is really just an educated guess.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 27
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Felsic magma have a high viscosity.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 28
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The Earth's core, mantle, and crust have different compositions.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 29
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Regional metamorphism occurs along the contact between hot magma and the surrounding, cooler rocks.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 30
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The Earth's lithosphere is weaker than the asthenosphere.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 31
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The inner core is thought to be composed of molten iron and nickel.
Respuesta
- True
- False
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