Geology: Rocks

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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What properties are used to characterize minerals?
Respuesta
  • Chemical or clastic
  • Hardness, cleavage, streak, density, cleavage, color
  • chemical, inorganic , clastic, crystal
  • all are properties to classify minerals

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What is a rock?  How does it differ from a mineral?
Respuesta
  • A rock is a mixture of minerals and a mineral is a natural occurring inorganic solid.
  • A rock is an inorganic compound and a mineral is made of sediments.
  • none are correct

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphosis.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
What are the most common minerals in the crust.
Respuesta
  • Silicates
  • crystals
  • boron
  • oxygen

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Which type of rock is only one that fossils are found in?
Respuesta
  • Regional Metamorphosis
  • Contact Metamorphosis
  • Sedimentary
  • Igneous Rock

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
What is Regional Metamorphosis
Respuesta
  • Near Magma, Rocks in contact or near, Contact with the magma are baked New minerals are formed.
  • Areas of great amounts of pressure during mountain- building, building ) usually associated with high temperatures.
  • Rocks only found on the edge of regions
  • Metamorphic rocks that form on the regions of volcanos.

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Compare and contrast magma and lava. of each of earth layers.
Respuesta
  • Crust is thinnest layer of the earth, The mantle is a semi fluid, and the core is composed of two parts.
  • Crust is the thicket layer, mantle is extremely dense, and the core is composed of mostly nickle
  • all answers are descriptions of earths layer

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
Lava is an Extrusive above the surface rock, Magma is an Intrusive below the surface gathers in large bodies called plutons.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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