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Quiz por Rebekkah Gresh, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Rebekkah Gresh
aproximadamente 9 anos atrás
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Questão 1
Questão
The most common elements in the earth's crust are ________________.
Responda
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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.
Questão 2
Questão
_______________ 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
Questão 3
Questão
_______________ 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
Questão 4
Questão
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.
Questão 5
Questão
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.
Questão 6
Questão
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.
Questão 7
Questão
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
Questão 8
Questão
_______________ 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
Questão 9
Questão
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.
Questão 10
Questão
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.
Questão 11
Questão
____________ 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
Questão 12
Questão
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
Questão 13
Questão
_______________ 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
Questão 14
Questão
Fine-grained igneous rocks form at or near the Earth's surface.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 15
Questão
Low grade metamorphic rocks are fine-grained.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 16
Questão
Coarse-grained sedimentary rocks formed close to their source area.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 17
Questão
The theory of plate tectonics is proven beyond and doubt and will never change.
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- True
- False
Questão 18
Questão
All minerals are crystalline solids.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 19
Questão
Shield volcanoes generally have very explosive eruptions.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 20
Questão
Chemical weather is most intense in dry climates.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 21
Questão
A sedimentary rock with cross-bedding could have been deposited in a lake.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 22
Questão
Equigranular metamorphic rocks have a foliated texture.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 23
Questão
Quartz chemically weathers to form clay minerals and ions in solution.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 24
Questão
Slate and gneiss have the same texture.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 25
Questão
Sediments deposited directly by a glacier tend to be well-sorted.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 26
Questão
A hypothesis is really just an educated guess.
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- True
- False
Questão 27
Questão
Felsic magma have a high viscosity.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 28
Questão
The Earth's core, mantle, and crust have different compositions.
Responda
- True
- False
Questão 29
Questão
Regional metamorphism occurs along the contact between hot magma and the surrounding, cooler rocks.
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- True
- False
Questão 30
Questão
The Earth's lithosphere is weaker than the asthenosphere.
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- True
- False
Questão 31
Questão
The inner core is thought to be composed of molten iron and nickel.
Responda
- True
- False
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