Geology: Rocks

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created by stacey jones in order to study for science 100 quiz on geology
Stacey Jones
Quiz por Stacey Jones, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

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

Questão 2

Questão
What is a rock?  How does it differ from a mineral?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 3

Questão
Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphosis.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 4

Questão
What are the most common minerals in the crust.
Responda
  • Silicates
  • crystals
  • boron
  • oxygen

Questão 5

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

Questão 6

Questão
What is Regional Metamorphosis
Responda
  • 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.

Questão 7

Questão
Compare and contrast magma and lava. of each of earth layers.
Responda
  • 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

Questão 8

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

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