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Quiz on Earth Systems, created by muraj012 on 13/06/2015.
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Question 1

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A physical cycle is the reversible changes in non-living aspects
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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A biogeochemical cycle refers to geology
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Identify examples of physical cycles in Earth Systems (2 answers)
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  • Reproduction
  • Rock cycle (atoms being rearranged in rocks)
  • Supercontinental cycle (plate tectonic movement)

Question 4

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Identify examples of biogeochemical cycles (2 answers)
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  • Carbon cycle (regulating climate)
  • Hydrological cycle (water cycle)
  • Rock cycle (rearrangement of atoms)

Question 5

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What are the four principal Earth Systems? (4 answers)
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  • Atmosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere
  • Biosphere, Geologicalsphere, Chemsphere, Hydrosphere
  • Photosphere, Transphere, Atmosphere, Geosphere

Question 6

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What are examples of short-time scales? (2 answers)
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  • Global warming
  • Deforestation
  • Climate change

Question 7

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What are examples of long-time scales? (2 answers)
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  • Population growth
  • Climate change
  • Mass extinction

Question 8

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How can changes vary? (3 answers)
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  • Type of change
  • Frequency (how often it occurs)
  • Underlying cause
  • Level of importance/devastation

Question 9

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A mineral is a rock
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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Most rocks are composed of more than one type of mineral
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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What defines a mineral? (6 answers)
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  • Naturally occuring
  • Solid
  • Crystalline (an ordered crystalline structure based on atomic patterns also known as 'crystal lattice')
  • Orderly arrangement of atoms
  • Usually inorganic
  • Only found in volcanoes
  • Contain carbon-hydrogen bonds

Question 12

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How is a mineral tested for identification? (9 answers)
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  • Colour
  • Streak
  • Lustre
  • Hardness
  • Specific gravity (density)
  • Crystal habit/form
  • Cleavage/fracture
  • Magnetism
  • Taste/touch
  • State of matter (liquid, gas, solid)

Question 13

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Colour is a reliable source of identification
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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Mafic rocks contain dark-coloured minerals.
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Felsic rocks contain light-coloured minerals.
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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The Mohs Hardness Scale is used for rocks only.
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  • True
  • False

Question 17

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Identify the ideal shape (morphology) of crystal habit in minerals. (8 answers)
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Question 18

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What are the types of cleavage? (4 answers)
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  • Planar (basal) - 1 direction
  • Prismatic - 2 directions at 90 degrees
  • Cubic - 3 directions all at 90 degrees
  • Orthorhombic - 3 directions not at 90 degrees
  • Isosceles - 2 directions at 60 degrees

Question 19

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The Earth's crust is composed of silicate minerals (a type of salt made up of silicon and oxygen)
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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Plate tectonics do not predict earth's behaviour.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Seismology is the study of earthquakes.
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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What do earthquakes do?
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  • Generate energy waves
  • Directly kill people
  • Open up and swallow people

Question 23

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There are three main layers of earth (crust, mantle, core)
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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The further you explore earth, the thinner the layering and the lower the density (pressure).
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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What are the elements in the crust? (8 answers)
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  • Si (Silicon)
  • O (Oxygen)
  • Al (Aluminium)
  • Fe (Iron)
  • Ca (Calcium)
  • Na (Sodium)
  • K (Potassium)
  • Mg (Magnesium)
  • Cu (Copper)

Question 26

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Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust
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  • True
  • False

Question 27

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Continental crust is more dense than oceanic crust
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  • True
  • False

Question 28

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Continental crust is mafic and oceanic crust is felsic
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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The 'Moho' is the crust-mantle boundary
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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The mantle is made up of solid rock (ultramafic peridotite)
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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The mantle flows like a river of lava.
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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What minerals does the core comprise of? (4 answers)
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  • Fe (Iron)
  • Ni (Nickel)
  • Pt (Platinum)
  • Au (Gold)
  • Ag (Silver)

Question 33

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The innermost part of the core is liquid.
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  • True
  • False

Question 34

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The flow in the outer core generates the earth's magnetic field.
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  • True
  • False

Question 35

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The Asthenosphere flows like softened wax (caramel).
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  • True
  • False

Question 36

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The Lithosphere is below the Asthenosphere.
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  • True
  • False

Question 37

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What are the types of plate boundaries? (3 answers)
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  • Divergent
  • Convergent
  • Transform
  • Arctangent

Question 38

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What is the cause of divergent plate boundaries?
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  • Sea-floor spreading
  • Balanced sea-floor spreading

Question 39

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In a transform plate boundary, plate boundaries are created and destroyed.
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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Active volcanoes create seamounts (hotspots)
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  • True
  • False

Question 41

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The oceanic crust is formed at divergent boundaries.
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  • True
  • False

Question 42

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Weathering is the same as erosion.
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  • True
  • False

Question 43

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Identify an example of physical weathering:
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  • Root wedging
  • Oxidation
  • Chemical reaction

Question 44

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Identify an example of chemical weathering:
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  • Hydrolysis
  • Jointing
  • Animal/Human activity

Question 45

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The fastest weathering minerals are Halite, Calcite, and Olivine.
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  • True
  • False

Question 46

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The slowest weathering minerals are Hermatite, Gibbsite, and Quartz.
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  • True
  • False

Question 47

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The corners of a rock weather the slowest.
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  • True
  • False

Question 48

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Over time, rocks will form roughly spherical shapes from harsh weathering.
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  • True
  • False

Question 49

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What are the causes of erosion? (5 answers)
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  • Wind
  • Running water, waves
  • Ice (glaciers)
  • Living organisms
  • Gravity
  • Magnetism

Question 50

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How are rocks held together? (2 answers)
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  • Clastic (cement)
  • Crystalline (interlocking grains)
  • Glue
  • Gravity

Question 51

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What are the major rock groups? (3 answers)
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  • Igneous
  • Sedimentary
  • Metamorphic
  • Crystalline

Question 52

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What are examples of an igneous rock? (2 answers)
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  • Granite
  • Basalt
  • Pebble
  • Lava

Question 53

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What are examples of sedimentary rocks?
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  • Sandstone
  • Limestone
  • Slate
  • Magma

Question 54

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What are examples of metamorphic rocks?
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  • Marble
  • Slate
  • Gabbro
  • Glass

Question 55

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How can rocks be identified? (5 answers)
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  • Grain size
  • Shape (morphology)
  • Mineralogy and composition
  • Texture
  • Layering
  • Colour

Question 56

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Magma can be any state of matter (solid, liquid, or gas)
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  • True
  • False

Question 57

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Magmas vary chemically due to: (4 answers)
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  • Initial source rock compositions
  • Partial melting
  • Assimilation and mixing
  • Fractional composition
  • Climate
  • Type and location of volcano

Question 58

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Bowen's Reaction Series refers to a graph that will identify what type of volcanic rocks will melt at what specific temperature.
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  • True
  • False

Question 59

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A xenolithe is a foreign rock.
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  • True
  • False

Question 60

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Metamorphic rocks do not hold any economic value.
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  • True
  • False

Question 61

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New minerals are grown in metamorphic rock.
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  • True
  • False

Question 62

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What are the sedimentary rock classes? (4 answers)
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  • Clastic/detrital
  • Organic
  • Geochemical
  • Inorganic
  • Biochemical
  • Chemical

Question 63

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Granule is the smallest size of rock.
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  • True
  • False
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