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Gevonte Brown
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Question 1

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What is Plate tectonics
Answer
  • The earth broke into 50 pieces
  • Earth lithosphere broke into 12 pieces
  • The movement of the earth to cause earthquakes

Question 2

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Continents change their direction by drifting not moving.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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What is specific gravity?
Answer
  • the gravity of an object in mass
  • the weight of a mineral compared to equal weight of water
  • the weight of an object in water

Question 4

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What is a "P" Wave? (Referring to different body waves)
Answer
  • wave that could travel through liquid & solid
  • wave that can not travel through liquid
  • wave that begins at the epic center

Question 5

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Which type of wave does the most damage in the event of an Earthquake and travels only the surface?
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  • L wave
  • P wave
  • S wave
  • F wave

Question 6

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What was the "name" of all the continents combined 200 million years ago?
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  • Super continent
  • Pangaea
  • Seamount

Question 7

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How many "big" earthquakes do we get per year?
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  • 1
  • 3
  • 7

Question 8

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Name this mineral
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  • Biotite
  • Orthoclase
  • Muscovite

Question 9

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If a mineral has cleavage it is always parallel to the crystal face?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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A fracture always produces a flat surface?
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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What is the hallmark of a metamorphic rock?
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  • Foliated
  • Layered or bedded
  • Intrusive

Question 12

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What are the 3 subtomic particle of an atom?
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  • Proton
  • Neutron
  • Electrons
  • Nucleus

Question 13

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What is not reliable when identifying a mineral?
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  • Taste
  • Smell
  • Sight
  • Sound

Question 14

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What is a Convalent bond?
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  • Sharing of electron to meet the Octet Rule
  • Sharing of protons to meet the Octet Rule
  • The idea of electrons moving freely to fufuill the Octet Rule

Question 15

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What would be considered a Felsic Rock?
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  • Diorite
  • Andesite
  • Rhyolite

Question 16

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What would be considered a Mafic rock?
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  • Granite
  • Gabbro
  • Gneiss

Question 17

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What are the two steps of Lithification?
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  • Compaction then cementation
  • Cementation then Compaction
  • Erosion and weathering

Question 18

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What would be considered a dark mineral?
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  • Olivine
  • Quartz
  • Feldspar

Question 19

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If minerals are visible in a rock it would be considered?
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  • Intrusive
  • Extrusive
  • Volcanic

Question 20

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If minerals aren't visible in a rock they are considered extrusive/ volcanic?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 21

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What is Liquefaction?
Answer
  • changing of solid to a liquid
  • the movement of water during an earthquake
  • steam from a volcano

Question 22

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When describing texture of rock what is Pegmatic?
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  • same size minerals
  • all huge crystals
  • no crystals at all

Question 23

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When describing texture of rock what is Plutonic?
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  • formed above ground
  • just like extrusive rock
  • formed under ground

Question 24

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What is the rock texture porphyritic?
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  • same size minerals
  • no minerals at all
  • different size minerals

Question 25

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What is the rock texture Phaneritic?
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  • microscopic crystals
  • large crystals
  • same size crystals

Question 26

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Identify the texture of the Rock?
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  • Plutonic
  • Porphyritic
  • Pyroclastic
  • Pegmatic
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