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Geology: Rocks
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created by stacey jones in order to study for science 100 quiz on geology
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answer questions about various rocks and how they ar formed
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Question 1
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What properties are used to characterize minerals?
Answer
Chemical or clastic
Hardness, cleavage, streak, density, cleavage, color
chemical, inorganic , clastic, crystal
all are properties to classify minerals
Question 2
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What is a rock? How does it differ from a mineral?
Answer
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
Question 3
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Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphosis.
Answer
True
False
Question 4
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What are the most common minerals in the crust.
Answer
Silicates
crystals
boron
oxygen
Question 5
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Which type of rock is only one that fossils are found in?
Answer
Regional Metamorphosis
Contact Metamorphosis
Sedimentary
Igneous Rock
Question 6
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What is Regional Metamorphosis
Answer
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.
Question 7
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Compare and contrast magma and lava. of each of earth layers.
Answer
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
Question 8
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Lava is an Extrusive above the surface rock, Magma is an Intrusive below the surface gathers in large bodies called plutons.
Answer
True
False
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