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Geology: Rocks
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1What properties are used to characterize minerals?
- AChemical or clastic
- BHardness, cleavage, streak, density, cleavage, color
- Cchemical, inorganic , clastic, crystal
- Dall are properties to classify minerals
2What is a rock? How does it differ from a mineral?
- AA rock is a mixture of minerals and a mineral is a natural occurring inorganic solid.
- BA rock is an inorganic compound and a mineral is made of sediments.
- Cnone are correct
3Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphosis.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4What are the most common minerals in the crust.
- ASilicates
- Bcrystals
- Cboron
- Doxygen
5Which type of rock is only one that fossils are found in?
- ARegional Metamorphosis
- BContact Metamorphosis
- CSedimentary
- DIgneous Rock
6What is Regional Metamorphosis
- ANear Magma, Rocks in contact or near, Contact with the magma are baked New minerals are formed.
- BAreas of great amounts of pressure during mountain- building, building ) usually associated with high temperatures.
- CRocks only found on the edge of regions
- DMetamorphic rocks that form on the regions of volcanos.
7Compare and contrast magma and lava. of each of earth layers.
- ACrust is thinnest layer of the earth, The mantle is a semi fluid, and the core is composed of two parts.
- BCrust is the thicket layer, mantle is extremely dense, and the core is composed of mostly nickle
- Call answers are descriptions of earths layer
8Lava is an Extrusive above the surface rock, Magma is an Intrusive below the surface gathers in large bodies called plutons.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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