Geology: Rocks

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created by stacey jones in order to study for science 100 quiz on geology
Stacey Jones
Quiz by Stacey Jones, updated more than 1 year ago
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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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