Geology Final Exam

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APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD INVOLVES ?

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GATHERING AND OBSERVING & DEVELOPING HYPOTHESIS BASED ON OBSERVATION

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WHAT TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY IS DEPICTED

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NONE OF THE ABOVE

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WHAT COMPONENT OF THE PLATE BOUNDARY IS REPRESENTED HERE

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MID-OCEAN RIDGE

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WHAT COMPONENT OF THE PLATE BOUNDARY IS REPRESENTED HERE

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OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE

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THE MINERAL WITH THE FORMULA (Mg,Fe)SiO3 is ?

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pyroxene

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS A PIECE OF EVIDENCE WEGNER USED TO SUPPORT CONTINENTAL DRIFT

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PALEOCLIMATE DATE

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OCEANIC CRUST IS ---- THAN CONTINENTAL CRUST

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MORE DENSE

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---- PLATE BOUNDARIES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY SEPARATING OF OCEANIC CRUST

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DIVERGENT

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THE PROCESS BY WHICH EARTH INITIALLY FORMED DISTINCT LAYERS IS REFERRED TO AS ?

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GLOBAL DIFFERENTIATION

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WHICH WORLD WAS WAS INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORE MODERN TOOLS THAT MADE THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS POSSIBLE ?

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WW2

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THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS OF THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS STATE THAT

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ALL OF THE ABOVE

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IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE FORMED BY THE LITHIFICATION OF SEDIMENTS

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FALSE

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ALUMINUM IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENT IN THE EARTHS CRUST

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FALSE

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WHERE TWO PLATES HORIZONTALLY SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER IS A ----- PLATE BOUNDARY

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TRANSFORM

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WHAT WS THE NAME OF THE SUPER CONTINENT PROPOSED BY WEGNER

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PANGAEA

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CHARACTERISTIC OF A MINERAL

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NO ORDERED INTERNAL MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

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IONS ARE ?

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CHARGED ATOMS THAT HAVE LOST OR GAINED AN ELECTRON

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BONDS IN WHICH ATOMS GAIN OR LOSE OUTER ELECTRONS ARE ----- BONDS

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IONIC

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A ROCK COMPROMISED OF PRIMARILY NON MINERAL MATTER

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COAL

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THE BASIC BUILDING-BLOCK OF THE SILICATES IS THE

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SILICON-OXYGEN TETRAHEDRON

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FELDSPAR IS A ------ SILICATE

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FRAMEWORK

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WHICH MINERAL CLASS MAKES UP MOST IGNEOUS ROCKS ?

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SILICATES

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THE OCTET RULE STATES THAT 'ATOMS CHEMICALLY BOND TO'

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OBTAIN THE STABLE CONFIGURATION OF NOBEL GASES

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WHICH IS THE STRONGEST OF THE ATOMIC BONDS

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COVALENT

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERAL IS NOT A FERROMAGNESIAN MINERAL ?

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MUSCOVITE

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THE ROCK CYCLE

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A , B AND C

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THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORMITARIANISM STATES THAT

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THE PRESENT IS THE KEY TO THE PAST

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TEMPERATURE AT WHEN MINERALS LOCK IN THE EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD

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CURIE POINT

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PERIDOTIE IS THE MAIN ROCK TYPE IN WHICH PART OF THE EARTH ?

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UPPER MANTLE

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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CAN BE FORMED BY ALTERNATION OF PRE-EXISTING ROCKS BY CHEMICALLY ACTIVE FLUIDS

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FALSE

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PALEOMAGNETISM

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NONE OF THE ABOVE

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VESICULAR TEXTURE IN AN IGNEOUS ROCK DESCIBES

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ABUNDANT ELLIPTICAL CAVITIES

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EARTH HEATS UP DURING FORMATION BY

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ALL OF THE ABOVE

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WHICH IGNEOUS TEXTURE HAS VISIBLE CRYSTALS THAT ARE ONLY A FEW MILLIMETERS ACROSS

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PHANERITIC

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A MINERAL PROPERTY

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NONE OF THE ABOVE

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WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH IS THE THINNEST

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CRUST

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FELSIC MINERALS

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LACKING IN Fe and Mg

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which of the following groups is least abundant (by weight %) in the earths crust

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carbon , titanium , argon , krypton

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biotite, pyroxene olivine , amiphibole: what structures in the same order

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sheet , single chain , tetrahedral , double chain

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the litosphere is characterized as being

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rigid

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granite is

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intrusive igneous rock

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the mass number of an atom is

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the number of protons and neutrons in the atoms

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the present-day san andreas fault represents what type of convergent plate boundary

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none of the above