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Quiz by Stacey Jones, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Stacey Jones
almost 8 years ago
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Question 1
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What properties are used to characterize minerals?
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Chemical or clastic
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Hardness, cleavage, streak, density, cleavage, color
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chemical, inorganic , clastic, crystal
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all are properties to classify minerals
Question 2
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What is a rock? How does it differ from a mineral?
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A rock is a mixture of minerals and a mineral is a natural occurring inorganic solid.
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A rock is an inorganic compound and a mineral is made of sediments.
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none are correct
Question 3
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Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphosis.
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- True
- False
Question 4
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What are the most common minerals in the crust.
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Silicates
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crystals
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boron
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oxygen
Question 5
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Which type of rock is only one that fossils are found in?
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Regional Metamorphosis
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Contact Metamorphosis
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Sedimentary
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Igneous Rock
Question 6
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What is Regional Metamorphosis
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Near Magma, Rocks in contact or near, Contact with the magma are baked New minerals are formed.
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Areas of great amounts of pressure during mountain- building, building ) usually associated with high temperatures.
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Rocks only found on the edge of regions
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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.
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Crust is thinnest layer of the earth, The mantle is a semi fluid, and the core is composed of two parts.
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Crust is the thicket layer, mantle is extremely dense, and the core is composed of mostly nickle
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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.
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- True
- False
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