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__________ are abundant in Paleozoic rocks

intrusive rocks that have hardened from underground magma

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1
intrusive rocks that have hardened from underground magma
deltas
volcanos
plutons
faults
2
__________ are abundant in Paleozoic rocks
Clay Minerals
Coals
Radiocarbon deposits
Faults
3
P and S waves allow us to determine
exactly when and where an earthquake occured
how an earthquake occured
the number of aftershocks caused by an earthquake
the destruction caused by an earthquake
4
Most earthquakes and volcanic activity occur
within the continents
along plate boundaries
along the earth's hot spot regions
in the oceans
5
____ is a mixture of rock fragments, clay minerals and organic matter
crust
lava
soil
alluvial fan
6
The Mesozoic Era is known as the
age of reptiles
age of abundant coals
age of humans
age of mammals
7
The earth's crust
has approximate constant thickness of about 35 km
has approximate constant thickness of about 100 m
average 35 km thickness under continents 5 km under oceans
has approximate constant thickness of about 5 km
8
An aquifer is_____
a river or stream on the surface
an underground stream
a body of porous rock through which groundwater moves
a water table
9
The Tethys Sea separates supercontinents Laurasia and Gondwana
False
True
10
Sedimentary rocks are rock that consist of material derived form other rocks
False
True
11
Process by which rock is disintegrated and worn away and its debris removed are referred as
lithification
erosion
breakdown
sedimentation
12
Mamga is
formed by the lithification of igneous rock
molten rock below the earth's surface
hardened lava
molten rock on the earth's surface