Earth Science Exam II Review (2)

Hot water

Why does the fossil record seem to support evolution?

What is the Law of science that establishes the permanence of matter in the universe?

Heated water rises to the earth's surface as a liquid.

What kind of rock is somewhat soft with flaky layers or bands of minerals?

What does testing the "streak" of a mineral refer to?

Which of the following types of coal is the cleanest and most pure sources for fuel?

Place where there are thick deposits of fine volcanic tephra forming muddy bubbling springs

A hot spring that forcefully ejects its water from the ground at regular intervals.

Lava that has worked its way into vertical joints in the rocks and always crosses rock strata

What kind of rock is made almost entirely of fossil shells, loosely cemented together?

What is a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit?

What kind of rock is a dense rock containing distorted fossils?

What is an area's topography?

An indicator for a volcano's destructiveness

How do paleontologists classify fossils?

Where did Darwin say all living creatures came from?

NOT a condition old-earth paleontologists blame for extinctions they see in the fossil record?

What does "luster" of a mineral refer to?

What is the classification of rocks called?

Which answer below is NOT a key step in classifying a rock to determine how old it is?

A rate at which temperature changed with depth.

Which of the following is not part of the three kinds of rocks?

Horizontal shelf-like igneous formations

Stepped rock formations left from dissolved minerals in hot or cold water

Mineral replacement produces what kind of fossil?