Earth Science Regents Review Part 3

New earth is being created at a 

Calcite _____________ with acid

If a sample of pyrite were cut in half, the density would 

Intrusions are ____________ than the rock they are in

Which location is at the equator?

What will form a U shaped valley?

What radioisotope is used to date old rocks?

Striations are caused by

The law of superposition states that the layers at the bottom of a structure are 

Which rock type will have fossils?

If the landscape has steep slopes and sharp angles, the climate is most likely

What causes plate movement on the Earth?

Which rock type will have layering?

Unconformity means

Which wave moves fastest?

If this was a geocentric model of the solar system, X would be the 

When surface area increases, weathering rate 

How many stations do you need to plot an epicenter earthquake?

Which location would be having a full moon?

What will form a V shaped valley?

Which rock type will have banding?

On June 21st the sun rises

Which wave only travels through solids?

Graded bedding - the ____________ sediments are on the bottom

Earth is being destroyed at a 

Which location would be having 24 hours of daylight?

The pressure at this station model would be

What radioisotope is used to date recent objects?

As water cools from 4 degrees C to 0 degrees C, its density

Faults are ____________ than the rock they are in

If an igneous rock is slow cooling it will have 

Earth's crust in equilibrium is called

Which rock type will have gas pockets?

In the northern hemisphere, the sun is at it's lowest angle in the sky on 

Plutonic means

Unconformity means

What is being formed at a subduction zone?

If the landscape has mooth slopes and rounded angles, the climate is most likely

Mineral properties depend on

A mid ocean ridge is created by