Sequence of how sedimentary rocks forms:

wheathering & erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

What are 3 kinds of evidence scientists have found to support the theory of sea-floor spreading

pillow lava, magnetic stripes, drilling samples

What is a clastic rock?

sedimentary rock formed when fragments are squeezed together

what is your favorite class

litterature, science, math, conversation

What means Boundaries?

plates borderlines, plates limits

process in which sediment is laid down in new locations

Metamorphic rock can form out of

igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

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Sequence of how sedimentary rocks forms:
wheathering & erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
Cementation, compaction, deposition, wheathering & erosion
Deposition, cementation, wheathering & erosion, compaction
compaction, deposition, wheathering & erosion, cementation
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density is equal to .....
volumen divided mass
mass divided volume
3
constructive forces _______ the lands Surface bu building up mountains and other landmasses
shape
construct
build
4
Name a rock with round grain shape
beccia
conglomerate
feldspar
mica
5
Who liked Meivol´s quiz?
me
everybody
we
all of us
6
What is energy
a process that builds up Earths surface
group of parts that work togheter as a hole
a process that destroy Earths surface
abylity to do work
7
The himalayas are the result of the ______ of 2 sections in Earths lithosphere
destruction
collision
8
What is the main ingredient in quartz?
grains
minerals
silica
sediments
9
Name a rock with jagged grain
quartzite
gneiss
breccia
conglomerate
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Grains give the rock its...
color
texture
luster
streak
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The elements oxygen and silicon form_______, a material found in magma
minerals
ropelike coils
H20
silica
12
which seismic waves arrive first
p waves
s waves
Surface waves
sound waves
13
Volcanic neck forms when magma cols and hardnes into rock after reaching the surface
false
true
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a volcano that has not erupted in a long time but may erupt sometime in the future
dormant
extint
active
island arc
15
plates slip past each other along
transform boundaries
subduction boundaries
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
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What are Deep ocean Trenches?
Deep valley
chain of Mountains
Underwater cayons
Mountain
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What are the stages of volcanic activity?
active ,extint, sleepy
alive,Sleeping, dead
active,dormant and extint
dormant, active, dead
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how many spheres do the earth system has?
5
4
2
3
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What do geologist call a volcano that is not likely to erupt again
sleaping
dormant
extint
active
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What are 3 kinds of evidence scientists have found to support the theory of sea-floor spreading
pillow lava, magnetic stripes, drilling samples
pillow lava, drilled holes, ocean rocks
pillow lava, ocean ridges, ocean minerals
pillow lava, ocean trenches, magnetic stripes
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What is a clastic rock?
Is a sedimentary rock that forms where the remains of plants
The process in which dissolved minerals crystallize
Forms when minerals dissolved in a wáter solution .
sedimentary rock formed when fragments are squeezed together
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what is your favorite class
litterature
science
math
conversation
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Geologist classify volcanic eruptions as...
high or low silica
pahoeehoe or pyroclastic
quiet or strong
quiet or explosive
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In the Mohs hardness scales which minerals go on 5,6 and 7 places according to the scale
diamond, topaz, calcite
gypsum, flourite, apatite
talk, diamond, calcite
apatite, feldspar, quartz
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Where an earthquake is most likely to happen?
japan
chad
spain
brazil
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Which of these formed when a dome mountain was exposed
Columbia Plateau
mount st. helens
black hills
muna loa
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Almost all minerals are______ that means two or more elements are combined
decompound
compound
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Rapidly cooling lava forms
coarse-graine
rounded-grain
jagged-grain
fine-grained
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Name the most comon extrusive rock
gneiss
granite
basalt
quartzite
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What means Boundaries?
plates moving
plates borderlines
plates center
plates limits
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A mixture of hot gases, ash, cinders, and bombs that erupt explosively are called a ______ flow
pahoehoe flow
lava flow
pyroclastic flow
magma flow
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The rock cycle build, destroy, and changes the rock in earth´s …
crust
mantle
Outer core
Inner core
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the process by which metamorphic rock changes to igneous rock begins with?
melting
deposition
erosion
crystalizacion
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what is Glossopteris?
fresh water reptiles fossil
Name of Wegeners hypothesis
animal fossil
plant fossil
35
which of the following landforms is formed by magma
dome mountain
composite
cinder cone
caldera
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In metamorphic rock minerals in a rock can be changed into
other minerals
other rock
new rock
sediments
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which part of Earth´s system is made up of plants and animals
atmosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
geosphere
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_____ is a round hollow rock that is often lined with mineral crystals
geode
crystalization
39
The Earth system consist of the ______ and four main spheres
sun
water
gases
oxygen
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What type of volcanic mountain is composed of layers of lava that alternate with layers of ash?
shield volcano
composite
caldera
cinder cone
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Does inner core moves?
yes
sometimes
maybe
no
42
Name a foliated rock
sadstone
granite
quartzite
gneiss
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What is deposition?
process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
process in which sediments work togueter as a hole
process n wich stress squeezes rock until break it
process in wich sediments are pressed togueter
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a metamorphic rock in which the grains line up in layers is called a
foliated rock
clastic rock
chemical rock
nonorganic rock
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Which part of Earth´s interior is made mostly of nickel and iron and has liquid and solid parts
asthenosphere
core
lithosphere
crust
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Streak is the color of a mineral´s ....
powder
luster
cleavage
fracture
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which scale rates the amount of shaking
Richter scale
momento magnitude scale
modified mercalli scale
the modified richter scale
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Metamorphic rock can form out of
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
metamorphic rock
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______is the process by wich atoms are arranged to form a material that has a cristal structure
crystals vein
crystals solution
crystalization
geode
50
What is the relative soft layer of the upper mantle called?
lithosphere
continental crust
inner core
asthenosphere
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For a susbtance to be consider a mineral it must have _____ characteristics
4
7
9
5
52
how do geologist classify rock?
color, texture and mineral composition
mineral composition, color , rocks shape
mineral comoosition, color and grain sice
color, texture, natural process
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at what point does magma become lava?
below a vent
inside a pipe
at Earth´s surface
in Earth´s mantle
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What force causes the movement of Earth´s plates?
pressure
convection currents
sound waves
cooling
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A volcanic neck forms when magma hardness in a volcanos pipe
true
false
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What means Pangea?
all continents
all lands
supercontinent
continents drifted part
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you find a deposit of organic limenstone. in what type of setting did it probably form?
a swamp
dunes
a volcano
the ocean
58
who drew the 1st. map showing the features of the ocean floors
Alfred Wegener
Werner Heisenberg
Marie Tharp
Mary Tarp
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A volcano erupts quietly if its magma is which of the following
low in silica
cool
high in silica
solid
60
A convection current transfers
heat
air
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what type of feature can form when magma hardnes between horizontal layers of rock?
dike
cinder cone
volcanic neck
sill
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What was Wegener´s Hypothesis about the continents?
Pangea means all the continents were once joined togueter
All the continents were once joined toguether
Pangea never Break apart
Continents form Pangea
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A mineral that splits easily alog flat surfaces has the property called _____
fracture
cleavage
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Volcanic Eruptions créate landforms made of....
LAVA
lava, ash and other materials
CINDers
Magma
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What is the transfer of heat by direct contact of particles of matter called?
conduction
radiation
convection
pressure
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What are Mid-ocean Ridges?
landform of high elevation
an undersea mountain chain
Mountain ranges
Valleys
67
Name the3 types of stress
normal, faults, reverse faults, strike- slip fault
tensión, fracture, compresion
tensión , compresión and shearing
compresión, convergent and shearing
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What is a sedimentary rock?
rock that forms from an existing rock that change by heat
rock that forms when particles pressed and cemented together
solid pieces of materials that come of remains of organisms
rock that do not form when particles pressed and cemented
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Earths thin outer layer of solid rock is called
crust
mantle
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What is the theory of plate tectonics?
Plates moves thanks to ocean currents
Plates are in slow, constant Motion
All the continents were once joined toguether
Plates are not moving
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Of what metamorphic rock is made the tower of pisa?
talk
Slate
marble
Quartzite
72
As continent moves toward the Equator climate gets?
semi-arid
colder
arid
warmer
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Which of the following is an opening through which molten material and gas leave a volcano
magma chamber
crater
pipe
vent
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the parts of a seismograph are…
drum, wire, pencil, book
Wire, weight, pen, rotating drum
75
From which of the following does a batholith form ?
large body of magma
small body of lava
large body of lava
small body of magma
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The transfer of energy that is carried in rays light is called _________
radiation
convection
conduction
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Wegener´s idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth´s Surface became known as......
Sea floor spreading
The teory of plate tectonics
Pangea
Continental Drift
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which is part of Earth´s hydrosphere?
solid inner core
ocean water
granite
liquid outer core
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What device scientist use to map mid-ocean ridges?
sonar
Bathymetric lidiar
Lidiar
satellites
80
Clastic rocks are grouped by the size of .
rock fragments
rock foliated part
rock layers
rock minerals
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From what kind of lava does pahoehoe form
thick
runny
cool
slow-moving
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where the rock cycle begins?
does not have a specific place to start
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
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What kind of igneous rock usually contains lage crystals
clastic
extrusive
organic
intrusive
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How do methamorfic rocks form?
By heat and pressure
By lava
By magma
By wheathering and erosion
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Lands are being constantly created and destroyed by.....
erosion
deposition
competing forces
weatering
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seismic waves are similar to
sound waves
Electromagnetic waves
ocean waves
Telephone waves
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Feedback can ______ the efects of a change in the case of warming glaciers?
decrease
increase
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Name a clastic rock
sandstone
limestone
coal
shale
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Name a organic rock
sandstone
shale
conglomerate
coal
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What is Sea Floor Spreading?
Process that adds more crust to ocean floor
Process that help Deep ocean trenches to reduce
Process that ocur on the ground making craters
Process that adds more mountains in the crust
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A _______ is the spead of lava that pours out of a volcano
runny lava
cool lava
lava flow
thick lava
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What movement help to drive the rock cycle?
plate movements
Gravity movement
Earths movement
core movement
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In what year wegener published the book "THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS" ?
1914
1915
1900
1910
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Al minerals must be able to form_______ processes
inorganic
organic
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when Marie Tharp´s maps were first published?
1952
1951
1958
1957
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Magama below Eath´s Surface cools
quickly
fastly
really slow
slowly
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What is streak ?
way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in irregular way
minerals color of its powder
minerals ability to slit easily along flat surface
term used to describe how light is reflected in a mineral
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grains lie in a pattern of flat layer are callled
banded
nonbanded
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Forces that erode mountains are called_______ forces
destructive
constructive
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What are P- Waves?
the one that produce the largest disturbance
the ones that travel fastest and arrive first
the ones that arrive shortly
no one is correct

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