Geology EOC Review

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Hint	Answer
A type of rock that has undergone chemical or structural change due to the effects of heat and pressure	Metamorphic
A type of rock formed by the cooling and hardening of magma	Igneous
A type of rock formed by the compaction and cementation of layers of sediments	Sedimentary
What is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a distinct chemical composition	mineral
What is the least helpful property in identifying minerals	color
What is the inner most layer of the earth	inner core
The crust and uppermost portion of the mantle make up the...	lithosphere
What is a special property of magnetite	magnetism
What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's scale of hardness	Diamond
This type of sedimentary rock is formed from fragments of other rock	clastic
Crystals form in igneous rock when magma cools...	slowly
A subduction boundary is also a ______ boundary	convergent
The mid-Atlantic ridge lies along a _______ boundary	divergent
The name of a supercontinent which existed 200 million years ago	Pangea
Magma that reaches Earth's surface is called	lava

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Mauna Loa is an example of a ______ volcano	shield
What is the point on Earth's surface that is directly above the focus	epicenter
Compressional waves, can travel through any material	P waves, primary waves
An instrument which detects and records waves produced by earthquakes	seismograph
A minimum of ___ seismographs are necessary to locate the epicenter of an earthquake	3
A ______ _______ is a boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust	continental margin
Normal faults occur in areas where ______ is pulling the crust apart	tension
_____ faults are caused by compression	reverse
_____ is the breakup of rock	weathering
_____ the slow, imperceptable movement of soil down a slop	creep
Another word for drainage basin	watershed
Topsoil is found in the __-horizon	A
The zone of ______ is directly above the water table	aeration
______ is the rate at which water or other liquids pass through the pore spaces of a rock	permeability

Level 1

May 17, 2012

why do you have to go in order...

Level 16

Jul 13, 2013

Geology rocks! You should make it accept colour and epicentre :)

Level 69

Jan 14, 2020

Never! Keep the Brits from mangling the English language!

Level 46

May 27, 2014

For a special property of magnetite, should magnetism be an acceptable answer?

Level 46

May 27, 2014

Also, primary waves should be accepted.

Level 65

Sep 29, 2019

Igneous rocks are not all from cooled magma. Tuff, for instance, is not from cooled magma

Level 69

Jan 14, 2020

Yes it is. Tuff has more air bubbles but it still forms from molten rock.

Level 65

Jan 5, 2022

no it forms from ash

Level 69

Jan 14, 2020

Crystals form in cooling magma when the right combination of temperature, mineral concentration and pressure exist. Larger crystals form when magma cools slowly, smaller crystals form when the magma cools more rapidly and little or no crystals form when the magma cools rapidly.

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