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GEOL 1033, General Oceanography Q7 REVISED Study Question Set 7 (Lesson 8) Question and Answer Sheet: Name: __________________________ ID #: ____________________ 1. What rock type best characterizes continental crust? ________________________ 2. What rock type best characterizes oceanic crust? ________________________ 3. These two types of rocks (referring to the two questions above) belong to what category in the genetic classification of rocks? ________________________ 4-6. List the three categories in the genetic classification of rocks: 4. ____________________ 5. ____________________ 6. _____________________ 7. How thick is oceanic crust? ________________________ 8. The top of oceanic crust is veneered by what types of geological materials? Sediments and ____________________________ ___________________ (2 words) 9. The changing and recycling of rock materials in and on Earth is referred to as the _____________________ _________________ (2 words) 10. In a cross section of Earth, what subdivision lies directly beneath the crust? ________________________ 11. Referring to the question above, what is the name of the boundary between these two subdivisions? ________________________ 12. How many subdivisions of Earth's core are there? 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5? 13. Which subdivision of the Earth's core is molten? ______ ________________________ 14. Which subdivision, zone, or layer of Earth, as visualized in cross section, is composed mostly of iron and some nickel? ________________________ 15-16. The lithosphere is composed of what two zones? 15. __________________ 16. __________________ 17. How thick is a lithospheric plate? ______________ ________________________ 18. What Earth subdivision is the primary source of magmas & lavas? ____________ 19. What is believed by most geologists to be the driving mechanism for plate tectonics? ______________________________________________________________ 20-22. The 3 agents of erosion are _____________, ______________, & ____________ 23. The finest size of sedimentary particle is called ________________________ 24. Cementation of sediments is a process by which ___________________ rocks are formed. 25. Which of the 3 major rock categories is least represented in oceanic crust? ________________________