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Geoscience Day Starters
Good review
1. What does geology mean?
a.
Study of the Earth and its neighbors
b.
Study of the solid earth
c.
d.
Study of maps and charts
Study of solid Earth and oceans
2. Who would study a meteor?
a.
Geologist
b.
Astronomer
c.
d.
Meteorologist
Mineralogist
3. What are the four subdivisions of Earth Science
a.
Anthropology, Geology, Meteorology and Biology
b.
Oceanography, Biology, Meteorology and Geology
c.
Geology, Oceanography, Astronomy and Meteorology
d.
Mineralology, Oceanography, Astrology and Geology
4. The Lithosphere is
a.
The solid Earth’s crust
c. The boundry between the mantle and the crust
b.
All melted rocks on Earth d. Melted rocks on the surface
1.
Where is most of the carbon found in the environment?
a. The Oceans
c. The Atmosphere
b. The trees and such
d. The rocks and the crust
2.
Which holds the most carbon dioxide, and absorbs it the fastest?
a. Warm water, low pressure
c. Warm water, high pressure
b. Cold water, low pressure
d. Cold water, high pressure
3.
Which letter refers to the lower mantle? _________
4.
What holds the most fresh water? A. Lakes B. Groundwater C. Glaciers D. Atmosphere
5.
About how much CO2 is put into the atmosphere each year, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels?
a. 8,000 tonnes
b. 800,000 tonnes
c. 8,000,000 tonnes d. 8,000,000,000 tonnes
6.
The crust and very top of the mantle make up a rigid layer called the
a. Asthenosphere b. Lithosphere
c. Geosphere
d. Crustosphere
1. When rocks, in different regions, are matched up by similar age; what is it called?
a.
Superposition
c. Uniformitarianism
b.
Geology
d. Correlation
2. This principle states that layers of sediment are generally deposited in horizontal
position?
a.
Tarbuk’s law
c. Superposition
b.
Hutton’s law
d. Original Horizontality
3. Who developed the idea of Uniformitarianism?
a.
John Wesley Powell
b.
Edward Kirianov
c.
James Hutton
d.
Dennis Tarbuk
4. Relative dating will tell
a.
Sequence of rock formation
b.
Rock composition
c.
d.
Age of rocks
Fossil types
5. The rock record shows
a.
evidence of geological events
b.
relative ages of meteor strikes
c.
d.
Types of animals that existed
Age of rivers
1. Petrifaction occurs when?
a.
When wood is dried out
b.
Wood is buried in wet soil
c.
d.
Cells are replaced with minerals
Wood is caught in tree sap
2. This principle states that layers of sediment are generally deposited in horizontal
position?
a.
Law of original horizontality
c. Superposition
b.
Hutton’s law
d. Law of inclusion
3. Fossils do what, with respect to evolution?
a.
Provides a scientific basis
b.
Nothing
c. Calls evolution into question
d. Fills in all the blanks and questions
4. Which kind of fossil would a mummy (wrapped, dried body) be?
a.
Petrified
c. Mold and Cast
b.
Unaltered remains
d. Trace fossil
5. Relative dating will tell
a.
Sequence of rock formation
b.
Rock composition
c.
d.
Age of rocks
Fossil types
1. What three things do index fossils need to be effective?
a.
Widespread, hard parts, abundant
b.
Widespread, abundant, large
c.
Short geographic time, abundant and widespread
d.
Water, abundant and short geographic time
2. Which animal, now a fossil, gave the Earth its early oxygen atmosphere?
a.
Algae
c. Trilobite
b.
Stromatolite
d. Phytoplankton
3. What is fossilized dinosaur feces?
a.
Trilobite
b.
Coprolite
c.
d.
Gastrolith
I try not to think about it
4. A cast and mold would result from what type of organism?
a.
An animals hard parts being replaced by minerals
b.
A tree root decomposing, and leaving behind a void that fills with minerals
c.
A bee being stuck in tree sap
d.
A mammoth drying out in the cold and unforgiving tundra of Siberia
5. Fossil preservation is favored by two conditions
a.
Abundance and geographic location c. Water and heat
b.
Unique characteristics, and hard parts d. Hard parts and rapid burial
1. What is the approximate half-life of Carbon-14?
a.
750 years
b.
5,700 years
c.
5,730 years
d.
57,500 years
2. Carbon-14 takes advantage of what kind of dating?
a.
Radioactive
c. Radiometric
b.
Relative age
d. Relativistic
3. How much Carbon-14 would be left in an animal after 3 - ½ lifes?
a.
½
c. ¼
b.
1/16th
d. 1/8th
4. A cast and mold would result from what type of organism?
a.
An animals hard parts being replaced by minerals
b.
A tree root decomposing, and leaving behind a void that fills with minerals
c.
A bee being stuck in tree sap
d.
A mammoth drying out in the cold and unforgiving tundra of Siberia
5. Fossil preservation is favored by two conditions
a.
Abundance and geographic location c. Water and heat
b.
Unique characteristics, and hard parts d. Hard parts and rapid burial
1. What does a person call the spontaneous breaking apart of atomic nuclei?
a. Relativity
c. Radioactivity
b. Actual dating
d. Pronectivity
2. What two things does an organism need to become a fossil?
a. Rapid burial and hard parts c. Heat and pressure
b. Wet ground and hard parts
d. Sandy soil and heat
3. How many half-lives have gone by, if 1/16th of the parent element still exists?
a. Two
c. Three
b. Four
d. Five
4. For how long is Carbon-14 an accurate measurement of actual age?
a. 5,730 years
c. 1,000 years
b. 75,000 years
d. 1,000,000 years
5. In what type of rock are fossils generally found?
a. Igneous (volcano)
c. Metamorphic (mountains)
b. Sedimentary (Nebraska)
d. Nice (not unfriendly)
1.
What is the longest era…..by far?
a. Cenozoic
c.
b. Precambrian
d.
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
2. What was the first atmosphere of Earth composed of?
a. Nitrogen, Carbon dioxide
c.
Argon and Oxygen
b. Oxygen and Water vapor
d. Hydrogen and Carbon dioxide
3. What are large areas of Precambrian rocks that make up the surface of some
continents?
a. Oceans
c.
Granite mountains
b. Ore zones
d. Shields
4. What is the fossil that marks the end of the Precambrian era, and the start of the
Paleozoic era?
a. Stromatolite
c.
Dinobite
b. Trilobite
d. Cynobite
5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which statement is true?
Continents are made of light basalt, oceans of heavy basalt
Continents are made of basalt, oceans of granite
Continents are made of granite, oceans of basalt
Oceans are made of heavy granite, continents of light granite
1.
a.
b.
What is the name for the process when one plate is going “under” another?
Convergence
c. Subduction
Transformation
d. Transverse
2.
a.
b.
Where is the Ocean getting “bigger”?
mid-ocean ridge
c.
oceanic trench
north and south poles
d. equator
3.
What is the term that means that the ocean crust is being pushed under the
continental crust?
a.
diversion
c.
subduction
b.
conversion
d. transform
4.
4. What is the fossil that marks the end of the Precambrian era, and the start of the
Paleozoic era?
a. Stromatolite
c.
Dinobite
b. Trilobite
d. Cynobite
5.
a.
b.
Where would ocean rocks be the oldest?
near the middle of the ocean
c.
near the coast of continents
near the north and south poles d. near the equator
6.
a.
b.
What word means the study of ancient magnetism on Earth?
magnetology
c.
paleomagnetism
historical magnetism
d. neomagnetism
1.
What concept did Alfred Wegener develop?
a. Superposition
c.
Continental drift
b. Plate tectonics
d. Uniformitarianism
2. Where did the eastern coast of South America bump up against?
a. Africa
c.
Europe
b. North America
d. Australia
3. What caused scientists to believe that the positions of the continents were very
different in the past than they are now?
a. Glacial till in India
c.
Ferns in Antarctica
b. Fossil positions
d. All of the above
4. The name of the animal, whose fossil remains are found on two continents of question
two, was named what?
a. Stromatolite
c.
Mesosaurus
b. Trilobite
d. Cynosaurus
5.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which statement is true?
No evidence for plate tectonics has been found
Plate tectonics was developed by Alfred Wegener
Plate tectonics has only become accepted since the 1960’s
Both “b” and “c”.
1.
a.
c.
What system uses sound waves to calculate the distance to an object?
Radar
b. Sonar
Freemantle
d. Fathomization
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is the letter of the description of a subduction zone
where an oceanic plate is forced beneath a second plate
where an oceanic plate grinds past a second plate
where a continental plate grinds past a second plate
where an oceanic plate moves away from a second plate
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
What is the letter of the oldest oceanic crust
near the edges of the continents
between the edge of ocean, and edge of continent
at a ridge crest
deep in the asthenosphere
4.
a.
b.
A “hot spot” is responsible for what geological structure?
Himalaya mountains
b. Mid-ocean ridge
Iceland
d. Yellowstone
5.
a.
c.
Where is new Earth created
Mid ocean ridge
“hot spots”
b.
d.
Subduction zone
Transform zones
1.
a.
b.
In what kind of plate boundary do the plates slide past each other?
Divergent
c.
Convergent
Transform fault
d. Revergent
2.
a.
b.
What will form when ocean crust subducts under ocean crust?
Mountain chain
c.
Island Arc
Divergent plate boundary
d. Transform plate boundary
3.
a.
b.
Where does a trench form?
Divergent boundaries
Transform fault boundaries
4.
a.
b.
Which of the following is a transform plate boundary?
Los Angeles
c.
Himalayas Mountains
Yellowstone
d. Mid Ocean Ridges
5.
Where is new Earth formed
a.
b.
Mountain chain
Divergent plate boundary
6.
a.
b.
What is the best evidence of sea-floor spreading?
The mid-ocean ridge
c. The continental trench
Magnetic reversal of sea-floor sediment
d. Fossils
c.
d.
c.
d.
Convergent boundaries
Revergent areas
Island Arc
Transform plate boundary
1.
a.
c.
An igneous rock with large crystals will have formed
Deep in the Earth
b. Near or above the surface
In water
d. Near other crystalline rocks
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Felsic rocks are
Light colored, with high amounts of iron
Light colored, with high amounts of silicon
Dark colored, with high amounts of iron
Dark colored, with high amounts of silicon
3.
a.
b.
c.
d.
New Earth is formed at
Divergent boundaries
Convergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
All of the above
4.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Where will trenches form?
Convergent ocean to continent
Convergent ocean to ocean
Convergent continent to continent
Divergent continental crust
5.
a.
b.
The best evidence for seafloor spreading is
Fossils
c. Continental puzzle
Magnetic reversal
d. Mountain chains
1.
a.
c.
The only planet with liquid water is
Mercury
b.
Mars
d.
2.
a.
c.
The largest difference between the terrestrial planets and Jovian planets are
Size
b. Density
Chemical composition
d. All of the above
3.
a.
c.
The terrestrial planets are mostly made of
Ice
b. Gas
Rock
d. Boiling hot magma, with lava sharks and
“puppies”
4.
a.
c.
The theory that the Solar System started in a spinning cloud is the
Cloud theory
b. Solar theory
Nebular theory
d. Spinning theory
5.
a.
c.
The hottest planet in the solar system is
Mercury
b. Venus
Earth
c.
Mars
6.
a.
b.
The ages are
Universe 4.6 billion, Earth 3.6 million c.
Universe 15 billion, Earth 1.8 billion
Venus
None of the above
Universe 4.6 trillion, Earth 4.6 billion
1.
a.
b.
2.
a.
b.
3.
a.
b.
4.
a.
b.
5.
a.
b.
6.
a.
b.
7.
a.
c.
8.
a.
b.
If a planet is moving towards you, it is
looking red
c.
looking blue
hotter
d. cooler
When pitch changes as a result of a moving source, it is called
Doppler effect
c.
Coriolis effect
Centripetal effect
d. Moving effect
What wavelength is shorter than visible light?
Ultraviolet
c.
Infrared
Radio
d. Microwave
Light is carried by a
Graviton
c.
Proton
Photon
d. Electron
What are the bright lines called against a continuous spectrum?
Absorption lines
c.
Emission lines
Continuous lines
d. Bright lines
What is the instrument called that examines the light from a star?
Lightometer
c.
Spectrometer
Photonometer
d. Wave Excitrometer
The hottest planet in the solar system is
Mercury
b. Venus
Earth
c.
Mars
The ages are
Universe 4.6 billion, Earth 3.6 million c.
Universe 4.6 trillion, Earth 4.6 billion
Universe 15 billion, Earth 1.8 billion d. Universe 15 billion, Earth 4.6 billion
1.
A telescope that uses a lens to bend light is a
a.
Refracting
c.
Reflecting
b.
Radio
d. Hubble
2.
The first space telescope is
a.
Hubble
c.
Chandra
b.
Fermi
d. Gamma
3.
The telescope that can see through gasses in space is a
a.
Reflecting
c.
Gamma
b.
Radio
d. Hubble
4.
Light is carried by a
a.
Graviton
c.
Proton
b.
Photon
d. Electron
5.
What are the dark lines called against a continuous spectrum of color?
a.
Absorption lines
c.
Emission lines
b.
Continuous lines
d. Bright lines
6.
What are the bright lines called, against a dark background?
a.
Absorption lines
c.
Emission lines
b.
Continuous lines
d. Bright lines
7.
The Doppler effect will tell an astronomer what?
a.
What the star is made of
c.
How far away the star is
b.
The direction the star is moving
d. How hot the star is
8.
A spectrograph will tell an astronomer
a.
What the star is made of
c.
How far away the star is
b.
How big the star is
d. How hot the star is
9.
You can tell how hot a star is by its
a. Color
b. Redshift
c. Emission lines d. Absorption lines e. Coreolis effect
1.
A red star is
a.
Cool
c. Hot
b.
Moving away
d. “a” or “b”
2.
How many constellations are there, originally
a.
12
c, 88
b.
144
d. 365
3.
How many stars are there in a binary system
a.
1
c. Three
b.
2
d. Four or more
4.
Parallax would be greater for a star that is
a.
moving away
c. Close
b.
moving towards an observer
d. Far away
5.
How long would it take for light to reach Earth, from a star that is 25.3 light years
away?
a.
4 parsecs
c. 2.53 years
b.
25.3 years
d. It depends upon the speed of the light
6.
To find the North Star (Polaris), it is easiest to first find
a.
Rigel
c.
Big Dipper
b.
The Southern Cross
d. Orion’s belt
7.
Sun’s burn
a.
Hydrogen b. Helium c. Oxygen d. Carbon e. Argon f. Phone fuel
8.
Which will last longer
a.
A large star
c.
A small star
b.
A star will large parallax
d. A star with small parallax
9.
Which of these light waves has the longest wavelength?
a.
Gamma wave
c.
Radio wave
b.
Visible light wave
d. Ultraviolet wave
1.
a.
b.
The H-R diagram compares
absolute and apparent brightness
Absolute brightness and temperature
c. Apparent brightness and temperature
d. Apparent brightness and distance
2.
a.
b.
Our Sun will die as a
White dwarf
Black hole
c. Failed Star
d. Neutron star
3.
a.
b.
The two opposing forces in a star are
Gravity and density
Pressure and density
c. Gravity and Pressure
d. Mass and gravity
4.
a.
b.
About what percentage of stars are on the main sequence?
10%
c. 75%
50%
d. 90%
5.
a.
b.
Which lasts longer?
Small star
Medium sized star
c. Large star
d. Stinking, stinking HUGE star
6.
a.
b.
Which is brighter from 32.6 lightyears?
A star with an apparent magnitude of 5
Star with an apparent magnitude of -5
c. Star with actual magnitude of -10
d. Star with an actual magnitude of 10
1.
a.
b.
The Milky Way is about
100,000 deep and 1,000,000 miles wide
10,000 ly deep and 100,000 ly across
c.
d.
10,000 light years across
1,000,000 miles deep
2.
a.
b.
A red star is
Moving away
Moving towards us
c.
d.
Moving towards us
“a” or “b”
3.
a.
b.
Our Solar System started as a
Planetary nebula
Supernova
c.
d.
White dwarf
Red giant
4.
a.
b.
The next stage of our Sun is a
White dwarf
Red Giant
c.
d.
Black dwarf
Black hole
5.
a.
b.
The last stage of our Sun will be a
White dwarf
Neutron star
c.
d.
Black dwarf
Black hole
6.
a.
b.
Pulsars come from from
Black holes
Red giants
c.
d.
Neutron stars
White dwarfs
1.
a.
b.
What is the unending circulation of the Earth’s water supply
water balance
c. Water Cycle
Base level
d. Transpiration cycle
2.
a.
b.
Water leaving the atmosphere and entering the geosphere, or hydrosphere is called
Runoff
c. Transpiration
Precipitation
d. Infiltration
3.
a.
b.
The spaces between soil particles, which can hold water, determines the
Permeability
c. Gradient
Porosity
d. Transpiration rate
4.
a.
b.
A bend in a stream is called a
Meander
Mouth
c. Tributary
d. Valley
5.
a.
b.
The steepness of a stream channel is a
Valley
Base level
c. Channel
d. Gradient
6.
a.
b.
When water leaves a plant, and enters the atmosphere, it is
Perspiration
c. Transpiration
Evaporation
d. Infiltration
7.
a.
b.
Water moving through the soil is
Condensation
Infiltration
c. Transpiration
d. Permeation
1.
a.
b.
Below about what level does the temperature of ocean water change rapidly?
100 meters
c. 300 meters
500 meters
d. 1,000 meters
2.
a.
b.
What is mean by salinity?
The amount of salt in ocean water
The average density of seawater
3.
a.
b.
What is the salinity of the ocean (roughly)?
35%
c. 35 parts per hundred
35 parts per thousand
d. 35 parts per million
4.
a.
b.
What two things most influence the density of seawater?
Salinity and gravity
c. Temperature and latitude
Salinity and temperature
d. Temperature and current values
5.
a.
b.
What is the most common dissolved solid in sea water?
Common rocks
c. Magnesium chloride
Organic matter
d. Table salt
6.
a.
b.
Where is there a fast change in ocean water salinity?
Pycnocline
c. Densocline
Thermocline
d. Deep zone
c. The amount of dissolved solids in seawater.
d. The ratio of fresh water to sea water
1.
a.
c.
2.
a.
c.
3.
a.
c.
4.
a.
b.
5.
a.
c.
6.
a.
b.
7.
a.
b.
8.
a.
b.
What is a large whirl of water within an ocean basin?
Upwelling area
b. Gyre
Density currents
d. Coreolis Current
What current keeps “Jolly of England” warm and foggy?
Northern equatorial current
b. North Atlantic current
Gulf Stream
d. Carolina current
Ocean currents transfer ___________ from low latitudes to high latitudes.
Salty water
b. Fresh water
Nutrients
d. Heat
Water moving through the soil is
Condensation
c. Transpiration
Infiltration
d. Permeation
What two things influence the density of ocean water?
Salinity and gravity
b. Temperature and latitude
Salinity and temperature
d. Temperature and current values
Below about what level does the temperature of ocean water change rapidly?
100 meters
c. 300 meters
500 meters
d. 1,000 meters
What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer.
Troposphere
c. Stratosphere
Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
The Coriolis effect makes moving air and water do what in the Northern hemisphere?
Speed up
c. Become more dense
Turn left
d. Turn right
1.
a.
b.
About how much of our atmosphere is Nitrogen?
1/4th
c. ½
3/4th
d. 90%
2.
a.
b.
Albedo is the amount of light that is
absorbed by land
c. Reflected away by all sources
absorbed by water
d. Reflected by clouds
3.
a.
b.
The part of the Earth that would be warmed by the Sun the most would be
Where the Sun shines at a 45º angle c. The polar regions
Where the Sun shines at a 90º angle d. At the equator
4.
a.
b.
Heat transfer by the direct contact of particles is
Radiation
c. Conduction
Convection
d. Transpiration
5.
a.
b.
Warm air rises. This is an example of
Radiation
c. Conduction
Convection
d. Transpiration
6.
a.
b.
d.
Ozone is
A single oxygen atom
c. Two oxygen atoms
Three oxygen atoms, making one ozone molecule
A water and oxygen atom mixed together
1.
a.
b.
2.
a.
b.
3.
a.
b.
4.
a.
b.
5.
a.
b.
6.
a.
b.
What is true about water and land
Land cools more slowly
c. Water heats more quickly
Land cools and heats more slowly
d. Water heats and cools more slowly
“Behind” a mountain is
Drier
c. Cooler
Wetter
d. Drier and warmer
What does Albedo mean?
Amount of light reflected
c. Amount of light absorbed
Light wavelengths
d. Amount of clouds
Temperatures at high altitudes are ususally
Warmer
c. Drier
Cooler
d. More stable
Which city would have the most stable temperature?
Honolulu
c. Denver
Kansas City
d. Pheonix
Why does the Southern Hemisphere have a more stable temperature?
More land
c. More water
Closer to Antarctica
d. Farther from equator
1.
A mass of air can hold 45 g of water vapor. How much water vapor does it actually
hold, if it has a relative humidity of 33%
a.
33 gram
c.
45 gram
b.
15 gram
d. 3.3 gram
2.
“Behind” a mountain is
a.
Drier
c. Cooler
b.
Wetter
d. Drier and warmer
3.
What does Albedo mean?
a.
Amount of light reflected
c. Amount of light absorbed
b.
Light wavelengths
d. Amount of clouds
4.
Temperatures at high altitudes are ususally
a.
Warmer
c. Drier
b.
Cooler
d. More stable
5.
Which city would have the most stable temperature?
a.
Honolulu
c. Denver
b.
Kansas City
d. Pheonix
6.
Why does the Southern Hemisphere have a more stable temperature?
a.
More land
c. More water
b.
Closer to Antarctica
d. Farther from equator
7.
At this temperature, water will leave the atmosphere, and form liquid water.
a.
Condensation level
c. Evaporation condensate point
b.
Dew point
d. LDF level
1.
Air pressure is measured with a
a.
Anemometer
c. Barometer
b.
Pressometer
d. Chronometer
2.
How do isobars indicate wind speed?
a.
The closer they are to each other, the faster the wind
b.
The longer they are, the faster the wind
c.
The thinker they are, the faster the wind
d.
The farther apart they are, the faster the wind
3.
What is the name of a fast moving stream of air, at high altitude?
a.
Northeast trade wind
c. Coreolis high speed current
b.
Doldrum effect current
d. Jet stream
4.
The ultimate cause of wind is
a.
Air density
c. Air temperature
b.
The Sun
d. Gravity
5.
Nebraska is influenced by which global wind system?
a.
Horse winds
c. Northeast trade winds
b.
Westerlies
d. Easterlies
6.
Short periods of heavy rain will develop from
a.
Low pressure systems
c. High pressure systems
b.
High density systems
d. Air convergence aloft
7.
The corliosis effect makes all wind, in the Northern Hemisphere, turn
a.
South
b. Left
c. East
d. Right
8.
Mr. Monroe most reminds me of
a. Chuck Norris b. Micheal Weston c. Sean Connery d. Winston Churchill e. Crusty the
Clown
1.
Air pressure is measured with a
a.
Anemometer
c. Barometer
b.
Pressometer
d. Chronometer
2.
How do isobars indicate wind speed?
a.
The closer they are to each other, the faster the wind
b.
The longer they are, the faster the wind
c.
The thinker they are, the faster the wind
d.
The farther apart they are, the faster the wind
3.
What is the name of a fast moving stream of air, at high altitude?
a.
Northeast trade wind
c. Coreolis high speed current
b.
Doldrum effect current
d. Jet stream
4.
The ultimate cause of wind is
a.
Air density
c. Air temperature
b.
The Sun
d. Gravity
5.
Nebraska is influenced by which global wind system?
a.
Horse winds
c. Northeast trade winds
b.
Westerlies
d. Easterlies
6.
Short periods of heavy rain will develop from
a.
Low pressure systems
c. High pressure systems
b.
High density systems
d. Air convergence aloft
7.
The corliosis effect makes all wind, in the Northern Hemisphere, turn
a.
South
b. Left
c. East
d. Right
8.
Mr. Monroe most reminds me of
a. Chuck Norris b. Micheal Weston c. Sean Connery d. Winston Churchill e. Crusty the
Clown
1.
a.
b.
What are the colored bands in a metamorphic rocks called?
Cleavage
c. Verves
Lines of Foliation
d. Lines of density
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which is the correct order of creation for sedimentary rocks?
Deposition, erosion, cementation and compaction
Erosion, compaction, deposition and cementation
Erosion, cementation, deposition and compaction
Erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation
3.
a.
b.
What does “classic” mean?
Made of other rocks
Made of living things
4.
a.
b.
Rocks made by the contact with hot lava are
Metamorphic, regional
c. Metamorphic, contact
Sedimentary, classic
d. Igneous, intrusive
5.
a.
b.
Island Arcs are formed at
Ocean to ocean convergent
c. Continent to continent convergent
Ocean to continent convergent d. Divergent
6.
a.
b.
Rocks that change form because of high heat and pressure are
Igneous
c. Metamorphic
Sedimentary
d. Clastic
c. Stuff from water
d. Made of crystals