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Evidence that Mercury has a liquid core comes from ~ its stable dynamic magnetic field Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are the result of ~ explosions on the sun when energy stored in the magnetic field is suddenly released Why can volcanoes on Mars reach extreme height ~ lack of tect...

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The process of unloading can produce:


✓✓✓✓~ joints




An unconformity, like the one in the Kingston area, is best defined as:


✓✓✓✓~ a time gap in the rock record




Weathering produces minerals that are more stable at the Earth's surface,

which one is the most abundant product of the weathering process:


✓✓✓✓~ clay




Minerals with sheet structure:


✓✓✓✓~ muscovite, clay




Rocks that are likely to be well sorted:

,✓✓✓✓~ limestone




Main factor that controls the rate of weathering in rocks:


✓✓✓✓~ climate




Rocks that are most likely to contain feldspar grains:


✓✓✓✓~ arkose and granite




Abundant evidence of fossils of life-forms that made hard protective shells did

not appear in the geologic record


until how long ago?


✓✓✓✓~ 600 MYA




Where are fissure eruptions most prominent?


✓✓✓✓~ mid ocean ridges




The Hawaiian Islands are located where the Pacific plate is:


✓✓✓✓~ migrating over a hot spot

, Which of the following rock types has provided evidence for a change over

Earth history in the levels of


oxygen in the atmosphere?


✓✓✓✓~ banded iron formation




Rock most likely to be immature:


✓✓✓✓~ breccia




Absolute ages have been attached to the relative time scale by the

determination of:


✓✓✓✓~ radiometric ages of igneous rocks younger and older than sedimentary formations




. The Atlantic Ocean is opening up at a rate closest to;


✓✓✓✓~ 5cm/year




Unlike many other bodies in the Solar System, the Earth has a strong magnetic

field. Which feature of the Earth is responsible for the Earth having such a

magnetic field:

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