Igneous rock - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is fossil? - Answer-Remains of an ancient organism or its activity What kinds of rocks are fossils found in? - Answer-Sedimentary rocks What help determine the absolute and relative ages of rocks? - Answer-Fossils What provides clues to past geologic events, climates, and evolution of living things? - Answer-Fossils What are an indicator of an area's ancient environmental conditions and climates? - Answer-Fossils Why do fossils not form in igneous rocks? - Answer-Igneous roc...

GLG 101 Final Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Rock Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER- Magma cools and solidifies creating igneous rocks. Igneous rocks are exposed at the surface and eroded away creating sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary rock deform under heat and pressure to form Metamorphic rocks. How we determine the relative ages of rocks - CORRECT ANSWER- We place rocks in their proper sequence of formation. Which rock formed first,second, third, and so on. Rock Types - CORRECT ANSWER...

Geology Chapter 4 Final Exam Study Guide Test. "Wet" igneous rock melts at a lower temperature than the "dry" version of that same rock because A. the addition of volatiles in "wet" rocks lowers their melting temperature. B. they occur on the seafloor, where temperatures are already cold. C. "dry" igneous rocks are made of more felsic minerals. D. "wet" igneous rocks form at shallower depth in the Earth. - CORRECT ANSWER A. the addition of volatiles in "wet" rocks lo...

Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 Graded A+. The same objects have the - ANSWER same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE) 2. The closer isolines are... - ANSWER the steeper the gradient (diagram: North side is steepest) 3. The altitude of Polaris equals... - ANSWER the latitude of the observer Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66.5 degrees North 4. The Earth rotates - ANSWER West to east 15 degrees per hour in 24 hours or one day 5. Latitude lines run Longitude line...

Fault correct answers A plane in rock along which movement occurs Liquefaction correct answers - A process by which water-saturated sediment temporarily loses strength and acts as a fluid - When the ground is a poorly consolidated sediment or sedimentary rock with water in the pore spaces, shaking can cause the sediment to become like quicksand. - Dry/wet sand analogy Fractional Melting correct answers A mixture of molten and solid rock when the entire rock does not have the same melt...

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MSCI 112 Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Top Score. An igneous rock was formed with 8000 radioactive (parent) atoms but contains only 1000 radioactive (parent) atoms today. If the half-life for the radioactive element is 10 million years, the rock is ___ million years old. - correct answer. 30 Which of the common components of siliciclastic sediment are likely to have been formed from the original sediment source rock through chemical weathering? - correct answer. cla...

Earth Science Exam 1 Questions and Answers Graded A+ 1. What defines a mineral? A naturally occurring solid that is inorganic. 2. How is a crystal characterized? A substance with particles arranged in a regular, geometric pattern. 3. What is meant by atomic number? The total number of protons present in an atom's nucleus. 4. What does atomic mass refer to? The mean mass of all isotopes of a particular element. 5. What is an isotope? Variants of the same element t...

Clemson Geology Lab Mid-Term Study Guide Rated A Augite mineral nonmetallic 5.5 white streak two cleave points at right angles Calcite mineral nonmetallic 3 white streak opaque/transparent 3 cleavage directions Chert mineral nonmetallic 7 white streak opaque/grey or white conchoidal fracture Gypsum mineral nonmetallic 2 white streak colorless, white or grey cleavage good in tabular crystals Halite mineral nonmetallic 2.5 white streak colorless, white, or brown 3 cleavage directions Kaol...

APSC 151 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECTAPSC 151 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECTAPSC 151 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECTAPSC 151 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECTThe process of unloading can produce: (a) joints (b) mud cracks (c) pillows (d) cross-bedding (e) leaching - ANSWER-a An unconformity, like the one in the Kingston area, is best defined as: (a) a layer of rocks with very unusual fossils (b) a basal conglomerate...