Geology A-Z - Statistics

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	Description	Answer	% Correct
D	Hardest known mineral	Diamond	94%
S	One of three rock types	Sedimentary	86%
E	What the root word "geo" means in geology	Earth	85%
I	Nonsilicates are divided by their negatively charged ______	Ions	81%
B	Makes up more than 90% of all volcanic rocks	Basalt	80%
Q	Citrine is a variety of this mineral	Quartz	78%
K	Country in East Africa with a rift valley	Kenya	77%
M	Era after the Paleozoic	Mesozoic	71%
R	Corundum's two gemstones: sapphire and _____	Ruby	71%
Y	What the Earth has 4.5 billion of	Years	68%
L	Rock that reacts with HCL (hydrochloric acid)	Limestone	67%
G	What obsidian is made of	Glass	59%
P	Country ranking in the top 10 leading producers of gold	Peru	56%
C	Type of boundary where subduction occurs	Convergent	52%
H	Mineral with a iconic, rust red streak	Hematite	44%
X	Rock fragment trapped in another rock	Xenolith	38%
T	Halite's distinctive feature	Taste	36%
V	Nyamuragira is a famous one of these	Volcano	33%
O	Amber, coal, and chalk are these rocks	Organic	32%
N	Silver, copper, and sulfur are examples of ____ element minerals	Native	30%
W	Last name of the "continental drift" theorist	Wegener	25%
A	Commonest pyroxene mineral	Augite	23%
J	"Dalmatian ______"	Jasper	22%
Z	Fake diamond	Zirconia	12%
U	Mineral that contains a radioactive element used in Fat Man	Uraninite	9%
F	Other name for dark silicates. Think Fe plus Mg	Ferromagnesium	8%

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