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Geology Terms A-Z - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 23 times
- The average score is 11 of 26
Answer Stats
| Definition | Answer | % Correct | |
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| Fossilized resin or tree sap, usually orange or gold | A | Amber | 100%
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| The wearing away of rocky by wind, water, and/or ice | E | Erosion | 89%
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| The preserved remains or traces of a dead organism | F | Fossil | 84%
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| Molten rock expelled from an erupting volcano | L | Lava | 84%
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| Rock formed by the solidification of cooled magma | I | Igneous | 79%
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| A geological period (201 mya to 143.1 mya). Hint: dinosaurs | J | Jurassic | 79%
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| A mineral composed of silicon dioxide | Q | Quartz | 63%
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| A landform scooped out by water erosion | B | Basin | 53%
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| The process by which material is added to an area | D | Deposition | 53%
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| Volcanic glass formed when moleten rock cools rapidly | O | Obsidian | 53%
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| Very fine rock particles | S | Sediment / silt / sand | 53%
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| A zirconium silcate | Z | Zircon | 53%
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| A material whose constituents are arranged in lattice structure | C | Crystal | 47%
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| A loose collection of rocks | G | Gravel | 32%
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| An inorganic solid with a specific chemical composition | M | Mineral | 32%
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| A vent or mountain from wihich molten rock and gases escape to the surface | V | Volcano | 32%
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| Topography formed by the dissolution of soluble bedrock | K | Karst | 26%
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| A vertical standing rock formation | P | Pillar | 26%
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| A linear zone where the lithosphere is being pulled apart | R | Rift | 26%
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| A fissure where geothermally heated water discharges | H | Hydrothermal vent | 11%
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| A small, irregularly rounded lump of mineral that has a contrasting composition of the enclosing sediment | N | Nodule | 11%
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| A type of powdered, yellow uranium representing an intermediate step in processing uranium ore | Y | Yellowcake | 11%
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| One of the divisions of the lithosphere | T | Tectonic plate | 5%
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| An igneous rock with a very low silica content | U | Ultramafic | 5%
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| An iron, manganese, and tungstate material | W | Wolframite | 5%
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| A rock fragment that becomes enveloped in a larger rock | X | Xenolith | 5%
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