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Geology EOC Review

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Last updated: May 15, 2012
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A type of rock that has undergone chemical or structural change due to the effects of heat and pressure
Metamorphic
A type of rock formed by the cooling and hardening of magma
Igneous
A type of rock formed by the compaction and cementation of layers of sediments
Sedimentary
What is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a distinct chemical composition
mineral
What is the least helpful property in identifying minerals
color
What is the inner most layer of the earth
inner core
The crust and uppermost portion of the mantle make up the...
lithosphere
What is a special property of magnetite
magnetism
What is the hardest mineral on the Moh's scale of hardness
Diamond
This type of sedimentary rock is formed from fragments of other rock
clastic
Crystals form in igneous rock when magma cools...
slowly
A subduction boundary is also a ______ boundary
convergent
The mid-Atlantic ridge lies along a _______ boundary
divergent
The name of a supercontinent which existed 200 million years ago
Pangea
Magma that reaches Earth's surface is called
lava
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Mauna Loa is an example of a ______ volcano
shield
What is the point on Earth's surface that is directly above the focus
epicenter
Compressional waves, can travel through any material
P waves, primary waves
An instrument which detects and records waves produced by earthquakes
seismograph
A minimum of ___ seismographs are necessary to locate the epicenter of an earthquake
3
A ______ _______ is a boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust
continental margin
Normal faults occur in areas where ______ is pulling the crust apart
tension
_____ faults are caused by compression
reverse
_____ is the breakup of rock
weathering
_____ the slow, imperceptable movement of soil down a slop
creep
Another word for drainage basin
watershed
Topsoil is found in the __-horizon
A
The zone of ______ is directly above the water table
aeration
______ is the rate at which water or other liquids pass through the pore spaces of a rock
permeability
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9 Comments
hashie101
+1
Level 1
May 17, 2012
why do you have to go in order...
Wolfy
+1
Level 16
Jul 13, 2013
Geology rocks! You should make it accept colour and epicentre :)
PHG1960
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Level 69
Jan 14, 2020
Never! Keep the Brits from mangling the English language!
Gartholomew
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Level 45
May 27, 2014
For a special property of magnetite, should magnetism be an acceptable answer?
Gartholomew
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Level 45
May 27, 2014
Also, primary waves should be accepted.
Werifesteria
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Level 66
Sep 29, 2019
Igneous rocks are not all from cooled magma. Tuff, for instance, is not from cooled magma
PHG1960
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Level 69
Jan 14, 2020
Yes it is. Tuff has more air bubbles but it still forms from molten rock.
Werifesteria
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Level 66
Jan 5, 2022
no it forms from ash
PHG1960
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Level 69
Jan 14, 2020
Crystals form in cooling magma when the right combination of temperature, mineral concentration and pressure exist. Larger crystals form when magma cools slowly, smaller crystals form when the magma cools more rapidly and little or no crystals form when the magma cools rapidly.
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