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43 Cards in this Set
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APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD INVOLVES ? |
GATHERING AND OBSERVING & DEVELOPING HYPOTHESIS BASED ON OBSERVATION |
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WHAT TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY IS DEPICTED |
NONE OF THE ABOVE |
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WHAT COMPONENT OF THE PLATE BOUNDARY IS REPRESENTED HERE |
MID-OCEAN RIDGE |
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WHAT COMPONENT OF THE PLATE BOUNDARY IS REPRESENTED HERE |
OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE |
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THE MINERAL WITH THE FORMULA (Mg,Fe)SiO3 is ? |
pyroxene |
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS A PIECE OF EVIDENCE WEGNER USED TO SUPPORT CONTINENTAL DRIFT |
PALEOCLIMATE DATE |
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OCEANIC CRUST IS ---- THAN CONTINENTAL CRUST |
MORE DENSE |
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---- PLATE BOUNDARIES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY SEPARATING OF OCEANIC CRUST |
DIVERGENT |
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THE PROCESS BY WHICH EARTH INITIALLY FORMED DISTINCT LAYERS IS REFERRED TO AS ? |
GLOBAL DIFFERENTIATION |
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WHICH WORLD WAS WAS INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORE MODERN TOOLS THAT MADE THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS POSSIBLE ? |
WW2 |
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THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS OF THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS STATE THAT |
ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE FORMED BY THE LITHIFICATION OF SEDIMENTS |
FALSE |
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ALUMINUM IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENT IN THE EARTHS CRUST |
FALSE |
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WHERE TWO PLATES HORIZONTALLY SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER IS A ----- PLATE BOUNDARY |
TRANSFORM |
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WHAT WS THE NAME OF THE SUPER CONTINENT PROPOSED BY WEGNER |
PANGAEA |
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A CHARACTERISTIC OF A MINERAL |
NO ORDERED INTERNAL MOLECULAR STRUCTURE |
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IONS ARE ? |
CHARGED ATOMS THAT HAVE LOST OR GAINED AN ELECTRON |
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BONDS IN WHICH ATOMS GAIN OR LOSE OUTER ELECTRONS ARE ----- BONDS |
IONIC |
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A ROCK COMPROMISED OF PRIMARILY NON MINERAL MATTER |
COAL |
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THE BASIC BUILDING-BLOCK OF THE SILICATES IS THE |
SILICON-OXYGEN TETRAHEDRON |
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FELDSPAR IS A ------ SILICATE |
FRAMEWORK |
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WHICH MINERAL CLASS MAKES UP MOST IGNEOUS ROCKS ? |
SILICATES |
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THE OCTET RULE STATES THAT 'ATOMS CHEMICALLY BOND TO' |
OBTAIN THE STABLE CONFIGURATION OF NOBEL GASES |
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WHICH IS THE STRONGEST OF THE ATOMIC BONDS |
COVALENT |
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINERAL IS NOT A FERROMAGNESIAN MINERAL ? |
MUSCOVITE |
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THE ROCK CYCLE |
A , B AND C |
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THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORMITARIANISM STATES THAT |
THE PRESENT IS THE KEY TO THE PAST |
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TEMPERATURE AT WHEN MINERALS LOCK IN THE EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD |
CURIE POINT |
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PERIDOTIE IS THE MAIN ROCK TYPE IN WHICH PART OF THE EARTH ? |
UPPER MANTLE |
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SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CAN BE FORMED BY ALTERNATION OF PRE-EXISTING ROCKS BY CHEMICALLY ACTIVE FLUIDS |
FALSE |
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PALEOMAGNETISM |
NONE OF THE ABOVE |
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VESICULAR TEXTURE IN AN IGNEOUS ROCK DESCIBES |
ABUNDANT ELLIPTICAL CAVITIES |
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EARTH HEATS UP DURING FORMATION BY |
ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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WHICH IGNEOUS TEXTURE HAS VISIBLE CRYSTALS THAT ARE ONLY A FEW MILLIMETERS ACROSS |
PHANERITIC |
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A MINERAL PROPERTY |
NONE OF THE ABOVE |
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WHICH LAYER OF THE EARTH IS THE THINNEST |
CRUST |
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FELSIC MINERALS |
LACKING IN Fe and Mg |
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which of the following groups is least abundant (by weight %) in the earths crust |
carbon , titanium , argon , krypton |
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biotite, pyroxene olivine , amiphibole: what structures in the same order |
sheet , single chain , tetrahedral , double chain |
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the litosphere is characterized as being |
rigid |
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granite is |
intrusive igneous rock |
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the mass number of an atom is |
the number of protons and neutrons in the atoms |
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the present-day san andreas fault represents what type of convergent plate boundary |
none of the above |