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18 Assessment Retake
Science Class Retake
Question | Answer |
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1.____________ rocks form when magma or lava cools. Examples include granite and ___________. | Igneous, Basalt |
2.A puddingstone is an example of a _______ which is a _________ sedimentary rock. | Conglomerate, Clastic |
3. An igneous rock with large, well-formed crystals would most likely have cooled. | Slowly,below ground |
4.Which of the following is an example of metamorphic rock. | Marble |
5. Contact metamorphism is a change in the texture, structure or chemical composition of a rock due to changes in temperature and pressure over a large area. | False, Regional |
6.Which of these rocks is well-sorted. | sand stone and shale |
7. The presence of this organic sedimentary rock in michigan is good evidence that our state was once covered by saltwater sea | Limestone |
8.Metamorphic rock that is ______________ has been exposed to tremendous pressure at tectonic plate boundaries, which resulted in a | foliated |
9. The lithosphere is made up of the crust and rigid upper mantle. | True |
10. Tracks of continents plowing through ocean floor rock. | This dose not support the hypothesis of continental drift. |
11. Subduction zones form at which type of plate boundary? | Convergent |
12.The Ring of Fire is a chain of active volcanoes and earthquakes that surround the _________ocean | Pacific |
13.An example of geographic location on top of a divergent plate boundary would be ______________. | Iceland |
14.Sediment is thicker closer to the center. | This is Not true of the Mid-Ocean ridge |
15.The sudden return of deformed rock to its undeformed shaped ic called. | A shadow zone |
16. The location on a fault where the first motion of an earthquake occurs is called the. | Focus |
17. Earthquakes that cause the most damage usually have a____. | Shallow focus |
18. An instrument that records vibration in the ground is called a. | Seismograph |