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Question | Answer |
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NAME THOSE PROCESSES! MOVING or CARRYING SEDIMENT = ___; DROPPING SEDIMENT = ___; BREAKING ROCK = ___ | EROSION; DEPOSITION; WEATHERING |
TO CHANGE ANY ROCK TO IGNEOUS ROCK, WHAT PROCESSES MUST TAKE PLACE? | MELTING & COOLING |
NAME THE BOUNDARY & STRESS FORCE FOR PLATES THAT MOVE ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, NOT GETTING CLOSER OR FARTHER APART, NOT MOVING UP OR DOWN | TRANSFORM; SHEARING |
ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED BY ___ | ORIGIN |
IN THE ROCK CYCLE, WHAT MATERIAL PRODUCES SEDIMENT & HOW IS THE SEDIMENT PRODUCED? | ANY ROCK; WEATHERING |
HOW & WHERE A ROCK FORMS | ORIGIN |
IN THE ROCK CYCLE, WHAT PROCESS IS NEEDED TO PRODUCE METAMORPHIC ROCK? | EXTREME HEAT & PRESSURE |
WHICH TWO ENERGY RESOURCES DO NOT DERIVE THEIR ENERGY FROM THE SUN? | NUCLEAR POWER & GEOTHERMAL |
IF THE SIZE & SHAPE OF A ROCK IS ALTERED, ___ WEATHERING HAS OCCURRED | PHYSICAL (or MECHANICAL) |
WHAT IS THE BASIC INGREDIENT IN THE FORMATION OF SOIL? | BEDROCK/PARENT ROCK |
HOTSPOT VOLCANOES ARE UNUSUAL BECAUSE MOST VOLCANOES FORM __ | AT PLATE BOUNDARIES |
IF THE MINERAL CONTENT OF A ROCK IS ALTERED, ___ WEATHERING HAS OCCURRED. | CHEMICAL |
NAME THAT SOIL HORIZON: PARTLY WEATHERED ROCK | C HORIZON |
33% OF EARTH'S MASS IS IN WHICH LAYER(S)? | EARTH'S CORE (THE INNER AND OUTER CORE) |
WHICH OCEAN INCREASING IN SIZE DUE TO SEAFLOOR SPREADING? | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
OLDER ROCK LAYERS CONTAIN FOSSILS OF ___ ORGANISMS & YOUNGER ROCK LAYERS CONTAIN FOSSILS OF ___ ORGANISMS. | SIMPLE; MORE COMPLEX |
NAME THAT SOIL HORIZON: FORMED BY LEACHING THEREFORE THE LAST HORIZON TO DEVELOP | B HORIZON |
HOW DID GEOLOGISTS IDENTIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF EARTH'S TECTONIC PLATES? | BY MAPPING THE LOCATIONS OF EARTHQUAKES & VOLCANOES |
THE SOUTH AMERICAN ANDES MOUNTAINS ARE LOCATED ALONG WHICH TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY? | CONVERGENT (CONTINENTAL-OCEANIC) |
ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF SUPERPOSITION, OLDER ROCK LAYERS ARE ___ YOUNGER ROCK LAYERS | BELOW |
ICELAND IS LOCATED ALONG WHICH TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY? | DIVERGENT |
NAME THAT SOIL HORIZON: SUPPORTS PLANT GROWTH; CAN CONTAIN HUMUS | A HORIZON |
PRESERVED ORGANISMS (SUCH AS ___ & ___)THAT LIVED FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT WERE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED ARE CALLED ___ ___ | TRILOBITES; AMMONITES; INDEX FOSSILS |
67% OF EARTH'S MASS IS IN WHICH LAYER(S)? | MANTLE |
WHICH TYPE OF CRUST PRODUCES VOLCANOES AT CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES? | OCEANIC |
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT IS A __ FAULT AND IS LOCATED ALONG A ___ BOUNDARY | STRIKE-SLIP; TRANSFORM |