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| The subatomic particle that contributes mass and a single positive electrical charge is the _______ | show 🗑
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| Atoms of an element containing different numbers of neutrons but the same number of protons are called _______ | show 🗑
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| show | ions
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| show | ionic
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| _______ is not true of a single silicon-oxygen tetrahedron | show 🗑
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| _______ is not a type of silicate structure | show 🗑
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| show | Calcite
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| On Mohs' hardness scale, ordinary window glass has a hardness of about _______ | show 🗑
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| The ability of a mineral to break along preferred directions is called _______ | show 🗑
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| Striations are associated with _______ | show 🗑
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| show | atoms randomly arranged
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| Crystalline substances are always _______ | show 🗑
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| show | mechanical weathering
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| show | chemical weathering
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| show | Oxidation
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| show | carbon dioxide CO2
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| The most common end product of the chemical weathering of quartz is _______ | show 🗑
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| show | loam
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| show | Soil horizons*
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| The soil horizon containing only organic material is the _______ | show 🗑
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| show | B Horizon
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| show | sand
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| The grinding away of sharp edges and corners of rock fragments during transportation is _______ | show 🗑
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| Compaction and cementation are two common processes of _______ | show 🗑
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| _______ is not a chemical or organic sedimentary rock | show 🗑
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| The major difference between breccia and conglomerate is _______ | show 🗑
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| _______ is not a type of sandstone | show 🗑
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| Shale differs from mudstone in that _______ | show 🗑
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| The chemical element found in dolomite NOT found in limestone is __ | show 🗑
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| In a graded bed, the particle size _______ | show 🗑
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| show | formation
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| show | a transgression
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| Thick accumulations of graywacke and volcanic sediments can indicate an ancient _______ | show 🗑
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| show | clastic
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| Clues to the nature of the source area of sediment can be found in _______ | show 🗑
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| show | heat flowing from Earth's interior outward
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| A typical rate of plate motion is _______ | show 🗑
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| show | ocean-ocean convergence
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| show | physical geology
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| show | geologic hazards*
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| show | mantle
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| Oceanic and continental crust differ in _______ | show 🗑
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| show | tectonic forces
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| Plate tectonics is a _______ | show 🗑
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| show | divergent, transform, and convergent*
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| show | the crust and uppermost mantle
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| show | gravity?
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| show | most minerals are organic*
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| Rocks are _______ | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| show | polymorphs
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| show | Al and Fe can substitute for one another in the mineral
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| show | True
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| show | we say that water is polar
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| When a rock like granite is exposed at Earth's surface, it expands and cracks because it is no longer in ________ | show 🗑
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| The most common end product of the chemical weathering of feldspar is _______ | show 🗑
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| show | True
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