Final Exam

Question 1

Which plate Boundary run parallel to each other

Answer 1

Transform

Question 2

Ocean and continent boundaries is found near v_______s and m______s

Answer 2

volcanos

mountains

Question 3

divergent plate boundary is w_____er and sha____er

Answer 3

weaker and shallower

Question 4

Which plate boundary types would you expect to see volcanoes

Answer 4

Convergent and Divergent

Question 5

what does it mean when different densities collide together

Answer 5

subduction

Question 6

Halite is ____

Answer 6

salt

Question 7

Salt is ___

Answer 7

halite

Question 8

My streak is red and a nail can scratch me – which mineral am I?

Answer 8

hematite

Question 9

I fizz with HCL and often make up limestone and marble - what mineral am I?

Answer 9

Calcite

Question 10

I have perfect cleavage my luster is pearly and you can peel me into tiny flakes - what am I?

Answer 10

Muscovite

Question 11

Metallic luster, my streak is grey, and I am relatively heavy - what mineral am I?

Answer 11

Galena

Question 12

What do you call magma when it erupts at the surface?

Answer 12

lava

Question 13

rock with holes, it is a texture

what is this term called?

Answer 13

Vesicular

Question 14

Which of the following is the name of intermediate intrusive igneous rock?

Answer 14

Diorite

Question 15

Which of the following would be the origin, composition, and texture of obsidian?

Answer 15

rapid cooling, felsic and glassy

Question 16

What is the difference between phaneritic and aphanitic texture?

Answer 16

mineral grains large enough to be seen, other one small

Question 17

What is the grain size of sandstone?

Answer 17

sand

Question 18

Which of the following would be the coarsest sedimentary rock?

cong_____ate

Answer 18

Conglomerate

Question 19

What type of rock is chalk

chemical?
clastic?

Answer 19

chemical

Question 20

What is the sediment size closer to it’s source

course or fine?

Answer 20

course

Question 21

Which of the following best describes contact metamorphism

Answer 21

a type of metamorphism where rocks are altered primarily by heat from direct contact with magma

Question 22

Which of the following is a metamorphic rock that forms under low temps, low pressure conditions?

Answer 22

slate

Question 23

Metamorphic rock that fizzes when you apply HCJ and does not show a foliation, which one?

Answer 23

marble

Question 24

Which of the following is the parent rock of (protolith) to phyllite

Answer 24

shale

Question 25

What is half life?

Answer 25

half life of daughter isotopes

Question 26

What is radioactive decay?

Answer 26

emitting energy to reach a stable place

Question 27

How many half lives have passed when 25% of the parent material remains

Answer 27

two half-lives

Question 28

What type of volcano has a very broad shape and a gentle slope?

Answer 28

shield

Question 29

What type of lava is mostly viscous?

Answer 29

felsic

Question 30

What type of rock is commonly associated with stratovolcanoes? and____te

Answer 30

Andesite rocks

Question 31

Which volcano tends to be larger in size?

Answer 31

shield

Question 32

What is the minimum number of records you need to properly locate the epicenter of an earthquake?

Answer 32

3

Question 33

Which seismic wave travels the fastest?

Answer 33

p waves

Question 34

What is the difference between s and p waves used for?

Answer 34

Determining the distance from the earthquake