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Use this paragraph: Layla drew a diagram of forces acting on the rock in Earth’s crust. She drew arrows pointing inwards,
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Young Master
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Which feature is created when a block of rock dropped down in relation to the block of rock beside it?
A. reverse fault produced
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Young Master
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Which type of rock contains oil and natural gas?(1 point)
Responses molten rock molten rock igneous rock igneous rock sedimentary
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Kim
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What is true about most higher-grade metallic ores
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Hope
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What are the two main elements found in the core of the Earth?
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What are the two main elements found in the core of the Earth? (1 point)
Responses nickel and silicon nickel and silicon iron and
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How do the mass and the density of the mantle compare with the mass and definitely at earths core
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Which type of rock contains oil and natural gas?
A. metamorphic rock B. sedimentary rock C. igneous rock D. molten rock
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Kim
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Use the paragraph to answer the question.
One impressive cave system is the lava tube caves of Lava Beds National Monument. The
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black man
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Which describes an underground layer of porous and permeable rock that holds water?(1 point)
Responses deposit deposit subsidence
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addreian
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which one happens when during coal formation after plants die and fall to the bottom of a swamp?
1. Sediment and rock pile on
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J.J Powell
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What happens during coal formation after plants die and fall to the bottom of a swamp?
1. Sediment and rock pile on top. 2. Heat
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J.J Powell
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are rocks considered valuable natural resources?
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big bassđŸ¤ª
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Which feature is created when a block of rock dropped down in relation to the block of rock beside it?(1 point)
Responses
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Use this paragraph: Layla drew a diagram of forces acting on the rock in Earth’s crust. She drew arrows pointing inwards,
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What causes the rock layers of mountains to form zigzag shape?(1 point)
Responses a normal fault continental plate uplift folding
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A scientist who studies the Earth’s crust and the formation of rocks, minerals, and soils
(1 point) Responses Chemist
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Anonymous ;)
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After studying the diagram above. Jenny concluded that the layer of clay was older than the layers of sand and gravel.
Jack
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Jae
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According to the Law of Superposition, the bottom rock layer is the:
thinnest thickest oldest youngest
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Jae
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An unconformity represents:
a gap in the geological record an epeirogenic change a location that was once covered by water an
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Jae
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Granite is a common type of rock found Yosemite National Park. Limestone is a common type of rock found in Kentucky.
Which state
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Jae
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Which of the following statements is true?
Carbon-14 can only be used to date rocks. Oxygen speeds the decay of dead organisms.
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Jae
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Which of the following statements is true?
Lithification is the process of rock formation. Mummified fossils are commonly found
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Jae
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In a turbite bed:
Sediment is deposited chronologically. The top layer is the oldest. The bottom layer is the youngest. Sediment
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Jae
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Charles Lyell believed that:
catastrophic events formed the earth's features crustal rock precipitated from oceans covering the
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Jae
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James Hutton:
developed the theories of erosion and deposition was the founder of the Plutonist theory of crust formation
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Jae
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A fossil would most likely be found in a(n):
sedimentary rock metamorphic rock igneous rock
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Jae
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Limestone deposits indicate that the location was:
affected by an earthquake formed by an active volcano inhabited by mammals
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Jae
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In two or more complete sentences, compare relative dating and absolute dating of earth's materials.
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Jae
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Current geological thinking most closely follows:
uniformitarianism neptunism plutonism catastrophism
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Jae
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which part of the volcano extends below the bedrock
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mason
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Which mineral could have been deposited by black smokers on the seafloor?(1 point)
Responses iron sulfide iron sulfide silicon
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addreian
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What is it called when heat and pressure change one type of rock into another?(1 point)
Responses metamorphism metamorphism
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addreian
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U-shaped valleys provide evidence of which process?(1 point)
Responses deposition deposition coastal erosion coastal erosion
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addreian
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Which process is most likely responsible for the formation of limestone caves?(1 point)
Responses hydrolysis hydrolysis
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addreian
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Geological evidence of the age of the earth includes _____.
gradual processes of rock formation radiometric dating of rocks
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Ana
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The law of suggest that older rocks are at the bottom, and younger rocks are at the top
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Ana
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Select all of the answers that apply.
Relative dating uses laws or principles of stratigraphy and paleontology. These laws of
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Ana
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In comparison to the rock it intrudes, what is the relative age of a dike?
always older than the rock it intrudes always older
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Ana
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In which type of unconformity is the eroded rock tilted or folded?
angular unconformity nonconformities disconformity scarp
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Ana
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Describe why estimating the age of the Sun can give an approximate age of the Earth. Write your answer in the essay box below.
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Ana
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Briefly explain the three lines of evidence for the Earth's relative age. Write your answer in the essay box below
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Ana
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Briefly explain the difference between orogenic and epeirogenic crustal changes. Write your answer in the essay box below.
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Ana
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Describe how a geologist could help a civil engineer with a building project. Explain what information the engineer might need
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Ana
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The three processes that convert sediments in to sedimentary rocks are:
compaction, recrystallization, and cementation
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Ana
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Explain the difference between how Neptunists and Plutonists believe land on earth was created. Write your answer in the essay
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Ana
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The underlying theory which is foundational to current geological thinking is:
neptunism plutonism uniformitarianism
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Ana
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The uniformitarian principle states that:
The earth was once completely covered with water. Slow processes of erosion and
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Ana
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Which of the following may be exceptions to the Law of Superposition?
fault blocks dome mountains turbite beds all of the above
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Lee
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3 Which term refers to the way light interacts with the surface of a rock or mineral?(1 point)
Responses luster cleavage density
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snow
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