Earth Science Mid-Term Review

What are the relative concentrations of elements found in the composition of a mafic igneous rock (ESRT Page 6?)

• a high concentration of Al and Si

• a high concentration of Mg and Fe

• a high concentration of Fe and Si

• a high concentration of Al and Mg

Which fine-grain-sized metamorphic rock is composed mostly of the mineral carbon (ESRT Page 7)?

• Gneiss

• Quartzite

• Slate

• Anthracite coal

The extrusive, fine-grained igneous rock basalt most likely formed from molten material that cooled (ESRT Page 6)

• rapidly underground

• rapidly on the surface

• slowly underground

• slowly on the surface

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

One difference between a sandstone rock and a siltstone rock is that the particles in a siltstone rock are (ESRT Page 7

• smaller

• bigger

• made of clay

• are rounded

What is the latitude of the observer?

• 43 degrees North

• 47 degrees North

• 43 degrees South

• 47 degrees South

The boundary between the stiffer mantle and outer core is located below the Earth's surface at a depth of approximately

• 100 - 200 km

• 600 - 700 km

• 2800 - 2900 km

• 5100 - 5200 km

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is located at points A and C?

• A - Divergent

  C - Transform

• A - Convergent

  C - Transform

• A - Transform

  C - Divergent

• A - Transform

  C - Convergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the latitude and longitude of Watertown New York?

• 43 degrees North

  75 degrees West

• 44 degrees North

  76 degrees West

• 75 degrees West

  43 degrees North

• 76 degrees West

  44 degrees North

This picture is an example of which type of luster?

• Metallic

• Non-Metallic

What type of plate boundary surrounds the Philippines plate?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform