Quiz about MidTerm:Rocks/Minerals/WEDS

Question 1

What is a naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, with a crystal structure, and definite chemical composition?

Accepted Answer

Mineral

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Rock

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Vitamin

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Coprolite

Question 2

What are the basic building blocks that make up rocks?

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Minerals

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Vitamins

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Crystals

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Coprolites

Question 3

How can we determine what mineral we have? (what are some of the mineral tests?- list at least 5)

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All of the above

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Hardness and Streak

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Luster/Color

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Cleavage/fracture

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Density and Special properties

Question 4

What scale ranks 10 minerals from softest to hardest?

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Mohs' Hardness Scale

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The bathroom Scale

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The Bridget Scale of Hardness

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Seismic Scale

Question 5

What is the hardest mineral on the Mohs' hardness scale?

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Diamond

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Ruby

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Iron

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Titanium

Question 6

What are the three types of rocks?

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Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

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Igneous, meta, sedentary

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Diamonds, Rubies, and Topaz

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Metamorphic, Signatory, Lava

Question 7

What rock forms from the cooling of lava or magma?

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Igneous

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

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Volcanic

Question 8

What type of igneous rock forms below the surface

Accepted Answer

Intrusive igneous

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Subsurface igneous

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Extrusive igneous

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Subducted igneous

Question 9

An Intrusive Igneous Rock usually cools slowly so what size crystals typically form?

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Large, coarse and big

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small, coarse and tiny

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Thin, long and coarse

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Small, soft and coarse

Question 10

What type of igneous rock forms on or above the surface?

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extrusive igneous

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surface igneous

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intrusive igneous

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terrestrial igneous

Question 11

An Extrusive Igneous Rock usually cools quickly so what size crystals typically form?

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small and fine

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small and Coarse

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large and fine

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large and Coarse

Question 12

What type of rock forms through weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation?

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Sedimentary

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Metamorphic

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Igneous

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Weathered

Question 13

What rock forms from heat and pressure deep within the Earth?

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Metamorphic

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Sedimentary

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Igneous

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Weathered

Question 14

What type of weathering breaks down rock physically?

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Mechanical weathering

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Chemical weathering

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Spatial weathering

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Substantial weathering

Question 15

What type of climate makes rocks weather the fastest?

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Warm and humid (wet) climate

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warm and dry climate

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Cold and dry climate

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Cold and wet climate

Question 16

The movement of rock and soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity is called

Accepted Answer

Erosion

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Weathering

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Deposition

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Compaction

Question 17

Blowing wind stops and the sand it is carrying gets dropped is an example of?

Accepted Answer

Deposition

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Weathering

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Erosion

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Compaction

Question 18

Sediment that builds up at the mouth of rivers through deposition form what?

Accepted Answer

Deltas

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Alluvial fans

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Prairies

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Flood Plains

Question 19

The mixture of rock particles, minerals, decayed organic material, air, and matter is called what?

Accepted Answer

Soil

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Magma

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Lava

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Rocks

Question 20

What are the 5 layers of soil from top to bottom?

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Horizon, o, a, b, c

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Horizon c, a, o, b

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Horizon o, a, c, b

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Horizon a, b, c, o

Question 21

This is a fairly thin layer (5 to 10 inches thick) composed of organic matter, nutrients, and minerals. This layer is the primary layer where plants and organisms live.

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Topsoil

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Humus

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Subsoil

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Bedrock

Question 22

The bottom layer is several feet below the surface. This layer is made up of a large solid mass of rock.

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Bedrock

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Topsoil

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Subsoil

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Humus

Question 23

The upper layers developed from this layer. It is made up mostly of large rocks.

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Parent Material

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Bedrock

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Topsoil

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Subsoil

Question 24

Pick the best profile that shows the general depositional (dropping) pattern of soil that occurs when water from a stream enters the ocean.

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Pebbles, sand, silt, clay

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Pebbles, clay, sand, silt

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clay, silt, sand, pebbles

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sand, pebbles, clay, silt

Question 25

What is the #1 agent of erosion?

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Water

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Plants

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Wind

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Air

Question 26

Dissolving a rock in a beaker of acid is an example of

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chemical weathering

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Deposition

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Erosion

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physical weathering

Question 27

Weeds growing through the cracks in sidewalks causing them to expand, what type of weathering is this?

Accepted Answer

weathering

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erosion

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sedimentation

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deposition

Question 28

If you take a jagged rock to a river and place it in the water where it moves quickly, how can you expect the rock to change after several months?

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The rock will be smaller and smooth, as jagged edges were worn by the water

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The rock will be larger and smooth, as small pieces were added by the water.

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The rock will be larger and rough, as other mineral were added by the water.

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The rock will be smaller and rough, as pieces were ripped off by the water.

Question 29

Which of these is most likely made of pieces of rock that was weathered by water and wind?

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sand

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Pearls

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glass

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plant

Question 30

Soil is collected from 2 different areas:

First sample: soil from a sandy Area

Second sample: soil near a swamp

Which sample is most likely to be darker in color?

Accepted Answer

The swamp soil because it will have more organic matter

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The sandy soil because it will have more organic matter

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The sand soil because it will have more rocks and minerals

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The swamp sample as it will have more rocks and minerals

Question 31

Which layer of Earth's soil is located underneath the horizon layers?

Accepted Answer

Bedrock

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Top Soil

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Humus

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Parent Material

Question 32

Pick the explanation that explains why earth worms are so important

Accepted Answer

Worms break down organic material into nutrients that plants use to grow.

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Worms eat the leaves of plants but give the plants water in return.

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Worms protect plants from predators by releasing poison into the soil.

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Worms travel long distances and help move plant seeds to new areas.

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