ES LT 2 reviewer

TRUE or FALSE:
The following is an endogenous process:

Metallic minerals are rusting when exposed to air.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Rusting is a type of chemical weathering, which is an exogenous process

TRUE or FALSE:
Metamorphism refers to changes in form due to changes in heat, temperature, and chemicals introduced to the rock

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE:
Minerals that have fracture will break into regular and smooth planes

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

A fracture will result into irregular breakage, not smooth planes

TRUE or FALSE:
Sediments result from pieces of pre-existing rock that have weathered and eroded

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE:
If Mineral X scratches Mineral Y, and Mineral Y scratches Mineral X, then that means they have an equal hardness on the Mohs Scale

• TRUE

• FALSE

The following is an exogenous process:

In a convergent plate boundary, a mountain is formed.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Although mountains are on the surface of the earth, the forces that make tectonic plates converge (collide with each other) is coming from within the earth, making it endogenous.

TRUE or FALSE:
Apatite has a hardness of 4

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Using the mnemonic: These Girls Can Fight Against..... We can see that apatite has a hardness of 5 while fluorite has a hardness of 4.

Weathering : breakdown = ______ : transport

Dull : Luster = Globular : _____

Talc : 1 = _________ : 7