Geology

Which of the following best describes magmatic differentiation?

Magma sources mixes together

As crystals solidify the composition of the melt changes

Changing the composition by adding the surrounding rock

Two magma types form within a single chamber

Describe a sill

Concordant intrusive feature

Discordant intrusive feature

Blister shaped feature

Extrusive feature

Igneous rocks can be formed at both divergent and convergent margins

True

False

Developed idea of continental drift

Einstein

Alfred Wegener

Nicolas Tesla

Donald Trump

Which is a non silicate?

Quartz

Calcite

Biotite

Plagio

Three parts of an atom

Proton, Neutron, Electron

NFL, NBA, MLB

Protein, Casein, BCAA's

A dark silicate contains?

Iron and nickel

Iron and magnesium

Iron and lead

Iron and manganese

Which is not a plate boundary?

Convergent

Divergent

Translation

Transform

THe driving mechanism behind plate tectonics?

Convection

Conduction

Condensation

Confirmation

WHich of the following is not evidence of modern evidence of plate tectonics?

Paleomagnetism

Geomagnetism on the seafloor

Fossils

Age of the seafloor

Magma is composed of?

Rock, Crystals, Lava

Melt, Volatiles, gas

Rock, gas, magma

Melt, Solids, Volatiles

A felsic rock would not have.

Quartz

Pyroxene

Muscovite

Potassium feldspar

3 types of rocks

Igneous

Sedimentary

Metamorphic

Volcanic

How did the moon form?

Impact by protoplanet

Earth split

The moon doesnt exist

A meteor expanded and became the moon

WHich is not a volcano?

Strato

Shield

Caldera

Cinder cone

A lahar is

A flow comprised of liquid and rock

Comprised of fiery material

Comprised of basalt

Comprised of volcanic bombs

Forms exclusively underwater

Vesicular basalt

Obsidian

Pillow basalt

Columnar basalt

4 spheres of earth science

Biosphere, Troposphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere

Biosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere

Biosphere, Geosphere, Ubersphere, hydrosphere

Bio, geo, tropo, hydro

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