FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAP 5,

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FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAP 5,

6 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: compaction

Answer:

lower layers of a rock are pressed together by upper layers

Question 2: Define sedimentary rock

Answer:

rock that forms when sediments are compressed or cemented together and harden (WEDCC processes)

Question 3: The rock texture of the igneous rock called granite

Answer:

coarse-grained

Question 4: Uranium has a special property of...

Answer:

radioactivity

Question 5: What type of rock is formed from sediment cemented together?

Answer:

sedimentary clastic

Question 6: Describe the rock cycle

Answer:

The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, and is destroyed, and forms again by geological processes

Question 7: native mineral

Answer:

a mineral that is an element

Question 8: Define regional contact metamorphism.

Answer:

change in rocks as the result of changes in temperature and pressure over a large area

Question 9: What is a mineral?

Answer:

Solid, naturally occurring, inorganic, fixed composition, crystal structure (SNIFC)

Question 10: Symbol for Uranium

Answer:

U Question 11: What is the difference between extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks?

Answer:

Extrusive is formed on the surface Intrusive is formed inside the earth

Question 12: weathering

Answer:

when rocks are broken into smaller fragments

Question 13: Describe the mineral property of hardness

Answer:

ability of a mineral to resist scratching

Question 14: What is a silicate?

Answer:

A mineral that is a compound with silicon.

Question 15: Compare silicate to nonsilicate minerals

Answer:

A silicate is a mineral that contains silicon and oxygen atoms and a nonsilicate is a mineral without silicon (Si) that does not contain silicon and oxygen compounds.

Question 16: Symbol for Lead

Answer:

Pb

Question 17: Define metamorphic rock

Answer:

meaning "changed form" -rock that forms when existing rock is altered by heat and pressure heat and pressure

Question 18: The most common type of mineral in earth's crust.

Answer:

silicate (Silicon and Oxygen compound)

Question 19: Describe the mineral property of cleavage

Answer:

tendency of a mineral to split and form flat, smooth surfaces

Question 20: Symbol for Copper

Answer:

Cu

Question 21: What type of rock is formed from a pyroclastic volcano

Answer:

igneous

Question 22: What does WEDCC stand for?

Answer:

Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Cementation, and Compaction

Question 23: How do you classify a mineral? (SNIFC)

Answer:

Solid naturally occuring inorganic fixed composition crystal structure

Question 24: Define igneous rock

Answer:

rock that forms when magma cools and hardens deep within the crust

Question 25: Symbol for Iron

Answer:

Fe

Question 26: Symbol for Gold

Answer:

Au

Question 27: cementation

Answer:

when spaces in the rock are filled with silica, rust, or calcite

Question 28: Symbol for Tin

Answer:

Sn