Geology Mid-Unit Study Guide
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- Q1
How are volcanoes and earthquakes related, according to their location?(example: ring of fire)
They are related by the amount of ground movement.
They are not related at all.
Volcanoes are large and earthquakes are wide.
They are related by the amount of movement of tectonic plates in the area.
30s - Q2
What does lava from a volcano do to the land when it cools and hardens?
It forms new land.
It does nothing.
It eventually turns to stone.
It kills the life of plants and animals.
30s - Q3
Where will earthquakes most likely take place?
At hot spots.
At divergent boundaries
At transform boundaries
At convergent boundaries
30s - Q4
What does the numbers on the Mohn's Scale represent?
How strong a mineral is.
How hard or soft a mineral is.
How colorful a mineral is.
The numbers represent nothing.
30s - Q5
What is the Rock Cycle?
The rock cycle begins on earth and ends on earth.
The rock cycle is a cycle of changing rocks.
It is a process that happens one time with many changes to rocks.
Rocks changing over time. It is the set of natural processes that form, change, break down and re-form rocks. It is a continuous process. It has no beginning and no end.
30s - Q6
When heat and pressure are applied to a rock, what type of rock will form?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Space
30s - Q7
Which is not one of the 5 characteristics of a mineral?
Man made
naturally made
crystalline structure
solid
30s - Q8
Are rocks made of minerals?
Yes
No
30s - Q9
How do rocks change in the rock cycle?
quickly
over years
as pressure is placed on the earth
slowly
30s - Q10
Sedimentary rocks are formed from
man made machines
other rocks
compaction and cementation
heat and pressure
30s - Q11
Which is true about a mineral?
Some minerals have no crystal structure
Some minerals are liquids
Minerals rarely form in nature.
Minerals are always solid
30s - Q12
When you say a mineral is nonmetallic, you are talking about
color
streak
fracture
luster
30s - Q13
Breaks
fracture
streak
When a mineral breaks into many irregular pieces then the break is called
clevage
30s - Q14
The color of a mineral when it is grounded into a powder is called
Fracture
Streak
Clevage
luster
30s - Q15
What two things made a rock different from a mineral?
Solid and chemical make-up
Solid and naturally made
Crystal structure and chemical make-up
Crystal structure and solid
30s