Rocking It
It has Big crystals, Cools Slowly, and inside the Earth earth
What is Intrusive rocks
The altitude of Polaris is also the __________. In the Northern Hemisphere
What is latitude
Which layer is liquid, with an average density of approximately 11 g/cm3
What is Earth's Outer core
The agent of erosion is most likely responsible for the deposition of sandbars along ocean shorelines?
What is wave action
What shape valleys do glaciers form
What is U-shape valleys
The only mineral found in Dunite
What is Olivine.
A student is asked to classify several rocks. For best results, the classification should be based on
What is an observation
Compared to the continental crust, the oceanic crust is_______ and ________.
What is more dense and thinner
The greater the time that stream sediment is transported, the greater the probability that the size and shape of the sediment will become
What is small and round
Layers start out FLAT/HORIZONTAL when they are deposited is the principle of
What is Original Horizontality.
A Result of extreme heat caused by magma touching (coming into contact) with existing rock
What is Contact Metamorphism
Time Zones are how many degrees wide?
What is 15o
In which part of the Earth is a rock temperature of 2,000°C most likely to occur?
What is the asthenosphere (plastic mantle)
Which agent of erosion produced large parallel grooves and scratches seen in surface bedrock across New York State?
What is a Glacier
Which group of organisms were found as fossils for only two time periods.
What is a placoderm fish.
Which mineral can be found in the rocks phyllite, sandstone, and granite?
What is quartz
The volume of a mineral is 27 cm3. The Density is 4 grams per cm3 What is the mass of this mineral?
What is 108 g
Movement of tectonic plates is inferred by many scientists to be driven by
What is convection currents in the asthenosphere
Which sediment size will most likely be deposited in deeper water farthest from the shore?
What is Clay
The Acadian Mountains were formed as a result of the collision between North America and
What is Avalon.
Which crushed rock would most likely weather the fastest in areas that receive high levels of acidic rain?
What is limestone.
Which New York state city is 40° 55’ N, 72° 50’ W
What is River Head.
Alternating parallel bands of normal and reversed magnetic polarity are found in the basaltic bedrock on either side of the
What is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The arrangement of the sediments found within the terminal moraine are
What is unsorted and unlayered
At the end of which geologic time period were the continents of South America and Africa joined together and entirely located south of the equator?
What is the Devonian Period