Memorized Facts
Plate Tectonics
Rocks, Rocks and more Rocks
Minerals
ESRT
100
The west coast of South America is most likely to experience what
Earthquake
100
Active Volcanoes are most abundant along the
equatorial ocean floor
100
Most of sediment that is compacted and later forms shale bedrock is (ESRT p. 7)
clay
100
Which minerals contain the 2 most abundant elements by mass in Earth's crust? (ESRT cover and page 16)
amphibole and quartz
100
Which coastal area is most likely to experience a severe earthquake? (p. 5)
east coast North America, east coast Australia, west coast South America, or West coast of Africa
West coast South America
200
S waves cannot travel through the liquid in the
outer core
200
Scientists have inferred the structure of Earth's interior mainly by analyzing
Earth's seismic data
200
Which processes lead directly to the formation of igneous rock (ESRT p. 6)
melting and solidfication
200
The minerals talc, muscovite mica, quartz and olivine are similar because (ESRT p. 16)
contain silicon and oxygen
200
In the US most major damage expected from a future earthquake is predicted to occur near a (p. 5)
transform plate boundary and hot spot, convergent plate boundary, divergent plate boundary, mid-ocean ridge and divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary and hot spot
300
Some properties of diamond are different from those of graphite because diamond
has a different arrangement of atoms
300
Earth's internal heat is the primary source of energy that
moves the lithospheric plates
300
Which texture best describes an igneous rock that formed deep underground (ESRT p.6)
coarse grained
300
Which material is made mostly of the mineral quartz? (ESRT p. 16 - uses)
plater of paris, pencil lead, sulfuric acid, or window glass
window glass
300
Which statement correctly describes the density of Earth's mantle compared to the density of Earth's core and crust? (p. 10)
The mantle is more dense than the core but less dense than the crust
400
If an observer on Earth views Polaris on the horizon, the observer is located at the
equator
400
General relationship between the distance from the ridge center and the age of the seafloor bedrock
As the distance from the ridge increases the age of the seafloor increases.
400
Which rock is only formed by regional metamorphism: (ESRT p. 6)
marble, hornfels, dunite or slate
slate
400
Which mineral can be found in all samples of rhyolite and andesite? (ESRT p. 6)
biotite, pyroxene, potassium feldspar
biotite
400
The Indian-Australian tectonic plate is moving (p. 5)
toward the pacific plate
500
Time zones are related to
Longitude every 15 degrees to west is 1 hour less, to the east 1 hour more
500
convergent plate
500
Identify one dark colored, mafic igneous rock with a vesicular texture that is likely to be found on the surface of Iceland
vesicular basalt or scoria
500
According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, the green sand found on some Hawaiian Island shorelines most probably consists primarily of
quartz, plagioclase feldspar, orthoclase feldspar or olivine
olivine
500
Which NYS city is located at 42o39' N 73o 45' W?
Albany