Mapping
What is the approximate latitude of Utica, NY
43N
Minerals can be identified by their properties, that include all of the following except;
hardness, density, color, crystalline structure
density
Igneous rocks form directly from
cooling and solidfication
If a ton of heat an pressure is applied what type of rock do I become?
Metamorphic
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what type of plate boundary?
Divergent
Using p. 20 of the ESRT the first a in the California C, is at what approximate latitude and longitude?
30N, 125W to 130W
Which mineral is the hardest on the Mohs scale?
Diamond
Rocks that have small mineral crystals were likely formed how?
fast cooling, extrusively and from voclanoes
How are sedimentary rocks formed
erosion, deposition, weathering, compact and cementation
Where in the world do we see a transform plate boundary?
California - pacific plate, North American Plate
On NYS map (p. 8ESRT) what is at 42N, 74 30'W?
Slide Mountain
Which property is least useful when identifying a mineral?
color
If I am a mafic rock which mineral crystalized first?
Olivine
Which rock would be an intrusive igneous rock?
Andesite, Rhyolite, Baslat, Pegmatite
Pegmatite
Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continetal crust at a subduction boundary?
More dense
What is the latitude and longitude of Geneva?
43N, 77W
I am metallic, I have no cleavage, and have a hardness of 5.5 and I am brittle. Who am I?
Ilmenite
Andesite is an intermediate igneous rock that contains about 60% Plagioclase feldspar, 30% amphibole and 10% pyroxene. What igneous rock would contain a lower percentage of sodium and higher percentage of pyroxene?
any of these 4:
gabbro, basalt, peridotite, komatiite
When clay is compacted it forms
shale
The Hawaiian Islands were formed as a result of
oceanic plate moving over a hotspot
If I am in Massena NY and I look up to find Polaris, what is Polaris's altitude?
45
I am non-metallic, I am harder than glass but softer than Corundum and have a viterous luster, and I look like sand grains. Who am I?
Olivine
If I am lighter in color, less dense have more sodium and cooled slowly which rock am I?
When limestone goes under tremendous about of heat and pressure it becomes
Marble
Which one of these is not an example of deconstructive processes,
melting, mountain building, metamorphism
Mountain building