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Tides, Rock & Mineral Review
Test Description: Geology and Oceanography Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How many high tides are there in a day?
A
four
B
one
C
three
D
two
2) What causes the tides?
A
moon
B
wind
C
sun
D
gravity
3) At what plate boundary setting is the ocean floor deepest?
A
continent - continent collision
B
subduction
C
divergent
D
transform
4) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge would stand __________ the abyssal plain
A
at the same elevation as
B
beneath
C
could be all of the above
D
above
5) A seamount is _________
A
a small rise in the seafloor
B
a hill adjacent to a spreading center
C
a coral reef above a submerged volcano
D
an extinct submerged volcano
6) Extrusive rocks have fine-grained textures because __________.
A
they are derived from volcanoes
B
they cooled inside Earth's crust
C
they cooled slowly
D
they cooled quickly
7) How are igneous rocks formed?
A
from increased pressures and temperatures
B
from the compaction of loose sediments
C
from the crystallization of magma
D
from the cementation of mineral grains
8) Minerals:
A
can be any state (solid, liquid, or gas) as long as that state occurs naturally
B
are crystalline solids
C
can form by life-processes -- organic
D
have a unique chemical composition
9) Which observation about a rock could lead you to identify it as igneous?
A
made of calcite
B
well-defined layers
C
glassy texture
D
contains pebbles
10) Metamorphic rocks are changed rocks. Which of the following rock types could be the "parent" of a metamorphic rock?
A
igneous
B
all of the choices
C
metamorphic
D
sedimentary
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