APSC 151 Final Questions And Answers

APSC 151 Final Questions And
Answers

The most abundant elements in the Earth's CRUST by weight are




a) Oxygen, Silicon, Aluminum




b) Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon


Dioxide




c) Iron, Nickel, Gypsum




d) Earth, Wind, Fire


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What are the two dominant sources of Lithium to power the new age of devices

and transport?

,a) Porphyry Deposits, Astroblemes




b) Veins, Dykes




c) Placer Deposits, Volcanoes




d) Rhyolites and Basalts




e) Granites and Salt Lakes


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In the rock cycle, fill in the processes that take place between the rock phases:




i: Igneous to Sedimentary


ii: Sedimentary to Metamorphic


iii: Metamorphic to Igneous

,a) i: erosion and weathering


ii: heat and pressure


iii: melting and volcanism




b) i: dissolution and precipitation


ii: folding and faulting


iii: extrusion and compaction




c) i: ionization and reduction


ii: consolidation and lithification


iii: heat and pressure




d) i: distortion and contraction


ii: heat and pressure


iii: erosion and weathering

, e) i: heat and pressure


ii: melting and volcanism


iii: erosion and weathering


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The three eras of the Phanerozoic Eon are




a) Silurian, Ordovician, Cambrian




b) Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic




c) Cretaceous, Jurassic, Cretaceous




d) Permian, Carboniferous, Devonian




e) Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Palezoic


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