ESS 101 Midterm Exam – Questions With InDepth
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As silica content increases Iron-Magnesium decreases
in magma...
The most recent eruption less than
(1980) of Mt. St. Helens was
______ previous eruptions
during the last 10,000 years
Match the magma/lava Basalt
type with the appropriate
geographic/tectonic
setting where it likely
formed (Columbia Plateau,
Washington)
Arrange the compositional Outer core, mantle, ocean crust, continental crust, inner
zones of the earth core
according to their
respective density (lightest
to densest)
Australia has unique faunal it has been tectonically isolated from other continents
(animal) assemblages for a very long period of time
compared to the other
continents because ____.
The Olympic and Coast marine sedimentary rock scraped off from the ocean
Mountains are composed floor
of ____.
, What evidence have 1) Seismic wave studies, specifically the S-Wave shadow
geologists/geophysicists zone
used to support the 2) The presence of the earth's magnetic field
contention that the core is
metallic and has a liquid
component?
How are minerals 1) Minerals can crystallize from magmatic melt
produced on earth? 2) Minerals can precipitate from aqueous solutions
Why does Ca-rich This mineral may have an Al atom un its tetrahedral
plagioclase develop which requires additional ionic bonds with Ca atoms
cleavage planes yet it is a
framework silicate mineral
with all its oxygen atoms
shared between
tetrahedral?
What are the two most Silicon (Si) and Oxygen (O)
common elements
comprising the ocean
crust?
What scientific 1) The planets all revolve in a counter-clockwise
observations of the solar direction around the sun
system indicate that the sun 2) Most all of the planets and their moons rotate on
and planets formed from a their axes in a counter-clockwise direction
rotating, disk-shaped, 3) The planetary orbits are aligned along the sun's
nebular dust cloud? equatorial plane
What mineral group is vital Halide
to proper cell function in
human beings?
The ____ mineral group is a carbonate
major component of
marine limestone.
Why does the Yellowstone Upwelling basaltic magma partially melts the overlying
hotspot volcanism produce continental crust producing rhyolite
more explosive volcanic
eruptions than the Hawaiian
hotspot volcanism?
Meteorites that strike the Iron-Nickel and silicate materials
earth are predominantly
composed of ____.
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Terms in this set (89)
As silica content increases Iron-Magnesium decreases
in magma...
The most recent eruption less than
(1980) of Mt. St. Helens was
______ previous eruptions
during the last 10,000 years
Match the magma/lava Basalt
type with the appropriate
geographic/tectonic
setting where it likely
formed (Columbia Plateau,
Washington)
Arrange the compositional Outer core, mantle, ocean crust, continental crust, inner
zones of the earth core
according to their
respective density (lightest
to densest)
Australia has unique faunal it has been tectonically isolated from other continents
(animal) assemblages for a very long period of time
compared to the other
continents because ____.
The Olympic and Coast marine sedimentary rock scraped off from the ocean
Mountains are composed floor
of ____.
, What evidence have 1) Seismic wave studies, specifically the S-Wave shadow
geologists/geophysicists zone
used to support the 2) The presence of the earth's magnetic field
contention that the core is
metallic and has a liquid
component?
How are minerals 1) Minerals can crystallize from magmatic melt
produced on earth? 2) Minerals can precipitate from aqueous solutions
Why does Ca-rich This mineral may have an Al atom un its tetrahedral
plagioclase develop which requires additional ionic bonds with Ca atoms
cleavage planes yet it is a
framework silicate mineral
with all its oxygen atoms
shared between
tetrahedral?
What are the two most Silicon (Si) and Oxygen (O)
common elements
comprising the ocean
crust?
What scientific 1) The planets all revolve in a counter-clockwise
observations of the solar direction around the sun
system indicate that the sun 2) Most all of the planets and their moons rotate on
and planets formed from a their axes in a counter-clockwise direction
rotating, disk-shaped, 3) The planetary orbits are aligned along the sun's
nebular dust cloud? equatorial plane
What mineral group is vital Halide
to proper cell function in
human beings?
The ____ mineral group is a carbonate
major component of
marine limestone.
Why does the Yellowstone Upwelling basaltic magma partially melts the overlying
hotspot volcanism produce continental crust producing rhyolite
more explosive volcanic
eruptions than the Hawaiian
hotspot volcanism?
Meteorites that strike the Iron-Nickel and silicate materials
earth are predominantly
composed of ____.
