Phsc 211 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PHSC 211 Chapter 8 Quiz (Fall 2020)– Liberty University (A grade) Questions 1 through 4 are based on Lab Exercise #1: Time Lag. 1. Record your answer from Lab Exercise #1, Step 1, Question 1. What time in hours:minutes:seconds GMT did the P waves arrive? a. 01:48:00 b. 01:49:00 c. 01:50:00 d. 01:51:00 2. Record your answer from Lab Exercise #1, Step 1, Question 2. What time in hours:minutes:seconds GMT did the S waves arrive? a. 01:51:30 b. 01:52:00 c. 01:53:10 d. 01:54:20 3....

PHSC 211 Chapter 4 Quiz (Fall 2020)– Liberty University (A grade) Questions 1 through 23 are based on the Lab Exercise: Identification of Metamorphic Rocks. Refer to your results from the lab exercise and the Overview to assist you in answering the questions. 1. Specimen #18 formed under which metamorphic conditions? a. contact metamorphism b. low-grade metamorphic conditions c. intermediate-grade metamorphic conditions d. high-grade metamorphic conditions 2. What property is diagno...

6. Who proposed that all the present continents were once joined together in a single supercontinent called Pangaea? a. Alfred Wegener b. H. B. Baker c. Charles Darwin d. Arthur Holmes e. Harry Hess 7. The scientific community rejected the theory of continental drift because Alfred Wegener could NOT ________________. a. identify a mechanism to move the continents b. disprove competing theories that were not accepted by scientists c. find geologic similarities on the different continen...

PHSC 211 Chapter 16 Quiz (Fall 2020)– Liberty University (A grade) 1. Record your answer from Lab Exercise 1, Problem 1 (a, b, c, or d): __A____. 2. Record your answer from Lab Exercise 1, Problem 2 (a, b, c, or d): _C____. 3. Record your answer from Lab Exercise 1, Problem 3 (a, b, c, or d): B 4. Record your answer from Lab Exercise 1, Problem 4 (a, b, c, or d): _C__. 5. Record your answer from Lab Exercise 1, Problem 5 (a, b, c, or d): _D A Northern Hemisphere station between hig...

PHSC 211 Chapter 4 Quiz (Fall 2020)– Liberty University (A grade) 7. Phyllite formed under which metamorphic conditions? a. contact metamorphism b. low-grade metamorphic conditions c. intermediate-grade metamorphic conditions d. high-grade metamorphic conditions ans b 8. What property is diagnostic for phyllite? a. exceptionally clean slaty cleavage b. visible crystals c. satiny sheen d. fizzes during acid test ans c 9. The grain in __________________ is microscopic, which give...

PHSC 211 Midterm Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers melting point - All of the following properties of minerals are used for identification except __________________ Glass - Quartz can scratch all of the following except ______________ mineral - A naturally occuring inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition is a _________ All of the above - Having 3 planes of cleavage is an identifying of which mineral(s)? Opaque - Metallic minerals are all _____________ Luster - T...

PHSC 211 Final Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers If 2,000 atoms of 206Pb are found in a mineral sample, the how many helium atoms were produced? - 16,000 Mount Fuji and Mount St. Helens in the western United States are examples of__________ - Stratovolcanoes The color of a mineral's powder is known as_______ - streak Which of the following pairs does NOT go together? - Phyllite, Highgrade metamorphism Pumice and scoria are easily identifiable because of their_________ textures -...

PHSC 211 Chapter 11 Quiz (Fall 2020)– Liberty University (A grade) Questions 1 through 9 are based on the Lab Exercise #1: Tides. 1. Record your answer from Lab Exercise #1, Question 1. What is the highest tide that occurred on January 20, 2010? a. 4.1 feet b. 3.7 feet c. 1.9 feet d. 0.9 feet 2. Record your answer from Lab Exercise #1, Question 2. What is the lowest tide that occurred on January 20, 2010? a. 4.1 feet b. 3.7 feet c. 1.9 feet d. 0.9 feet 3. Record your answer f...

PHSC 211 Chapter 2 Quiz (Fall 2020)– Liberty University (A grade) 1. What mineral composition is most characteristic of felsic rocks? a. olivine, pyroxene, and calcium-rich plagioclase b. orthoclase, quartz, and biotite c. calcium-rich plagioclase and hornblende with some olivine d. particles of volcanic ash welded together 2. What mineral composition is most characteristic of mafic rocks? a. olivine, pyroxene, and calcium-rich plagioclase b. orthoclase, quartz, and biotite c. sod...

melting pointAll of the following properties of minerals are used for identification except __________________ GlassQuartz can scratch all of the following except ______________ mineralA naturally occuring inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition is a _________ All of the aboveHaving 3 planes of cleavage is an identifying of which mineral(s)? OpaqueMetallic minerals are all _____________ LusterThe way the light reflects off a mineral's surface is referred to as its __...