ESS105 - Week 5: The Mantle Exam
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What are minerals? - ✔✔- Naturally occurring
- Defined Composition
- Long Range Order
What rocks are resistant to weathering? - ✔✔Quartz, Muscovite, K-Feldspar
What rocks aren't resistant to weathering? - ✔✔Calcite, Olivine, Anorthite
What is the importance of weathering-resistant rocks? - ✔✔They are stable at Earth's
surface
What is the importance of easily-weathered rocks? - ✔✔Unstable at Earth's surface
What happens to easily weathered rocks at the surface? - ✔✔They are transported to
oceans
Why are ocean sediments often high in Calcium? - ✔✔Because Calcite is an easily
weathered rock and gets transported to the ocean where we take samples from!
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What are minerals? - ✔✔- Naturally occurring
- Defined Composition
- Long Range Order
What rocks are resistant to weathering? - ✔✔Quartz, Muscovite, K-Feldspar
What rocks aren't resistant to weathering? - ✔✔Calcite, Olivine, Anorthite
What is the importance of weathering-resistant rocks? - ✔✔They are stable at Earth's
surface
What is the importance of easily-weathered rocks? - ✔✔Unstable at Earth's surface
What happens to easily weathered rocks at the surface? - ✔✔They are transported to
oceans
Why are ocean sediments often high in Calcium? - ✔✔Because Calcite is an easily
weathered rock and gets transported to the ocean where we take samples from!
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