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SCIN 134 - Chapter 3 Quiz exam with complete solutions True or false: The first person to determine the Earth was round was Christopher Columbus. - answerFalse True or false: Nicolaus Copernicus devised the first comprehensive Sun-centered model. - answerTrue True or false: Galileo invented th...

SCIN 130 QUIZ 3 Winter 2024 Graded A+ Why does magma rise toward the Earth's surface? A. because it is hot B. because it is a liquid C. because it is less dense than the material around it D. because it is immiscible and cannot combine with the material around it - answerbecause it is less de...

SCIN100 -- Chapter 9 exam with complete solutions The famous destruction of the Roman city of Pompeii was produced by ________. a) a large cinder cone burying the city in tephra b) a composite volcano erupted lava that buried the city, fossilizing people who were overridden by the fast moving f...

SCIN100 -- Chapter 7exam with complete solutions A typical rate of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean is ________. a) 2 feet per year b) 0.1 inches per year c) 20 feet per year d) 2 centimeters per year - answerd) 2 centimeters per year New York and London are on two separate plates so ...

SCIN100 -- Unit 1 exam with complete solutions Which common mineral is composed entirely of silicon and oxygen? - answerQuartz Opaque means - answerNo light passes through the sample Although it is relatively common, limestone is an economically important rock type because its major constituent...

SCIN100 -- Chapter 8 exam with complete solutions The velocity of seismic waves generally increases with depth in the earth. - answerTrue S waves can travel through solid and liquid media. - answerFalse Structural damage from seismic vibrations would be worse ________. a) where buildings were b...

SCIN100 -- Chapter 3 exam with 100% correct answers Which of the following is not a dark silicate mineral? Biotite Amphibole Quartz Pyroxene - answerQuartz The texture of an igneous rock ________. - answerrecords the rock's cooling history Limestone is formed primarily through ________. - a...

SCIN100 - Chapter 2 Quiz Test with complete solutions The basic building block of a silicate is composed of ________. - 2 oxygens and 1 silicon - 4 oxygens and 1 silicon - 3 oxygens and 1 silicon - 1 oxygen and 1 silicon - answer4 oxygens and 1 silicon Which of the following minerals is not a...

SCIN 100 - Chapter 3 exam with complete solutions Hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) utilizes fluids to break apart shale that then releases natural gas or petroleum. - answerTrue When rocks experience high temperatures and differential stresses deep in the Earth, their grains tend to ________....

SCIN100 -- Chapter 15 exam with complete solutions Describe the differences between a spring tide and a neap tide. How are each created? - answerSpring Tides When the moon is full or new, the gravitational pull of the moon and sun are combined. At these times, the high tides are very high and t...

SCIN100 -- Chapter 6 exam with complete solutions A moraine is made of which of the following materials? a) Till b) Outwash c) Solid rock d) Ice - answera) Till Deserts occur primarily in the Africa, Arabia, and Australia because of ________. a) sinking air currents b) rising air currents ...

SCIN 100 2024 SOLVED 100% Oceanic crust is more easily subducted than continental crust. True False - answerTrue Which of the following denotes the divisions of the geologic time scale in correct order of decreasing lengths of time beginning with the longest time interval and ending with the sh...

SCIN 100-chapter4 quiz test with complete solutions Which of the following plates is getting significantly smaller each year? Pacific Eurasia North America Africa - answerPacific If plate movement continues on its current path, in 50 million years the Mediterranean Sea will close because the...

SCIN 100 Quiz 9 exam with complete solutions he recent (geologically) volcanic activity in Yellowstone National Park is - answerrelated to intraplate, hot spot volcanism In the movie "Volcano" basaltic lava flows are shown running down flat streets at speeds faster than humans could run. From...