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GLY2010 Midterm 3 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ What type of forces dominates at transform plate margins? a. shearing b. None c. tensional d. compressive - a. shearing The angle at which a sedimentary bed is inclined from horizontal is called the: a. dip b. strike c. azimuth d. plunge - a. dip In a symmetrical syncline fold structure, the limbs of the fold dip: a. away from eachother b. None c. toward eachother

GLY2010 Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ Rock classes - sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous cooling rates and crystal sizes - faster cooling magma= smaller crystals (don't have much time to form) types of igneous rocks - intrusive and extrusive intrusive igneous rocks - intrusive (plutonic) melts cool below ground intrudes into pre-existing wall rock MAGMA *diorite, granite, pegmatite* extrusive igneous rock - rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of...

GLY2010 Midterm Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers What is geology? - a branch of natural science concerned with THE EARTH and other astronomical objects, THE ROCKS of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over TIME what is science? - TESTABLE explanations and predictions about the universe Occam's Razor (Law of Parsimony) - choose the simplest scientific explanation that fits the evidence ex) blinking example in class Hypothesis vs Theory - Hypothesis: ...

GLY2010 Test 2 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ Which of the following features would indicate an igneous rockcooled quickly? - small mineral crystals What distinguishes a felsic extrusive rock (rhyolite) from a felsic intrusive igneous rock (granite)? - crystal size Where is the most likely location for molten rock to cool and minerals to form quickly? - at Earth's surface The presence of large amounts of igneous rocks composed of small mineral crystals is suggesti...

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