Silicates - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What type of trait is not useful to construct a phylogenetic tree? correct answer: Analogous traits Which of the following traits are not unique to humans among the great apes? correct answer: Lack of a tail How complete is the fossil record of life on earth? correct answer: It is an incomplete record of Earth's history What is a polyphyletic group of organisms? correct answer: A group that does not include a common ancestor. What is the biological species concept based on? corr...

An organism with chloroplast in its cell is probably a - correct answer autotroph autotrophs - correct answer are organisms that produce their own food from inorganic substances, plants are autotrophs heterotrophs - correct answer obtain their food by consuming plants or other animals. They are also referred to as consumers. Primary consumers may be herbivores herbivores - correct answer plant eaters omnivores - correct answer plant and meat eaters Secondary consumers - correc...

Asbestos5 Question and answers correctly solved 2023/2024What is Asbestos? - correct answer Asbestos is a group of SIX (1 serpentine, 5 amphiboles) -naturally occurring -fibrous -hydrated -mineral silicates What are the four characteristics that make up Asbestos? - correct answer -naturally occurring -fibrous -hydrated -mineral silicates What are the TW

ASBOG Physical Geology Master List Question and answers already passed 2023/2024transform boundary - correct answer Boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other. (End Chapter 1) Amphibole group - correct answer Mineral group in which all members are double chain silicates. (Begin Chapter 2) biotite - correct answer Iron/magnesium bearing mica. calcite - correct answer Mineral with the formula CaCO3. chain silicate structure - correct answer Silicate str...

Practice Test Exam for GE2000 exam 1 Verified whats a mineral - CORRECT ANSWER-A naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure and has a specific chemical composition physical properties to identify minerals - CORRECT ANSWER-luster, color, crystal habit, hardness, streak, cleavage/fracture Vitreous luster: - CORRECT ANSWER-resembling glass; reflects light like a window pane silicates = what percent of earths crust - CORRECT ANSWER-92% ...

silicates - minerals that contain silicon and oxygen and usually one or more other elements, are one of the largest groups of minerals oxides - compounds that have oxygen as their anion, t ut they exclude those with oxygen complexes such as carbonate, suphate, and silicate. have O2 as their anion, Ways rocks may form - Igneous: forms from magma that has either cooled slowly under ground or cooled quickly at the surface after a volcanic eruption Sedimentary rocks: formed when weathered frag...

Geology 1110 Exam Questions With Verified Solutions (1) The number of protons is an element's: - answeratomic number (1) The total number of protons and neutrons is an atoms? - answeratomic mass number (1) An atom that has gained electrons is: - answeran anion (1) An atom that has lost electrons is: - answercation (1) The kind of bonding characterized by sharing electrons is: - answercovalent bonding (1) What is ionic bonding - answeratoms that are attracted to each other because of diff...

Asbestos Study Guide Exam. Name four characteristics of asbestos - correct answer Naturally occurring, fibrous, hydrated, mineral and silicates What type of asbestos is the fibrous serpentine - correct answer chrysotile (white asbestos) Name the 5 amphiboles - correct answer Amosite Tremolite Actinolite Crocidolite Anthopyllite Name physical properties of asbestos - correct answer fire resistant spinnability tensile strength strong and durable resists fungus growth corr...

torrential mudflow of wet volcanic debris is called -ANSWER lahar shallow focus earthquakes are associated w which type of plate boundary? -ANSWER convergent, transform, divergent what type of mineral is pyrite -ANSWER sulfide chemical formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 describes what mineral -ANSWER olivine which volcanic flows moves the most rapidly -ANSWER pyroclastic flows most common rock-forming minerals in the crust are -ANSWER silicates which of the following minerals has the greates...

Asbestos Study Guide Rated A+ Name four characteristics of asbestos Naturally occurring, fibrous, hydrated, mineral and silicates What type of asbestos is the fibrous serpentine chrysotile (white asbestos) Name the 5 amphiboles Amosite Tremolite Actinolite Crocidolite Anthopyllite Name physical properties of asbestos fire resistant spinnability tensile strength strong and durable resists fungus growth corrosion heat acids vermin What were some of the uses of asbestos brake lining in cars an...