chapter 12

Question 1

granite

Answer 1

(intrusive, igneous rock)

Question 2

gold nugget

Answer 2

naturally occurring gold, 85%-95%, come in all size

Question 3

how are deposits are classified as

Answer 3

primary (rock), placer(river), laterite (soil)

Question 4

lose gold deposits

Answer 4

usually hosted in igneous rock, associated with plate collision

Question 5

placer gold deposit

Answer 5

sourced from the erosion of other gold deposits

Question 6

glacial erratics

Answer 6

pieces of rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests

Question 7

nunataks

Answer 7

mountain peaks that projected above the glaciers and were not overridden by ice

Question 8

roches moutonees

Answer 8

have a smooth, rounded, polished side

Question 9

batholith

Answer 9

large area of exposed granite

Question 10

continental glaciers

Answer 10

repeatedly advanced and retreated over vast areas of northern Europe and northern america

Question 11

valley or alpine glaciers

Answer 11

confined to a valley (almost always a formed stream valley). flows from higher to lower elevations

Question 12

what tectonic setting was Yosemite national park created in?

Answer 12

convergent