Chapter 15 Flashcards

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What are the three main kinds of rocks

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The three main kinds of rocks are sedimentary igneous and metamorphic

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What two classifications can sedimentary rocks have

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Clastic or non-clastic

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What is a fossil

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A fossil is a trace or remains of living organisms that have been preserved by natural means

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What can fossils tell us

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Fossils can tell us much about living things as they used to be

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What are the three kinds of fossil fuels formed from the matter of four more organisms

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Coal oil and natural gas

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What are the two types of igneous rocks

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Extrusive and intrusive

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What is a rock

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Rocks are natural solid materials containing minerals or organic matter that form the earths crust

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What do metamorphic rocks result from

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Chemical or structural changes in pre-existing rocks

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What are the two types of metamorphic rocks

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Foliated or non-foliated

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What are the main differences between sedentary igneous and metamorphic rocks

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Sedimentary rocks appear to be made of particles bonded together by natural cements or of solids that settled from water solutions

Igneous rocks appear to have been Michaeltin in the past

Metamorphic rocks are those that appear to of changed in their structure or chemical composition since their creation

Sedimentary bonded
Igneous Moulton
Metamorphic changed

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What does the word metamorphic mean

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Metamorphic means change of nature

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What does the word igneous mean

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Igneous means of fire

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How do you extrusive rocks form

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Extrusive rocks formed when lava solidifies above the Earth’s surface

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How do intrusive rocks form

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Intrusive rocks formed when magma solidifies after squeezing into other rocks

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What formerly living creature is oil formed from

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Oil was formed from ocean dwelling creatures such as fish and algae

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What does clastic mean

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Clastic means fragments all

17
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What does no clastic mean

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Non-clastic or chemical appears to come from minerals or dissolved in water

18
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What does igneous rocks originate from

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Magma or lava

19
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Name to non-foliated rocks

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Marble and quartzite

20
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Name a foliated rock

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Slate

21
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What is the study of rocks

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Petrology

22
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What is the courses grade of fragmental sediment Terry rock

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Conglomerate

23
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Which sediment Terry rock can easily split into thin sheets

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Shale

24
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What is an index fossil

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According to evolutionist which will determine age of layers of rock

25
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What type of conglomerate his shark dealer

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Breccia

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What two lines of evidence can help determine whether the creation or evolution model is the correct history of the

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One mechanism for change to record

27
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What did Darwin see is a problem to his theory

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No transitional forms were found

28
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Explain evolutionists original view of the coelacanths and what happened to disprove their view

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They have been found alive and they are still 100% fish

They believed to be the missing link between fish and amphibians

29
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What is meant by the term transitional forms or intermediate

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Stage between species in evolution

30
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What is the difference between micro and macro evolution

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Macro reptile to bird

Micro genetic mutations and variables