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GEOCHEMISTRY Flashcards

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  1. Who first coined Geochemistry, where and when?
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Christian Friedrich schonbein, 1838, Univ of Basel, SZ

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  1. Who is the Father of Geochemistry considered as the first Geochemist?
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Frank Clarke

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  1. What was his book and when was it published?
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Data of Geochemistry, 1908

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  1. This refers to the average concentration of Elements in the crust
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Clarke of Concentration

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  1. Who is the father of modern geochemistry and crystal chemistry who correlated the mineral formation and structure to its chemical composition?
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Victor Goldschmidt

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Classification of Minerals according to preferred Hosts

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Lithophiles = Rock and Oxygen Loving
Chalcophiles = Ore Loving Sulfur Loving
Siderophiles = Iron Loving
Atmophile = Gas Loving

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  1. Study of the Chemistry of the universe
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Cosmochemistry

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  1. Theoretical Age of the UNiverse
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13.7 Ga

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  1. Who proposed big bang theory?
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Belgian Priest, George Lemaitre

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Model of the evolution of the universe that postulates its origin from a hot dense mass that expanded rapidly and cooled

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Big Bang

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  1. When was big bang proposed?
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1920s (1927)

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  1. Evidences or Supporting observation of Big Bang?
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1) REd Shift or the Expansion of the Universe
2) Abundance of light elements such H, He, Li, and
3) Pervasive Background Radiation or Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation

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  1. Who proposed Red Shift and when?
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Edwin Hubble in 1929

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  1. Who obseved the Cosmic Microwave Radiation?
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Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson in 1965

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  1. Where was CMD first observed?
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Bell Telephone Laboratories

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  1. What 2 methods were used by scientists to date the universe?
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1) Oldest Stars, and
2) Extrapolation though the rate of expansion of galaxies

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A segment of universe formation wherein the universe became neutral and Opaque

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Dark Age

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End of Dark Age

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Cosmic Ionization

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19
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Nuclear Process which forms stars

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Nuclear Fusion

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  1. This is the process of creation of elements
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Nucleosynthesis

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  1. This refers to the creation of H, He, and Li during the first few moments of big bang and became the starting ingridients for all other elements?
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Cosmological Nucleosynthesis

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  1. This refer to the creation of elements with atomic masses up to 26Fe through variety of nuclear reactions
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Stellar Nucleosynthesis

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  1. How are elements with atomic masses greater than 26 created?
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Through explosive burning during supernova

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  1. Sequence of burning during nucleosynthesis
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H - He - C - O - Si- Fe

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  1. What is the constant H:He ratio which is largely dictated by Big Bang?
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12.5

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  1. Why is Li, B, Be anomalously low in concentration?
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Because they are unstable and are tend to be used and destroyed in the production of C12

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  1. What is Oddo Harkins Rule?
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sawtooth pattern of elemental abundance in the universe in whic elements with even atomic numbers are more abundant than those with odd atomic numbers

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  1. This element has the highest binding energy per nucleon and is the most stable
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Fe

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29
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  1. This is the diagram used to classify stars
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Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram

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  1. Which are the hottest stars?
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White Dwarfs

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  1. Who proposed Nebular Hypothesis (2)?
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Immanuel Kant and Pierre Simon de Laplace

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  1. How did scientist discover the age of the solar system?
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Determining the age of the oldest rock

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33
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  1. What is the oldest rock in the earth?
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Rock 14321 found in Moon

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  1. Who and when was the rock discovered?
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Alan Shepard, Apollo 11 Astronaut in Feb 6, 1971

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35
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  1. How old is the rock and what dating technique was used?
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4.011 Ga, Zircon Dating

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  1. What is the oldest Material on earth
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Pre-Solar Grains of Murchison Meteorite which fell in Australia in 1969

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37
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  1. Age of the oldest materials and what dating technique used?
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7.5 Ga Neon21 Isotope

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38
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Oldest material formed on Earth and its age?

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Jack Hills Zircon in a Quartzite/Metaconglomerate 4.4Ga

39
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Where was this oldest material found?

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Western Australia

40
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  1. What similar compositions do terrestrial plaents have?
A

high temp minerals, Fe-Mg Silicates Metallic Alloy

41
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  1. What similar compositions do Jovian Plaents have?
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Low temp minerals, Methan, Ammonia and Water

42
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  1. This is the arrangement of condensation of minerals depending on the temperature and distance from the sun
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Condensation Sequence

43
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  1. The line which marks that the temperature is cold enough for volatile compounds to condense into solid grains
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Frost line

44
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  1. Relative abundance of Materials in the Solar Nebular
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98% Light gases
1.4% H cmpds
0.4% Rocks and
0.2% Metals

45
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39 Solar system composition by mass

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Sun 99.85%,
0.10% Jupiter
0.04% other planets,
0.01% Comets
0% satellites, rings and asteroids, Meteroids and
dut 0.0000001%

46
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  1. Meteorite whch comes from differentiated planetisimals with Taenite as primary composition?
A

Magmatic Fe Meteories

47
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  1. Composed of Pallasites and Mesosiderites?
48
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  1. Composed mostly of basaltic rocks from crusts and mantle of planetisimals
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Achrondrite

49
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  1. Most abundant meteorite
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Ordinary Chondrites

50
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  1. Meteorites composed of Magnesium Pyroxene
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Enstatite Chondrites

51
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  1. These are the most primitive Chondrites
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Carbonaceous Chrondrites

52
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  1. What does Carbonaceous Chronites represent?
A

Bulk Composition of the Sun

53
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  1. Difference between chemical and physical classifications of earth’s layers?
A

The former depends mainly on composition while the latter depends on the rheology

54
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  1. Differentiate Oceanic and Continetal Crust based on Composition?
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Oceanic is Basaltic (SiMg) in COmposition while Continental is Granitic to Granodioritc (SiAl)

55
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  1. Differentiate Oceanic and Continental Crust based on Ave. Thickness?
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Oceaning is 6.5-7 km while Continental is 35km

56
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  1. Thickness range for Oceanic Crust
57
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  1. Thickness range for Continental crust
58
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  1. DEnsities of Oceanic and Continental Crust respectively?
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3.3g/cc and 2.7g/cc

59
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  1. Differentiate Lithosphere and Asthenosphere based on Rheology and COmposition?
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Lithosphere is brittle and is composed of the whole Crust and the Upper Mantle while Asthenosphere is ductile and is composed of the Upper Mantle

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  1. The discontinuity between Curst and Mantle?
A

Mohorivicic

61
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  1. The discontinuity between Mantle and COre?
62
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  1. The discontinuity between outer and inner core?
63
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  1. Bulk density of earth?
64
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  1. Why do earthquakes have a maximum depth of 100km?
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BEcause the lithosphere’s rigid environment generates earthquakes and it exists only up to 100 lkm

65
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  1. What generates the magnetic field of the earth?
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Convection of the liduid outer core and the rotation of the earth

66
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  1. Beta polymorph of Olivine?
A

Wadsleyite

67
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  1. Gamma polymorph of Olivine?
A

Ringwoodite

68
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  1. Why is there a discontinuity at 400km in the mantle?
A

Because Olivine has undergone phase transformation

69
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  1. Composition of the Lower Mantle?
A

Brdigmanite or Mg Pervoskite

70
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  1. Who and when was periodic table discovered?
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Dmitri Mendeleev 1864

71
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  1. Nuclides of the same chemical ellement having diff atomic masses?
72
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  1. What is the name of the Group IA of the periodic table?
A

Alkali metals

73
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  1. What is the name of Group IIA?
A

Alkali Earth Metals

74
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  1. What is the name of Group IIIB to IIB?
A

Transition Metals

75
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  1. What is Group IIIA to VIIA
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Non-Metals

76
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  1. What is Group VIIA?
77
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  1. What is Group VIIIA?
A

Noble Gases

78
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  1. Bonds wherein electrons are shared?
79
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  1. Bonds wherein Electrons are transferred?
80
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  1. Elements which accepts Electrons and is negatively charge?
A

Anions which are mostly non Metal

81
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  1. Elements which donates electrons and is positively charged?
A

Cations which are mostly metal

82
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  1. Bonds in which positively charged nucleus are surrounded by a sea of electrons that are freely moving?
A

Metallic bond

83
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  1. Minerals with same chemical composition but have diff crystal structure?
84
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  1. Minerals with the same crystal structure but have diff chemical formula?
85
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  1. What is the difference between Calcite and Aragonite?
A

Calcite is Hexagonal, Araonite is Orthorhombic

86
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  1. What is the difference between Pyrite and Marcasite?
A

Pyrite is Isometric while Marcasite is Orthorhombic

87
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  1. This silica polymorph is used as an indicator of an ultra-high pressure environment or rocks
88
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  1. This silca polymorph are usually found in impact craters and display birefringence uner the microscope?
A

Shock Quartz

89
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  1. Difference between Kyanite, Sillimanite and Andalusite?
A

Sillimanite and Andalusite are Orthorhomnbic and goes extinct under the microscope while Kyanite is Triclinic

90
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  1. Difference between Diamond and Graphite?
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Diamond is Isometric while Graphite is HExagonal

91
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  1. Differentiate Sanidine, Orthoclase, and Microcline?
A

They are all k-felds but Sanidine and Orthoclase are Monoclinic while Microcline is triclinic. Sanidin forms in the highest T among the three while Microcline is the lowest. They are polymorphs based on order-disorder

92
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  1. Which of the Goldschmidt Classification of Elements are mostly found in the Core?
A

Siderophiles because these element have high density and sink into the core and readily dissolves in Iron

93
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  1. Which of the Goldschmidt Classification of Elements are mostly found in the Crust?
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Lithophiles because these elements readily combine with oxygen

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