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| WHICH CONTAINS CARBON: INORGANIC OR ORGANIC? |
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| NAME THE EIGHT WAYS TO IDENTIFY MINERALS. |
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| Luster (how light reflects), Density (weight), Streak (scratch test), Habit (appearance/shape), Cleavage (how it breaks along crystalline plane), Fracture (how it breaks), Colour and Hardness |
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| NAME THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF ROCK AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM. |
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| Igneous Rocks (volcanic), Sedimentary Rocks (surface rock) and Metamorphic Rocks (below surface) |
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| NAME TWO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INTRUSIVE AND EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS. |
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| Intrusive are slow cooling and large crystals, Extrusive are quick cooling with tiny crystals. |
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| NAME THE THREE TYPES OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS. |
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| Low grade (low temp), Intermediate grade and High grade (high temp) |
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| WHICH METAMORPHIC ROCK IS ‘BANDED’, FOLIATED OR NONFOLIATED? |
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| NAME THE FOUR MAIN TYPES OF RADIOACTIVE CLOCK DATING AND WHAT THEIR MAIN USE IS. |
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| Radiocarbon dating (most useful type of dating, organic material), Potassium-argon dating (volcanic rock), Uranium-series dating (lime-rich areas/ caves), Fission-track dating (glassy materials). |
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| NAME THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF TRAPPED ELECTRON DATING METHODS AND WHAT THEIR MAIN USE IS. |
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| Thermoluminescence dating (ceramics), Optical dating (minerals exposed to light), Electron spin resonance dating (tooth enamel) |
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| WHAT DOES ‘BP’ STAND FOR AND WHEN IS THE KNOWN ‘START DATE’ FOR RADIOCARBON DATES? |
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| ‘BP’ means ‘before the present’, the present is AD 1950 |
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| WHAT IS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RADIOACTIVE CLOCKS DATING AND TRAPPED ELECTRON DATING METHODS? |
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| RC- amount of radiation emitted, TE- amount of radiation received |
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