1. The four spheres on Earth are hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. A) True B) False
1. The four spheres on Earth are hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. A) True B) False
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals
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1. The four spheres on Earth are hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere.
A) True
B) False
2. Alfred Wegener originally proposed the continental drift hypothesis in 1912 stating that
all landmasses were originally united into a supercontinent named Pangaea and as
Pangaea broke up, the various continents moved to their present-day locations.
A) True
B) False
3. Large amounts of gas and a high viscosity magma will form an effusive eruption.
A) True
B) False
4. Minerals form only by covalent bonds.
A) True
B) False
5. Ocean currents always move in the direction of local winds.
A) True
B) False
6. During the cation exchange reaction, ions with small hydrated radii are favored, i.e.
absorb to clay mineral more strongly.
A) True
B) False
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