Rocks in the Vicinity of Westchester Community College, Valhalla NY Outcrop location Rock Name Rock Type Palisades Interstate Parkway Palisades Sill, diabase Igneous US 9W, NY 218 Sparkill Red Conglomerate, Sandstone and Shale Sedimentary Taconic State Parkway, Kensico Dam Manhattan Schist, Yonkers Granite Gneiss and Fordham Gneiss Metamorphic I87 - Tarrytown Yonkers Granite Gneiss and Fordham Gneiss Metamorphic NY22 White Plains Yonkers Granite Gneiss and Fordham Gneiss Metamorphic I84 Connecticut State Line Manhattan Schist Metamorphic Rockland County - Haverstraw Red Conglomerate, Sandstone and Shale Sedimentary Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx Inwood Marble Metamorphic Bear Mountain Gneiss and quartzite Metamorphic Peekskill Gneiss and quartzite Metamorphic                                                       Use table entitled “Rocks in the Vicinity of Westchester Community College, Valhalla NY” on page 3 to fill in the table below: Number of Each Rock Type in the Vicinity of WCC Rock Type # of outcrops Igneous   Sedimentary   Metamorphic     Insert completed histogram here:                   Generalization about data:

Q: The formation of igneous rock is most directly related to which of the following geologic events?…

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Q: What is the difference from magma and lava ?

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Q: Which part of the Earth is a hot, elastic semi-liquid layer that extends around the entire Earth? A.…

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Q: Which of the following processes is one of the first steps in the formation of some sedimentary…

A: The first step used in the formation of sedimentary rock is weathering/erosion.

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Q: Foliated metamorphic rocks are created by

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Q: Non-Foliated metamorphic rocks are usually found near a. Glaciers b. Intrusive ingenious rock c.…

A: Non foliated metamorphic rocks are usually found near Intrusive ingenious rock .around intrusive…

Q: What rock type is formed from the slow cooling of magma under the earth's surface

A: To determine: What is the type of the rock which is formed by the slow cooling of magma under the…

Q: that the density of a rock is 2.7 g/cm3 , what is the density of the rock in kg/m3 ?

A: Steps: m = V × ρ = 1 cubic meter × 2.7 gram/cubic centimeter = 1000000 cubic centimeter × 2.7…

Q: Is this solution correct? I thought the area in ft2 needs to be converted to in2.

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Q: 12. Which part of the earth makes up about one-third of earth’s total mass and is mostly iron with a…

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A: Metamorphism is the variation of minerals or geologic character in pre-existing rocks. The change…

Q: This igneous rock contains angular pieces of gray volcanic rocks in a matrix of powdery volcanic ash…

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Q: Thank you . What about e and g ?

A: Required Answers for part (e) and (g)