Who is known as the father of modern geology?
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17%
Abraham gottlob Werner
52%
James hutton
6%
Florence bascom
25%
William Smith
When the first geological map of great Britain by William Smith was published
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29%
1815
31%
1812
23%
1821
17%
1807
The term isostasy was first proposed by
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48%
Sir George airy
26%
Clearence dutton
11%
R.A daly
16%
Archdeacon pratt
cools and hardens to become solid, either beneath or on Earth’s surface
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16%
Sedimentary rock
16%
Metamorphic rock
59%
Igneous rock
9%
Rock cycle
Which type of rock would be likely to have fossils in it?
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5%
Lava
7%
Igneous rock
84%
Sedimentary rock
4%
Metamorphic rock
The plutonic rocks are formed at depths below the earth’s surface ranging
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28%
10 to 100 km
48%
100 to 200 km
20%
7 to 10 km
4%
1 to 5 km
The rock is coarse grained in ________
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26%
Volcanic rocks
57%
Plutonic rock
11%
Hypabyssal rock always
7%
Not found in igneous rock
Pick the plutonic igneous rock
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68%
Granite
14%
Granite porphyry
12%
Syenite porphyry
7%
Marble
What is the name of the supercontinent that once existed?
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8%
Maltesia
84%
Pangea
7%
Pretoria
1%
Mitoria
Which of the following minerals is the hardest according to the Mohs' scale?
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68%
quartz
10%
Calcite
10%
Fluorite
11%
Gypsum
Which of these minerals has a Mohs value of 1?
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13%
quartz
67%
Talc
13%
Diamond
6%
Calcite