Most glasses and some minerals exhibit a type of fracture characterized by nested and curved, crack surfaces. What term describes this property?
Answer: conchoidal
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Orogenic belts include all of the following except
a. intense deformation. d. metamorphism. b. suture zones. e. carbonate assemblages. c. plutonism
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The type of rock that the materials shown in this photograph would produce is
A. sedimentary. B. hydrothermal. C. metamorphic. D. igneous.
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Cinder cones are composed primarily of
A. blocky lava flows and lahar deposits. B. ejected fragments of vesicular lava. C. pahoehoe and/or aa. D. volcanic ash.
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