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Chapter 1 Which of the following best describes the fundamental concept
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) A(n) ________ system is one in which energy moves freely in and out, but no matter enters or leaves the system. 1) […]
Chapter 10 Examples East Africa Rift Rio Grande
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) ________ is (are) not part of an ophiolite complex. 1) A) Steeply inclined, basaltic dikes B) Intrusive, coarse–grained gabbro C) Residual, unmelted, […]
Chapter 11 Large circular down warped structures are called
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The term ________ refers specifically to geologic mountain building. 1) A) orogenesis B) orthogonal C) orogneisses D) orthogeny 2) A horst is […]
Chapter 12 Which The Following Was Major Factor
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The most rapid type of mass movement is a ________. 1) A) debris flow B) slump C) lahar D) rock avalanche 2) […]
Chapter 13 Sea Level Drops When Evaporation Rates Increase
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) A ________ stream pattern develops on lands underlain by tilted or folded, alternating hard and soft, sedimentary strata. 1) A) boreal B) […]
Chapter 14 Controls The Ease Or Difficulty
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The hot spring deposits at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, are travertine. What rock probably lies somewhere beneath the hot springs? […]
Chapter 15 The Bottom Downward Tip Crevasse Marks
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The ________ of the geologic time scale represents the time of the most recent “Ice Age.” 1) A) Pleistocene era B) Pliocene […]
Chapter 16 Linear Sand Ridges Right Angles The
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) ________ refers to the “bouncing” mode of sand transport in a windstorm or stream. 1) A) Ventifaction B) Deflation C) Saltation D) […]
Chapter 17 Structures Called Are Built Parallel The
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The daily tidal range is GREATEST during ________ tide. 1) A) ebb B) neap C) spring D) none of these 2) A […]
Chapter 18 Choose The Option That Does Not Fit
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Sandstone strata and a mass of granite are observed to be in contact. Which of the following statements is correct geologically? 1) […]
Chapter 19 Which type of bacteria thrives in environments that
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The age of Earth is about ________. 1) A) 16 million years B) 2 billion years C) 195 million years D) 4.5 […]
Chapter 19 Young Hot Earth Had Primitive Atmosphere
Word Analysis. Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option that does not fit the pattern. 44) a. placental b. eukaryote c. marsupial d. mammal 44) 45) […]
Chapter 2 Plates Are Moving Apart From One
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Early results of the Deep Sea Drilling Project clearly justified the conclusion that ________. 1) A) the ocean basins are relatively young; […]
Chapter 20 What percent of the solar energy reaching the top of the
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The main goal of paleoclimatology is to understand the climate of the past in order to ________. 1) A) positively identify why […]
Chapter 3 They Contain Magnetite And Ferroite And They
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Cell phones are often recycled to collect gold and other metals from them. This is profitable because ________. 1) A) the demand […]
Chapter 4 Rock Has Two More Distinctly Porphyritic
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Extrusive igneous rocks are typically finer grained than intrusive igneous rocks. Why? 1) A) Intrusive magma flows onto the Earth’s surface and […]
Chapter 5 They Are Built Mostly Entirely During One
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) What volcanic events formed Crater Lake, Oregon? When did they take place? 1) A) The crater of a large, extinct cinder cone […]
Chapter 6 Which Term Best Describes Accumulation Angular Rock
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following best describes the process of eluviation? 1) A) feldspar decomposition and leaching of the soluble products from the […]
Chapter 7 Shale All Clay Sediment 68 A
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which major component of detrital sedimentary rocks only rarely occurs as a primary mineral in igneous rocks? 1) A) quartz B) clays […]
Chapter 8 Which of the following is not connected or involved with shock
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following is not necessary for the formation of metamorphic rock? 1) A) chemically active liquids B) calcium–rich or liquids […]
Chapter 9 The distance between a seismological recording station
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) ________ is the maximum possible damage designation on the Mercalli scale. 1) A) XII B) 12 C) 10 D) X 2) The […]