Geology Exam 1

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Chapters 1 to 4.
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Questão 1

Questão
Why was the Theory of Continental Drift abandon?
Responda
  • Lack of evidence to support it.
  • no mechanism to prove it.
  • a better theory was developed.
  • all of the above.

Questão 2

Questão
Which of the following are functional layers of the earth? (select all that apply)
Responda
  • asthrnosphere
  • mantle
  • core
  • lithosphere
  • crust

Questão 3

Questão
Which of the follwoing has the smallest volume?
Responda
  • asthenosphere
  • mantle
  • core
  • lithosphere
  • crust

Questão 4

Questão
_________is the process of compactionand cementation.
Responda
  • erosion
  • weathering
  • lithification
  • solidification
  • metamorphism

Questão 5

Questão
Which of the following processes results in an igneous rock?
Responda
  • erosion
  • weathering
  • lithifiction
  • solidification
  • metamorphism

Questão 6

Questão
Which of the following rocks produce from lithification?
Responda
  • igneous
  • sedimentary
  • magma
  • sediment
  • metamorphic

Questão 7

Questão
Which of the following are typical at a divergent boundary? (enter all that apply)
Responda
  • earthquakes
  • trench
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • mountain range
  • volcanoes

Questão 8

Questão
Which of the following occurs at an ocean-ocean convergent boundary?(enter all that apply)
Responda
  • island arc
  • trench
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • mountain range
  • volcanoes

Questão 9

Questão
How are surface process different from internal processes?
Responda
  • the driving force for surface processes is the core.
  • the driving force for the internal process is the sun.
  • surface processes includes erosion, deposition, and weathering.
  • the surface is primarily shaped by tectonic forces.

Questão 10

Questão
Which of the following occurs at the transform boundary?
Responda
  • earthquakes
  • mountain ranges
  • volcanoes
  • accretionary wedge
  • islands

Questão 11

Questão
Which of the follwoing occurs at an oceanic hot spot?
Responda
  • islands
  • trench
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • mountain range
  • volcanoes

Questão 12

Questão
Japan is an example of a(n)_______plate boundary.
Responda
  • transform
  • divergant
  • continent-continent convergant
  • continent-ocean convergant
  • ocean-ocean convergant

Questão 13

Questão
Himilayan Mountains are an example of a(n)_________plate boundry.
Responda
  • transform
  • divergant
  • continent-continent convergant
  • continent-ocean convergant
  • ocean-ocean convergant.

Questão 14

Questão
Plates that move away from each other are considered to be a(n)______plate boundry
Responda
  • divergant
  • transform
  • continent-continent convergant
  • continent-ocean convergant
  • ocean-ocean convergant

Questão 15

Questão
Oceanic crust is created at________plate boumdries.
Responda
  • transform
  • divergant
  • convergant

Questão 16

Questão
Basalt is the promary rock of________crust.
Responda
  • oceanic
  • continental
  • convergant
  • divergant

Questão 17

Questão
Erosion refers to_________.
Responda
  • The transport of sediment.
  • the physical break-up of sediment
  • the chemical break down of sediment.
  • all of the above.

Questão 18

Questão
Which of the following is not evidence for plate tectonics?
Responda
  • Earthquakes
  • volcanoes
  • mountain ranges
  • orea

Questão 19

Questão
The silicate structure in which all oxygen are shared is called_______.
Responda
  • single chain
  • double chain
  • framework
  • sheet

Questão 20

Questão
A tetrahedron is composed of 4 ______and 1________.
Responda
  • sulfur, oxygen
  • silicon, oxygen
  • oxyge, carbon
  • carbon, oxygen
  • oxygen, silicon

Questão 21

Questão
Which of the following is not one of the 5 most common rock-forming minerals?
Responda
  • quartz
  • pyroxene
  • amphibole
  • carbonate
  • feldspar

Questão 22

Questão
The free flow of electrons is (a)n______bond.
Responda
  • iconic
  • covalent
  • intermolecular
  • metallic

Questão 23

Questão
Will a dimond scratch glass?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 24

Questão
Is water a mineral?
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 25

Questão
Which is the least useful property for mineral identification?
Responda
  • hardness
  • cleavage
  • crystal shape
  • color
  • streak

Questão 26

Questão
Which of the following classes of minerals contains sulfur bonded to a metal?
Responda
  • carbonoates
  • sulfides
  • sulfates
  • halides
  • native elements

Questão 27

Questão
Calcite is an example of the _______class of minerals.
Responda
  • carbonate
  • sulfide
  • sulfate
  • halide
  • native element

Questão 28

Questão
Graphite is an example of the ________class of minerals.
Responda
  • carbonate
  • sulfide
  • sulfate
  • halide
  • native element

Questão 29

Questão
Graphite is an example of a(n)_________bond.
Responda
  • iconic
  • covalent
  • metallic
  • all of the above

Questão 30

Questão
Which of the following is true about rocks and minerals?
Responda
  • a. a rock can contain more than one mineral
  • b. a mineral is composed of chemical elements
  • c. a rock can include only one mineral
  • d. a and b only

Questão 31

Questão
Which of the following is an oxide?
Responda
  • pyrite
  • hematite
  • dolomite
  • gypsum

Questão 32

Questão
Which of the following is true about tests we can perform on a mineral?
Responda
  • a softer mineral will scratch a harder mineral
  • many common minerals react (effervesce) with dilute hydrochloric acid.
  • a streak plate is used to determine how hard a mineral is
  • many minerals are strongly magnetic
  • none of the above

Questão 33

Questão
Which of the following would be considered an ore mineral (enter all that apply)
Responda
  • halite
  • copper
  • galena
  • graphite
  • magnetite

Questão 34

Questão
A valence shell is________.
Responda
  • the outcome electron shell.
  • the innermost electron shell.
  • a thin shell on the crust.
  • a thin layer between the crust and mantle.

Questão 35

Questão
The polarity of water refers to ___________.
Responda
  • two hydrogen atoms for every one oxygen atom.
  • two oxygen atoms for every hydrogen atom
  • the partial positive and partial negative sides.

Questão 36

Questão
What is significant anout the Pacific RIng of FIre?
Responda
  • It has a large concentration of earthquakes.
  • It has a large concentration of volcanoes.
  • It has a large concentration of convergent plate boundries.
  • It has a large concentration of divergant plate boundaries.

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