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Geology - Part 1
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Hints:
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Q1. What is the best way to survive an Earthquake?
A. Run out of your house screaming
B. Evacuate a week beforehand
C. Get into the basement
D. Drop to the ground, get under something sturdy, and hold on.
Q2. Which layer of the earth makes up most of its mass?
A. crust
B. mantle
C. outer core
D. inner core
Q3. What is it called when sediment, after being carried, gathers to a FINAL location and settles down?
A. Compaction
B. Erosion
C. Cementation
D. Deposition
Q4. The Great Rift Valley in Africa occurs on land at this plate boundary.
A. Convergent
B. Divergent
C. Transform
Q5. An exact replica of the original organism or part of the organism that was once living
A. Mold
B. Cast
C. Amber
D. Fossil
Q6. Which of the following would be a good lining (so things can’t leak out) for a landfill or man made pond?
A. gravel
B. sand
C. clay
Q7. All rocks are made up of one or more.
A. sediments
B. minerals
C. metals
D. magma
Q8. This type of boundary will create a Rift Valley
A. Divergent
B. Convergent
C. Transform
D. Subduction
Q9. The Appalachian Plateau is the best place in Virginia to find -
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A. Coal
B. Kyanite
C. Sand
D. Gravel
Q10. Breaks in rock that are created by stress of moving plates are called?
A. faults
B. fissures
C. dikes
D. intrusions
Q11. Hurricanes will become stronger and more intense
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Q12. A rock containing iron is soft, crumbly, reddish in color. It’s been chemically weathered by ___
A. Carbon Dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Sulfer
Q13. These seismic waves are slower and arrive last but causes severe damage:
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A. p-waves
B. s-waves
C. surface waves
D. z-waves
Q14. What is a fold
A. Compression forces to cause crust to move up
B. Collision of crust bends rock layers.
C. Crust moves alongside each other in opposite directions
D. A thing you do with paper
Q15. Which Virginia province is seen on this map?
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A. Piedmont
B. Coastal Plain
C. Blue Ridge
D. Appalachian Plateau
Q16. Something that can prove or disprove an idea or theory
A. evidence
B. uplift
C. paleontology
D. subduction
Q17. Weathering erosion and deposition all contribute In the formation of a cave.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Q18. Igneous rocks that formed beneath Earth’s surface are
A. extrusive rock
B. intrusive rock
C. metamorphic rock
D. clastic
Q19. Sand, particles of rock, bits of soil and remains of once living things is called:
A. sediments
B. igneous rocks
C. sedimentary rocks
D. metamorphic rocks
Q20. Which of the following most likely caused the changes in the location below?
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A. volcano
B. weathering
C. earthquakes
D. thunderstorm
Q21. Rocks that formed near volcanoes from molten rock are
A. Sedimentary
B. Igneous
C. Metamorphic
Q22. What is the name given to the part of the Earth where living things are found?
A. atmosphere
B. hydrosphere
C. biosphere
D. geosphere
Q23. Novae have been found on
A. Venus
B. Earth
C. Jupiter
D. Mercury
Q24. An animal with a backbone.
A. vertebrate
B. carbon film
C. invertebrate
D. fossil
Q25. Which type of rock is hard, brown, and non-foliated?
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A. sandstone
B. coal
C. slate
D. gneiss
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