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Geology - Part 3
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Q1. this material does an excellent job of preserving insect remains
A. cast
B. amber
C. mold
D. carbon film
Q2. What is geology?
A. study of animals
B. study of society
C. a branch of earth science that focuses on the study of the rock
D. a type of corn
Q3. Numbers that describe the intensity of earthquakes based on the largest seismic wave recorded.
A. Richter scale
B. Seismograph
Q4. Where are fossils most commonly found?
A. sedimentary rock
B. ashphalt
C. deep, deep down
Q5. Feature "B"
×
A. Continental margin
B. Lithosphere
C. Oceanic Ridge
D. Ocean basin
Q6. Seismic waves that cannot travel through a liquid are
A. P waves
B. S waves
C. surface waves
Q7. The gravitational attraction between the star and the planet will be greatest at position
×
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Q8. Used as a food seasoning, water softener and de-icer
A. halite
B. antimony
C. galena
D. fluorite
Q9. Rain washing away soil from a hill side
×
A. weathering
B. erosion
C. deposition
Q10. What is a land area that can be covered with water at various points throughout the year?
A. Estuary
B. Floodplain
C. Wetland
D. Tributary
Q11. The time it takes to use a certain fraction, usually 80%, of the known or estimated supply of a nonrenewable resource
A. country time
B. depletion time
C. reduction time
D. exclusion time
Q12. "The nation’s largest source of renewable electricity, comes from power from a dam."
A. Geothermal Power
B. Wind Power
C. Hydro Power
D. Biomass Power
Q13. What is how quickly the soil drains?
A. Porosity
B. E horizon
C. Zone of Leaching
D. None of the above
Q14. Which of these numbers is closest to the age of the earth?
A. 4,600 years
B. 460,000 years
C. 46 million years
D. 4.6 billion years
Q15. What do you need to make metamorphic rocks?
A. Heat and Pressure
B. Weathering
C. Cooling of magma
D. None of the above
Q16. Where did the energy for fossil fuels come from?
A. Animals
B. Plants
C. Sun
D. Chemosynthesis
Q17. Igneous rock, is rock formed through the cooling of magma or lava. What is an igneous rock made of? two possible answers
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A. magma
B. lava
C. foam
Q18. Hawaii is an example of:
A. cinder cone
B. composite cone
C. hot spot volcano
D. an island arc formed by subduction
Q19. Tick all the sedimentary structures you might expect to find in a fluvial environment (channel, point bars and f lood plains)
A. Desiccation cracks
B. X-bedding
C. Imbricate structure
D. Flute casts
Q20. The ___ is the outermost layer of the earth.
A. Outer Core
B. Inner Core
C. Mantle
D. Crust
Q21. Compression causes the formation of ___
A. only anticlines
B. only synclines
C. both anticlines and synclines
Q22. Drowned rivers help create:
A. shelf breaks
B. continental margins
C. submarine canyons
D. turbidity currents.
Q23. What type of formation is most likely represented here?
×
A. fold belt
B. upwarped bend
C. plateau
D. volcanic emission
Q24. A hybrid car uses ___
A. an efficient gasoline engine and an electric motor.
B. an efficient gasoline engine and a fuel cell.
C. a fuel cell and a solar cell
D. a photovoltaic cell and an electric motor.
Q25. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
A. channel
B. geologic process
C. landform
D. system
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