Which of the following is not an example of the
scientific method being applied?
(a) attributing AIDS to the wrath of God for punishment of
immoral behavior
(b) developing a hypothesis about AIDS being caused by the
HIV virus
(c) experimenting with monkeys to see if infecting them with
the HIV virus leads to AIDS
(d) gathering statistics about the spread of AIDS among
various demographic groups
Which of the following is an example of catastrophism?
(a) an impact by a meteorite or comet destroying the
dinosaurs
(b) Noah's flood destroying most of life on Earth
(c) the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.
(d) The 1907 San Francisco Earthquake
Which of the following did not happen during the iron
catastrophe.
(a) A large meteorite impacted the Earth's surface, releasing
large amount of mafic lava.
(b) As the Earth heated soon after reaching its present size,
it reached the melting point of iron.
(c) Because of the high density of iron, as it melted, it was
pulled toward the center of the Earth.
(d) Lighter materials, such as silicon and oxygen, rose
closer to the surface of the Earth, like scum on a boiling pot.
(e) Some of the gases trapped in the interior of the Earth
escaped, some of which combined to form the water of the oceans.
Which of the following layers of the Earth is most brittle?
(a) asthenosphere
(b) inner core
(c) lithosphere
(d) mantle
Which of the following rock types forms from preexisting
rock that is squeezed under high pressure but not melted?
(a) igneous
(b) metamorphic
(c) sedimentary
When two continental plates collide, which of the following
is formed?
(a) mountains
(b) spreading center
(c) subduction zone
(d) transform fault
When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which
of the following is formed?
(a) mountains
(b) spreading center
(c) subduction zone
(d) transform fault
The model presently used to explain the movement of
lithospheric plates includes all of the following except
(a) convection cells
(b) mid-oceanic spreading centers
(c) rotation of the Earth
(d) the asthenosphere
What did UNO possess, originally the property of PEMEX,
whose analysis helped explain the death of the dinosaurs?
(a) fragments of dinosaur bones
(b) a Mexican geologist
(c) pieces of a meteorite
(d) rock cores from oil wells drilled in the Yucatan
Peninsula
Which of the following is most important in determining the
type of bonding between atoms?
(a) electron
(b) neutron
(c) proton
(d) quark
The number of which of the following determines which
element an atom represents?
(a) electrons
(b) neutrons
(c) protons
(d) quarks
Diamond, made from pure carbon, has which of the following
types of bonds?
(a) covalent
(b) intermolecular
(c) ionic
(d) metallic
Silicates are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust
because
(a) silicates are less dense than other minerals
(b) silicates are released from mid-oceanic spreading centers
(c) silicates cover most of the oceans' bottoms.
(d) silicon and oxygen are the most common elements in the
crust
Caves usually form in carbonate rocks because
(a) carbonate rocks are mined to make drywall (sheetrock).
(b) carbonate rocks are less dense than other rocks
(c) carbonate rocks are more permeable than other rocks,
allowing water to move through them
(d) rainwater is naturally slightly acidic and dissolves the
carbonate rock
Graphite flakes off your pencil lead because
(a) covalent bonds break between carbon atoms
(b) graphite is less dense than diamond
(c) rubbing the graphite on the paper oxidizes the carbon
(d) weak intermolecular bonds break between sheets of carbon
If magma is cooling and silicate minerals begin to
crystallize, minerals containing which of the following crystallizes
first?
(a) independent silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(b) single chains of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(c) double chains of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(d) sheets of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(e) frameworks of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
If you were walking on a nice, sandy, white beach, the sand
would most likely be made from minerals containing which of the
following?
(a) independent silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(b) single chains of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(c) double chains of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(d) sheets of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
(e) frameworks of silica-oxygen tetrahedra
Which of the following is not a native element?
(a) copper
(b) gold
(c) platinum
(d) quartz
Which of the following is not an extrusive rock?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
Which of the following is a mafic rock?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
Which of the following forms from magma with the highest
viscosity?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
Which of the following crystallizes from the hottest
magma?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
Which of the following is likely to be the darkest color?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
Which of the following is most likely to come from a
volcanic eruption in Hawaii?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
Which of the following is most likely to form
stratovolcanoes near subduction zones?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
In a very violent eruption, such as at Yellowstone, which of
the following is most likely to be produced?
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) gypsum
(d) rhyolite
When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate,
which of the following is not true?
(a) earthquakes may result
(b) folding results in the uplift of mountains
(c) the leading edge of the oceanic plate is pushed downward
to the point of melting
(d) the oceanic plate is subducted under the continental
plate
(e) volcanoes form on the continent side of the point of
collision
Which of the following does not contribute to the
formation of magma?
(a) decay of radioactive isotopes
(b) pressure
(c) solar energy
(d) water
If magma is cooled from 1500 degrees C to 1000 degrees C,
some minerals will crystallize. The magma that remains will
be
(a) more felsic than the original magma
(b) more mafic than the original magma.
(c) the same as the original magma
A small, tabular pluton that cuts across existing rocks is
called a
(a) dike
(b) lapolith
(c) sill
(d) xenolith
(e) none of the above
At which of the following locations is a basalt least
likely to be formed?
(a) oceanic hot spot, such as Hawaii
(b) continental hot spot, such as Yellowstone
(c) mid-oceanic spreading center
(d) rift zone, such as in East Africa
The explosivity of a volcano depends primarily on which of
the following?
(a) gas content
(b) viscosity
(c) both a and b
(d) neither a nor b
At Mt. St. Helens, which of the following did not
occur?
(a) bulging of the surface of the volcano
(b) a geologist was killed
(c) a large lake was formed when the caldera collapsed
(d) small-scale tremors
In which of the following famous battles, did the
orientation of dikes and sills help decide the outcome of the battle
?
(a) The Battle of the Bulge
(b) Gettysburg
(c) Guilford Courthouse
(d) Pearl Harbor
True/False: Put A for True and B for False
James Hutton developed the theory of plate tectonics.
The planets closest to the Sun are densest.
The asthenosphere is located in the upper mantle.
To a geologist, relative dating has nothing to do with
having a cute cousin.
The most common rock on the Earth's surface is basalt.
The difference in crystal size between intrusive and
extrusive rocks is due to their silica content.
Plate tectonics is commonly used to explain the location of
volcanoes on the Moon.
Shield volcanoes are formed from andesite.
Crater Lake in Oregon formed when a volcano collapsed
inward.
On the slopes of volcanoes are often formed rich soils.
From the slides: We will view slides together in class.
The following questions are based on these slides.
In the slide shown, the rock is
(a) felsic and extrusive
(b) felsic and intrusive
(c) mafic and extrusive
(d) mafic and intrusive
The large depression shown in the slide is due to
(a) continental rifting
(b) a glacier
(c) subsidence
(d) wind
The rocks in the slide shown are
(a) andesite
(b) basalt
(c) granite
(d) gypsum
The hot spring shown is due to
(a) heat from chemical reactions in the groundwater
(b) hot rock near the Earth's surface
(c) a leaking pipe
(d) a meteorite impact
The feature that I will point to in the slide represents all
of the following except
(a) formation of new oceanic crust
(b) a new spreading center
(c) rifting
(d) a subduction zone
The feature that I will point to in the slide is
(a) a continent-continent collision
(b) a mid-oceanic spreading center
(c) a subduction zone
(d) a transform fault boundary
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