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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A the pull of lunar gravity
B an inner core of magma
C friction
D plate tectonics
E radioactive decay
Question #2
A isostasy
B monotheism
C plate tectonics
D catastrophism
Question #3
A inner core
B crust
C outer core
D magma
E mantle
Question #4
A petrology
B origin
C pH
D color
E crystal structure
Question #6
A All minerals have been discovered.
B All minerals crystals are too small to be seen.
C Fewer than 20 minerals make up 95% of the crust.
D Mineral is a synonym for rock.
E More than 500,000 minerals exist.
Question #7
A the seafloor is drifting opposite to your direction of motion
B more and more earthquakes
C increasingly younger rocks
D little evidence of paleomagnetic reversals of the poles
E increasingly older rocks
Question #8
A oil
B fossil fuels in sandstones
C conventional extraction
D an environmentally safe extraction method
E natural gas
Question #9
A 1 kilometer per year
B 10 meters per year
C 10 centimeters per year
D 100 meters per year
E 0 centimeters per year (stopped)
Question #10
A convergent between oceanic plates
B convergent between continental plates
C transducive boundaries between oceanic and continental plates
D divergent between oceanic plates
E divergent between continental plates
Question #11
A basalt
B convergent
C divergent
D rift
E transcurrent
Question #12
A subducting
B convergent
C divergent
D transform
E fault scarp
Question #13
A Straight or wavy, banded lines
B Large crystals
C Numerous joints
D Hollow cores
E Small crystals
Question #14
A toward the Equator
B toward each other
C nowhere
D away from each other
E toward the North Pole
Question #15
A regolith
B soil
C sediments
D bedrock
E an outcrop
Question #16
A Idaho
B Washington
C Arkansas
D California
E Arizona
Question #17
A clastic inclusions
B intrusive exfoliation
C detrital striations
D granite
E strata
Question #18
A inner core
B atmosphere
C crust
D outer core
E aluminum
Question #19
A Hawaiian Islands
B Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines
C Mount St. Helens, Washington
D Mt. Novarupta, Alaska
E Mt. Unzen, Japan
Question #20
A transform fault region
B plate
C mid-ocean ridge
D caldera
E continental shield
Question #21
A It must be found in nature.
B It must form a regular pattern of crystals.
C It must have economic value.
D It must have the same chemical composition wherever found.
E It must be made up of inorganic substances.
Question #22
A Upwelling of magma
B Transform faults
C Island arcs
D Continental rift zones
E Seafloor spreading
Question #23
A Saganss
B Wallace
C Darwin
D Wegener
E Köppen
Question #24
A the Hawaiian Islands
B Azores Island
C flood basalts
D volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
E subduction zones on the ocean floor
Question #25
A Trench
B Mid-oceanic ridge
C The Alps
D Subduction
E Island arc
Question #27
A not on a plate boundary
B on a transform boundary
C on a divergent boundary
D not on a plate
E on a convergent boundary
Question #28
A igneous intrusive
B metamorphic foliated
C sedimentary chemical and organic
D igneous extrusive
E sedimentary clastic
Question #29
A Köppen
B Hutton
C Berkeley
D Wegener
E Aristotle
Question #30
A pyroclastic material
B magma
C silica
D granite
E lava
Question #31
A Moho
B outer core
C lithosphere
D asthenosphere
E magnetosphere
Question #32
A Aluminum
B Iron
C Titanium
D Quartz
E Basalt
Question #34
A soil
B bedrock
C magma
D extrusive material
E rock
Question #35
A fusion
B fission
C volcanoes
D radioactive decay
E rotation
Question #36
A Southern California
B The Hawaiian Islands
C Western Europe
D The lower Mississippi River Valley
E The Florida peninsula
