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