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