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