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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A friction
B plate tectonics
C an inner core of magma
D the pull of lunar gravity
E radioactive decay
Question #2
A plate tectonics
B catastrophism
C isostasy
D monotheism
Question #3
A mantle
B crust
C magma
D inner core
E outer core
Question #4
A petrology
B crystal structure
C color
D pH
E origin
Question #6
A Mineral is a synonym for rock.
B All minerals crystals are too small to be seen.
C Fewer than 20 minerals make up 95% of the crust.
D More than 500,000 minerals exist.
E All minerals have been discovered.
Question #7
A increasingly younger rocks
B little evidence of paleomagnetic reversals of the poles
C the seafloor is drifting opposite to your direction of motion
D increasingly older rocks
E more and more earthquakes
Question #8
A an environmentally safe extraction method
B oil
C conventional extraction
D natural gas
E fossil fuels in sandstones
Question #9
A 0 centimeters per year (stopped)
B 10 centimeters per year
C 1 kilometer per year
D 100 meters per year
E 10 meters per year
Question #10
A transducive boundaries between oceanic and continental plates
B convergent between oceanic plates
C convergent between continental plates
D divergent between continental plates
E divergent between oceanic plates
Question #11
A divergent
B basalt
C rift
D convergent
E transcurrent
Question #12
A divergent
B convergent
C fault scarp
D subducting
E transform
Question #13
A Small crystals
B Numerous joints
C Straight or wavy, banded lines
D Large crystals
E Hollow cores
Question #14
A away from each other
B toward the Equator
C nowhere
D toward the North Pole
E toward each other
Question #15
A bedrock
B an outcrop
C sediments
D soil
E regolith
Question #16
A California
B Idaho
C Arkansas
D Arizona
E Washington
Question #17
A detrital striations
B strata
C intrusive exfoliation
D granite
E clastic inclusions
Question #18
A outer core
B crust
C atmosphere
D inner core
E aluminum
Question #19
A Mount St. Helens, Washington
B Mt. Novarupta, Alaska
C Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines
D Mt. Unzen, Japan
E Hawaiian Islands
Question #20
A continental shield
B mid-ocean ridge
C plate
D transform fault region
E caldera
Question #21
A It must have the same chemical composition wherever found.
B It must form a regular pattern of crystals.
C It must have economic value.
D It must be found in nature.
E It must be made up of inorganic substances.
Question #22
A Upwelling of magma
B Island arcs
C Continental rift zones
D Seafloor spreading
E Transform faults
Question #23
A Wallace
B Saganss
C Wegener
D Köppen
E Darwin
Question #24
A subduction zones on the ocean floor
B the Hawaiian Islands
C Azores Island
D volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
E flood basalts
Question #25
A Mid-oceanic ridge
B Trench
C Island arc
D The Alps
E Subduction
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 chemical and organic
C igneous extrusive
D sedimentary clastic
E metamorphic foliated
Question #29
A Aristotle
B Hutton
C Berkeley
D Wegener
E Köppen
Question #30
A granite
B magma
C pyroclastic material
D lava
E silica
Question #31
A lithosphere
B Moho
C asthenosphere
D outer core
E magnetosphere
Question #32
A Iron
B Titanium
C Quartz
D Basalt
E Aluminum
Question #34
A magma
B extrusive material
C soil
D bedrock
E rock
Question #35
A rotation
B fusion
C volcanoes
D radioactive decay
E fission
Question #36
A The Hawaiian Islands
B Southern California
C Western Europe
D The lower Mississippi River Valley
E The Florida peninsula
