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