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