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