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