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