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