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