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