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