4/28/2014 Blackboard Learn

https://bblearn.tri-c.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse 1/4
Quizzes and Tests Review Test Submission: Chapter 13
H
Review Test Submission: Chapter 13
User Karla Osolin
Course ESCI1310_D - Spring14 - CRN 18788 (Norton-Krane - Physical Geography)
Test Chapter 13
Started 4/15/14 11:42 AM
Submitted 4/15/14 11:48 AM
Due Date 4/20/14 11:59 PM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 17 out of 17 points
Time Elapsed 5 minutes out of 25 minutes.
Instructions
Question 1
The viewpoint that past processes are the same as the present ones which created our
present land surface is known as ________.
Selected Answer:

uniformitarianism
Correct Answer:

uniformitarianism
Question 2
Crustal movements of various kinds in the Earth's crust are collectively called ________
activity.
Selected Answer:

tectonic
Correct Answer:

tectonic
Question 3
Igneous rocks deposited on the surface and then cooled are known as ________.
Selected Answer:

extrusive
Correct Answer:

extrusive
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
0 out of 0 points
4/28/2014 Blackboard Learn
https://bblearn.tri-c.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse 2/4
Earth's age is ________ billion years old.
Selected Answer:

4.6
Correct Answer:

4.6
Question 5
The most common sedimentary rock is ________.
Selected Answer:

shale
Correct Answer:

shale
Question 6
Earth's inner core is thought to consist of ________.
Selected Answer:

a rigid mass
Correct Answer:

a rigid mass
Question 7
In the formation of igneous rocks, large crystal size is closely related to ________.
Selected Answer:

slow cooling
Correct Answer:

slow cooling
Question 8
A considerable body of knowledge concerning Earth's interior has been amassed through
________.
Selected Answer:

all of the above
Correct Answer:

all of the above
Question 9
Sedimentary rocks are the most common bedrock on the continents and comprise about
________ percent of the surface.
Selected Answer:

75
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
4/28/2014 Blackboard Learn
https://bblearn.tri-c.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse 3/4
Correct Answer:

75
Question 10
During sedimentation, materials are often sorted by ________.
Selected Answer:

size
Correct Answer:

size
Question 11
Most processes which shape topography are ________.
Selected Answer:

very slow
Correct Answer:

very slow
Question 12
The geographer's concern with the Earth's interior ________.
Selected Answer:

is restricted to its influence on Earth surface features
Correct Answer:

is restricted to its influence on Earth surface features
Question 13
Which of the following is NOT necessarily an attribute of a mineral?
Selected Answer:

It must have economic value.
Correct Answer:

It must have economic value.
Question 14
The following is found at the base of Earth's crust:
Selected Answer:

the Moho.
Correct Answer:

the Moho.
Question 15
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
4/28/2014 Blackboard Learn
https://bblearn.tri-c.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_tab_group_id=_2_1&url=%2Fwebapps%2Fblackboard%2Fexecute%2Flauncher%3Ftype%3DCourse 4/4
Monday, April 28, 2014 2:21:36 PM EDT
Which material accumulated from the remains of plants and animals can produce
limestone?
Selected Answer:

calcium carbonate
Correct Answer:

calcium carbonate
Question 16
Mechanically formed sedimentary rocks are those formed from ________.
Selected Answer:

pieces of other rocks
Correct Answer:

pieces of other rocks
Question 17
The "plates" in plate tectonics are in the ________.
Selected Answer:

lithosphere
Correct Answer:

lithosphere
Question 18
The term "landforms" is synonymous with ________.
Selected Answer:

topography
Correct Answer:

topography
OK
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points
1 out of 1 points