1. Smaller pieces of rock or detritus would combine to form a(n) _____.

A. Contact metamorphic rock

B. Regional metamorphic rock
C. Igneous rock
D. Clastic sedimentary rock

2. WHERE is a geologist MOST likely to find cross-bedding?

A. Ancient sand dunes
B. A newly created resort beach
C. ONLY in coastal towns
D. manmade, neighborhood lake
3. If a glacier experiences greater ablation than accumulation, which of the following scenarios will
occur?
A. The glacier will experience sublimation.
B. The glacier will advance.
C. The glacier will retreat.
D. The glacier will experience calving.
4. Most of the liquid fresh water on Earth is stored underground in _____.
A. Aquifers
B. Lakes
C. Dams
D. estuaries and marshes
5. When a plant loses water through the leaves, it is _____.
A. Transpiring
B. Breathing
C. Evaporating
D. Sweating
6. Which of the following resources is a fossil fuel?
A. All the answers are correct.
B. Uranium
C. Coal
D. Wood
E. Continue
7. What are energy resources that are not easily replenished by the environment known as?
A. Eolic
B. Chemical
C. Renewable
D. Non-renewable
8. The deeper rocks are in the earth, the _____ it has to be to melt them because _____ keeps
them in a solid state longer.
A. colder; greater pressure
B. colder; less pressure
C. hotter; greater pressure
D. hotter; less pressure
9. What is the name of the Earth's outermost, 60-mile-thick, layer?
A. Lithosphere
B. Hydrosphere
C. Asthenosphere
D. Biosphere
10. Seismic data recorded on the Moon's surface has allowed scientists to extrapolate the depth of
the boundary between the Moon's mantle and core. How do geologists determine the depth of
the interior layers of the earth?
A. Geologists make use of the same types of evidence to infer the Earth's interior layers.
B. Satellite imagery provides definitive proof of the gathered data regarding the Earth's
mantle and core.
C. On Earth, this data is closely linked to a study of the planetary magnetic poles.
D. Geologists estimate the depths of the Earth's interior layers by studying the ocean
basins and sea bed.
11. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Debris flow involves a water-laden mass moving down a slope.
B. All of the answers are correct.
C. Unlike debris flow, earthflow generally develops at the lower end of a slope.
D. Rockslides are an example of mass wasting.
12. About 20% of Earth's atmosphere is this gas.
A. oxygen
B. nitrogen
C. carbon dioxide
13. Which of the following is almost certain to happen as our Earth's climate changes?
A. The Moon will increase its gravitational pull.
B. Humans will run out of fossil fuels to use.
C. The ocean will dry out.
D. Average global temperatures will rise.
14. In oceanic-continent convergence, the lower density continental plate is subducted beneath the
oceanic plate.
A. True
B. False
15. The ______ is the least dense layer of Earth.
A. core
B. mantle
C. ocean
D. crust
16. Acid rain, ozone, and smog are all examples of .
A. primary pollutants
B. secondary pollutants
17. What is the core made of?
A. Iron
B. Aluminum
C. Steel
D. Iron and Nickel
E. Both a and c
18. About how long ago was Earth formed?
A. 4.5 million years
B. 45 million years
C. 4.5 billion years
19. Wind, solar and water are examples of ____resources.
A. nonrenewable
B. fossil fuels
C. budding
D. renewable
20. The type of plastic crustal deformation that produces ___________ of rocks
A. faulting
B. shearing
C. folding
D. subduction
21. An Earth subsystem known as Geosphere?
A. biosphere
B. atmosphere
C. lithosphere
D. hydrosphere
22. A type of rock that is formed through cooling of melt inside or outside the Earth.
A. Igneous
B. Metamorphic
C. Sedimentary
D. Glass
23. Rock fragments transported in a streambed _________.
A. Get smaller and rounder
B. Get larger and rounder
C. Get smaller and angular
D. Get larger and angular
24. Volcanic eruptions release huge amount of volcanic gases such as carbon dioxide, sulphur
dioxide, and hydrogen sulphide. Which of the following substances is produced when sulphur
dioxide gas reacts with water droplets in the atmosphere?
A. ozone
B. coal
C. methane
D. acid rain
25. The hardest mineral is ___________.
A. Calcite
B. quartz
C. diamond
D. talc
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