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Multiple Choice |
10 points
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Question 1. Correlation of
sedimentary rocks sequences between outcrops uses
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a) Rock type
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b) Fossil content
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c) Stratigraphic bed succession
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d) Absolute dating
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e) All of the
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f) None of the above
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Multiple Choice |
10 points
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Question 2. Which of the following
are factors controlling rock deformation?
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a) Temperature
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b) Rock Type
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c) Fluids
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d) Confining and Directed Pressures
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e) All of the above
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f) None of the above
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True/False |
10 points
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Question At very high temperatures
and great depth a rock under stress will undergo brittle
deformation.
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True |
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False |
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Multiple Choice |
10 points
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Question A fracture in the earths’
surface or a particular rock unit that shows no movement and
shearing is known as a ________.
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a) strike-slip fault
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b) normal-fault
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c) reverse-fault
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d) joint
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e) None of the above
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True/False |
10 points
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Question Applying the principle of
cross-cutting relationships to a package of rocks is an
example of trying to determine the Absolute Age of the rock
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Answer |
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True |
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False |
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Multiple Choice |
10 points
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Question 6. Using the figure below,
you determine that layer T is the youngest unit in the
package of strata being analyzed above. In doing so you are
using which of the following principles?
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Answer |
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a) Principle of Superposition
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b) Principle of least squares
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c) Principle of cross-cutting relationships
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d) None of the above
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True/False |
10 points
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Question The four inner planets
(Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are composed of primarily
gases and ices.
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True |
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False |
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Multiple Choice |
10 points
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Question Planets that orbit another
star are known as __________.
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a) exoplanets
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b) neoplantets
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c) pseudoplanets
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d) All of the above
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True/False |
10 points
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Question Our solar system formed when
a primeval cloud of gas and dust condensed about 4.5 Ga.
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True |
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False |
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Multiple Choice |
10 points
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Question Which of the following
planets have active plate tectonics occurring on the surface
today?
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a) Earth
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b) Jupiter
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c) Venus
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d) Mars
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e) A and D only
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f) A and C only
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g) All of the above
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