Multiple Choice 10 points  
 
Question 1. Correlation of sedimentary rocks sequences between outcrops uses
Answer
  a) Rock type
  b) Fossil content
  c) Stratigraphic bed succession
  d) Absolute dating
e) All of the
  f) None of the above
 
Multiple Choice 10 points  
 
Question 2. Which of the following are factors controlling rock deformation?
Answer
  a) Temperature
  b) Rock Type
  c) Fluids
  d) Confining and Directed Pressures
e) All of the above
  f) None of the above
 
True/False 10 points  
 
Question At very high temperatures and great depth a rock under stress will undergo brittle deformation.
Answer
  True
Selected False
 
Multiple Choice 10 points  
 
Question A fracture in the earths’ surface or a particular rock unit that shows no movement and shearing is known as a ________.
Answer
  a) strike-slip fault
  b) normal-fault
  c) reverse-fault
d) joint
  e) None of the above
 
True/False 10 points  
 
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 units.
Answer
  True
Selected False
 
Multiple Choice 10 points  
 
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?
Inline image Xcuttingrelations.gif
Answer
a) Principle of Superposition
  b) Principle of least squares
  c) Principle of cross-cutting relationships
  d) None of the above
 
True/False 10 points  
 
Question The four inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are composed of primarily gases and ices.
Answer
  True
Selected False
 
Multiple Choice 10 points  
 
Question Planets that orbit another star are known as __________.
Answer
a) exoplanets
  b) neoplantets
  c) pseudoplanets
  d) All of the above
 
True/False 10 points  
 
Question Our solar system formed when a primeval cloud of gas and dust condensed about 4.5 Ga.
Answer
Selected True
  False
 
Multiple Choice 10 points  
 
Question Which of the following planets have active plate tectonics occurring on the surface today?
Answer
  a) Earth
  b) Jupiter
  c) Venus
  d) Mars
  e) A and D only
f) A and C only
  g) All of the above