GEOL 1121 2026/2027 Exam Review
Sedimentary rocks - ANSWER-Rocks that form from the weathering products of other
rocks are called what?
A few seconds - ANSWER-If all of geologic time were compressed into a single year,
how much of that year would account for recorded human civilization?
Piedmont - ANSWER-Carrollton lies within the what physiographic province?
Batholiths - ANSWER-The largest igneous intrusions are called what?
Gneiss - ANSWER-Which of the following is a metamorphic rock?
A pyroclastic flow - ANSWER-Which of the following would likely be most deadly if it
were to occur in a populated area?
Any type of rock - ANSWER-Metamorphic rocks can be formed from what type(s) of
rock?
At a convergent tectonic plate boundary - ANSWER-In what geological setting is large-
scale regional metamorphism likely to occur?
It contains iron oxide - ANSWER-Why is most of the sediment in the West Georgia area
(and many other places) reddish in color?
A parallel alignment of planar features in a metamorphic rock - ANSWER-This term
foliation refers to what?
Oxygen - ANSWER-Formation of coal requires sediment deposition in an environment
with a limited amount of what?
A very well-documented explanation - ANSWER-A scientific theory could be summed
up as what?
Billions of years old - ANSWER-According to scientific reasoning how old is the earth?
Modern geology recognizes that the earth is very old - ANSWER-What is the main
difference between modern geologic thinking and pre-20th century geologic thinking?
The Theory of Plate Tectonics - ANSWER-Which is so important to modern geologic
thinking that it could be considered to be the "unifying theory of geology"?
Shale - ANSWER-Which of the following rocks is made of sediment that was deposited
in a low-energy environment?
Sedimentary rocks - ANSWER-Rocks that form from the weathering products of other
rocks are called what?
A few seconds - ANSWER-If all of geologic time were compressed into a single year,
how much of that year would account for recorded human civilization?
Piedmont - ANSWER-Carrollton lies within the what physiographic province?
Batholiths - ANSWER-The largest igneous intrusions are called what?
Gneiss - ANSWER-Which of the following is a metamorphic rock?
A pyroclastic flow - ANSWER-Which of the following would likely be most deadly if it
were to occur in a populated area?
Any type of rock - ANSWER-Metamorphic rocks can be formed from what type(s) of
rock?
At a convergent tectonic plate boundary - ANSWER-In what geological setting is large-
scale regional metamorphism likely to occur?
It contains iron oxide - ANSWER-Why is most of the sediment in the West Georgia area
(and many other places) reddish in color?
A parallel alignment of planar features in a metamorphic rock - ANSWER-This term
foliation refers to what?
Oxygen - ANSWER-Formation of coal requires sediment deposition in an environment
with a limited amount of what?
A very well-documented explanation - ANSWER-A scientific theory could be summed
up as what?
Billions of years old - ANSWER-According to scientific reasoning how old is the earth?
Modern geology recognizes that the earth is very old - ANSWER-What is the main
difference between modern geologic thinking and pre-20th century geologic thinking?
The Theory of Plate Tectonics - ANSWER-Which is so important to modern geologic
thinking that it could be considered to be the "unifying theory of geology"?
Shale - ANSWER-Which of the following rocks is made of sediment that was deposited
in a low-energy environment?
