GEG 111 EXAM 2 HARPER COLLEGE LATEST ACTUAL EXAM
Which of the following is an exogenic process?
Volcanism
Weathering
Earthquakes
Flows of heat and materials in the mantle - ANSWER: Weathering
Which of the following is an endogenic process?
Weathering
Glacial erosion
Volcanism
Stream deposition - ANSWER: Volcanism
Uniformitarianism assumes that
mountains, plains, and canyons formed by catastrophic events.
catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred.
Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events.
the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes
that have been operating throughout geologic time. - ANSWER: the same physical
processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been
operating throughout geologic time.
Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale?
Over 87 percent of Earth's history has elapsed during the more recent Cenozoic,
Mesozoic, and Paleozoic eras.
We live in the Tertiary period.
,The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
The Jurassic period occurred during the Paleozoic era. - ANSWER: The bulk of Earth's
history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mineral?
Solid
Specific chemical composition
Inorganic
Crystalline structure
Anthropogenic - ANSWER: Anthropogenic
Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by
Climatic periods based on paleoclimatological reconstructions.
using a quantile method whereby the number of years in each subdivision is
determined by dividing the number of years by the desired number of classes.
dividing the time range of the interval by the number desired subdivisions, thereby
creating equal intervals between the divisions.
Major events in Earth's history, such as major extinctions. - ANSWER: Major events in
Earth's history, such as major extinctions.
An assemblage of minerals bound together is called a
molecule.
mineral.
granitic compound.
rock. - ANSWER: rock.
An element or combination of elements that forms an inorganic, natural compound
is called a
tectonic rock.
,granitic compound.
mineral.
molecule. - ANSWER: mineral.
The subfield of geography and geology concerned with the study of the origins,
evolutions, form, and spatial distribution of Earth's landforms is
geophysics.
lithology.
pedology.
geomorphology. - ANSWER: geomorphology.
Areas of crustal collision and subduction occur along
areas of seafloor spreading.
transform boundaries.
divergent boundaries.
convergent boundaries. - ANSWER: convergent boundaries.
Areas of upwelling material from the mantle to form new seafloor occur along
divergent boundaries.
areas of seafloor spreading.
convergent boundaries.
transform boundaries. - ANSWER: divergent boundaries.
Areas where plates slide past one another, usually ar right angles to a seafloor
spreading are
divergent boundaries.
, convergent boundaries.
areas of seafloor spreading.
transform boundaries. - ANSWER: transform boundaries.
The three basic rock types are
intrusive, extrusive, and plutonic.
laterite, schist, and basalt.
sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.
conglomerates, clastics, and evaporative - ANSWER: sedimentary, metamorphic, and
igneous.
Which of the following is NOT a process than can cause metamorphism?
Solidification of magma
Compression and shear
Heating
Pressure - ANSWER: Solidification of magma
Metamorphism that occurs over broad areas when the pressure and associated heat
of of overlaying rocks or other tectonic forces cause the rocks to undergo
deformation is known as
intrusive metamorphism.
extrusive metamorphism.
regional metamorphism.
contact metamorphism. - ANSWER: regional metamorphism.
Continental crust is basically ________, whereas oceanic crust is basically ________.
granite; basalt
Which of the following is an exogenic process?
Volcanism
Weathering
Earthquakes
Flows of heat and materials in the mantle - ANSWER: Weathering
Which of the following is an endogenic process?
Weathering
Glacial erosion
Volcanism
Stream deposition - ANSWER: Volcanism
Uniformitarianism assumes that
mountains, plains, and canyons formed by catastrophic events.
catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred.
Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events.
the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes
that have been operating throughout geologic time. - ANSWER: the same physical
processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been
operating throughout geologic time.
Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale?
Over 87 percent of Earth's history has elapsed during the more recent Cenozoic,
Mesozoic, and Paleozoic eras.
We live in the Tertiary period.
,The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
The Jurassic period occurred during the Paleozoic era. - ANSWER: The bulk of Earth's
history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mineral?
Solid
Specific chemical composition
Inorganic
Crystalline structure
Anthropogenic - ANSWER: Anthropogenic
Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by
Climatic periods based on paleoclimatological reconstructions.
using a quantile method whereby the number of years in each subdivision is
determined by dividing the number of years by the desired number of classes.
dividing the time range of the interval by the number desired subdivisions, thereby
creating equal intervals between the divisions.
Major events in Earth's history, such as major extinctions. - ANSWER: Major events in
Earth's history, such as major extinctions.
An assemblage of minerals bound together is called a
molecule.
mineral.
granitic compound.
rock. - ANSWER: rock.
An element or combination of elements that forms an inorganic, natural compound
is called a
tectonic rock.
,granitic compound.
mineral.
molecule. - ANSWER: mineral.
The subfield of geography and geology concerned with the study of the origins,
evolutions, form, and spatial distribution of Earth's landforms is
geophysics.
lithology.
pedology.
geomorphology. - ANSWER: geomorphology.
Areas of crustal collision and subduction occur along
areas of seafloor spreading.
transform boundaries.
divergent boundaries.
convergent boundaries. - ANSWER: convergent boundaries.
Areas of upwelling material from the mantle to form new seafloor occur along
divergent boundaries.
areas of seafloor spreading.
convergent boundaries.
transform boundaries. - ANSWER: divergent boundaries.
Areas where plates slide past one another, usually ar right angles to a seafloor
spreading are
divergent boundaries.
, convergent boundaries.
areas of seafloor spreading.
transform boundaries. - ANSWER: transform boundaries.
The three basic rock types are
intrusive, extrusive, and plutonic.
laterite, schist, and basalt.
sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.
conglomerates, clastics, and evaporative - ANSWER: sedimentary, metamorphic, and
igneous.
Which of the following is NOT a process than can cause metamorphism?
Solidification of magma
Compression and shear
Heating
Pressure - ANSWER: Solidification of magma
Metamorphism that occurs over broad areas when the pressure and associated heat
of of overlaying rocks or other tectonic forces cause the rocks to undergo
deformation is known as
intrusive metamorphism.
extrusive metamorphism.
regional metamorphism.
contact metamorphism. - ANSWER: regional metamorphism.
Continental crust is basically ________, whereas oceanic crust is basically ________.
granite; basalt
