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COR 007 SECOND ASSESSMENT

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Where does lithification usually happen? * 1 point

River beds

Valleys and plains

Mountain ranges

Slope areas

Which of the following types of tectonic forces tends to push two sides of 1 point
a body in opposite directions so that they slide horizontally past one
another? *

Shearing

Compressive

None

Tensional

What are necessary for metamorphic rocks to form? * 1 point

Low Temperature.

Agents of weathering and erosion.

High Pressure and Temperature.

Areas of high seismic activities.

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Which of the following will not make a fossil? * 1 point

loose animal bones

animal footprints

decomposed organic material

plant impressions (casts)

What is Ring of Fire? * 1 point

Belt of volcanoes in the mid-continental region

Belt of volcanoes in the mid-atlantic region

None of the above

Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region

In which of the following is geological knowledge useful? * 1 point

Supplying things we need.

All of these are areas where geological knowledge is useful!

Avoiding geologic and other natural hazards.

Protecting the environment.

Which of the following represents the longest time periodPrecambrian * 1 point

Cenozoic

Paleozoic

Mesozoic

Precambrian

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A fault plane strikes north-south and dips steeply to the west. Geologic 1 point
observations indicate that most of the fault movement was vertical and
that Mesozoic rocks occur east of the fault and Paleozoic rocks occur west
of the fault. What type of fault is this? *

Reverse

Left lateral strike slip

Right lateral strike slip

Normal

Which factor does not affect whether folding is severe or gentle * 1 point

length of time the force was applied

the magnitude of the applied forces

age of the rock units

the ability of the rocks to resist deformation

Of the following four geologic periods, which is the most recent? * 1 point

Silurian

Permian

Jurassic

Devonian

Which of the following statements about rock deformation is false? * 1 point

rocks under low confining pressure are more likely to deform ductily than rocks under
high confining pressure

deep crustal rocks are more likely to deform ductily than shallow crustal rocks

most sedimentary rocks are more deformable than igneous rocks

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hotter rocks are more likely to deform ductily than cooler rocks

Which of the following is a sedimentary rock? * 1 point

Option 4 Option 2

Option 3 Option 1

What step in the rock cycle would be required to change granite into 1 point
sandstone? *

Lava flows melt the granite sediment.

Magma hardens into granite sediment.

Pieces of the granite melt when they return to the mantle by subduction.

Granite particles settle on the ocean floor.

A disconformity is * 1 point

an erosional surface between different rock types

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an erosional surface between different rock types

a rock unit that does not contain fossils

an erosional surface between igneous and metamorphic rocks

an erosional surface between horizontal sedimentary rocks

In which rock fossil are likely to be preserved? * 1 point

Basalt

Marble

Granite

Sandstone

Which weathering process causes changes in chemical composition to 1 point

rocks? *

Collision

Ice wedging

Hydration

Hydrolysis

A disease that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach 1 point
is referred to as *

Hyperendemic

Epidemic

Spanish flu

Pandemic

Effective hazard management largely rely on * 1 point

Pre-disaster planning

Emergency responses

Volcanoes

Government agencies
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During large earthquakes, what process is responsible for the greatest 1 point
number of fatalities? *

Large objects (like buildings and highway overpasses) fall on people.

Sanitary facilities fail, causing widespread disease.

People are buried alive by great landslides and open chasms in the Earth.

Fires erupt trapping many people inside burning buildings.

Because plate movements have raised ancient sea floors above sea level, * 1 point

there is less coral than there used to be.

coral reefs are only found in the deep ocean.

all remains of ancient coral reefs have been lost.

limestone that began as coral reefs can be found on the continents.

Which of the following is used by geologists to determine the relative ages 1 point
in a rock sequence? *

Stratigraphy

cross-cutting relationships

all of these

Fossils

What type of fault is characterized by the rocks above the fault plane 1 point
moving upward relative to the rocks below the fault plane? *

All of these

Strike slip

Reverse

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Normal

Which of the following conditions would favor folding rather than faulting? 1 point
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high temperatures and high confining pressures

low temperatures and low confining pressures

low temperatures and high confining pressures

high temperatures and low confining pressures

Which of the processes weakens an exposed rock? * 1 point

Metamorphism

Erosion

Weathering

Crystallization

Where does most metamorphic rock form? * 1 point

At the surface

Just below the surface

Deep underground

In ocean waters

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In the geologic map below, units A, B, and C are sedimentary rocks; unit A 1 point
is the oldest and unit C is the youngest. The sedimentary rocks are cut by a
fault, indicated by the dark line, that dips 60 degrees to the northwest.
What type of structure is shown on the map? *

a folded strike-slip fault

a faulted anticline

the structure cannot be determined from the information given

a faulted syncline

Which of the following is not a possible contributors to the great 1 point

extinctions that occurred at the close of the Permian? *

Eruption and formation of the Siberian Traps, and the resulting elevation of the global
temperature by 5 centrigade

Release of methane stored under the worlds oceans

Death of the dinosaurs

A bolide impact at Bedout High along the NW margin of Australia

Which of the following is not a man-made hazard? * 1 point

Environmental pollution

Drought

Wars and Civil Strife

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Wars and Civil Strife

Leakage of Toxic waste

The idea that younger beds are deposited on top of older beds is called the 1 point
Principle of Original Horizontality *

Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships

Principle of Original Horizontality

Principle of Superposition

Principle of Fossil Succession

Why rock cycle is necessary for the survival of life in earth? * 1 point

It provides varieties of landscapes and landforms making earth a beautiful place to

live.

It eliminates and removed waste materials generated by the living organisms.

It enables the earth to eliminate unwanted minerals and turn it into something useful.

It recycle the minerals of the earth so that it will be redistributed and can be reused.

The first life forms on planet Earth occur during the Archean are called * 1 point

Trilobites

Eukaryotes

Prokaryotes

Protists

The principal of original horizontality states that * 1 point

most rocks in the Earth's crust are layered horizontally

metamorphic gradients are essentially horizontal before deformation

igneous rocks form essentially horizontal layers

sediments are deposited as essentially horizontal layers

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To describe rock’s texture, geologists determine * 1 point

The color and density of the rock

How many minerals the rock contains.

The size, shape and pattern of the rock’s grains

How the rock formed

Which of the following is TRUE about rocks? * 1 point

All rocks preserved organic remains.

All rocks are from magma.

All rocks are made of organic substances.

All rocks are composed of minerals.

An undeformed sedimentary layer is __________ than the layer above and 1 point
_______ than the layer below. *

older --- older

younger --- older

younger ---younger

older --- younger

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The structure shows * 1 point

dome

Anticline

Basin

Syncline

What type of forces dominate at convergent plate margins? * 1 point

Shearing

Tensional

None

Compressive

The disappearance of the dinosaurs also marks the end of which 1 point
geological era? *

Cenozoic

Precambrian

Mesozoic

Cambrian

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Which of the following best describes igneous rocks? * 1 point

Formed from crystalize magma and lava.

Made of mineral crystals.

Formed along volcanic chambers.

Has light and dark color.

What is a natural hazard? * 1 point

An extreme natural event that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage,
destruction and death.

An extreme hazard caused by human activity.

A hazard caused by climate change.

A hazard resulting from the movement of tectonic plates.

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