Geology MCQ
Extreme high pressure causes an _____ to occur in which temperatures increase with height.
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Mesosphere
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Wind erosion can cause __________, which can create shallow depressions called __________.
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Deflation; blowouts
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A ________ transforms a bay into a lagoon.
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Baymouth bar
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Deep ocean trenches are the surface manifestations of ________.
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Sinking of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle at a subduction zone
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Crevasses (deep fractures or cracks) form because ________.
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As the glacier moves over irregular topography, cracks can form anywhere in the glacier but they are called
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The distinction between joints and faults is that ________.
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Faults are fractures along which displacement has occurred; displacement does not occur along joints
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In urban areas, an increase in impervious surfaces will cause ________.
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An increase in runoff
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In the winter, when water use is low, precipitation ________ evapotranspiration
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In terms of topography, the deepest soils are ________.
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On flat land
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Possibly the most cataclysmic event to occur in nature is ________.
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Supernova.
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The deep- and intermediate waters in the __________ ocean are the oldest in the world ocean.
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The best modern technique for obtaining high resolution bathymetry of the seafloor is ________.
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Multibeam bathymetry
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It is thought that submarine canyons on the continental slope have been generated by ________
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Turbidity currents
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The columbia river plateau is an example of a ________.
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Flood basalt
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Pink quartz and smoky quartz are different colors. they will both have the same _____.
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Color streak.
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The famous destruction of the roman city of pompeii was produced by ________.
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A pyroclastic eruption from a composite volcano that buried the city in ash and smothered the people living there
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The energy behind the 1902 pyroclastic flow that destroyed st. pierre came from _________________.
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All of these choices are correct
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The energy exchanges between space, the atmosphere, and earths surface produce _____.
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Weather and climate.
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Jet streams play a major role in the global transfer of heat by directing ____.
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Cold air equatorward
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In the tropical wet climate, precipitation is mainly ________.
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Convective
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Orcas (killer whales) were determined to be ________________ of the otters.
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Symbionts
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One trigger of mass movements is the pores in sediments filling with _____.
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Permeable rock or sediment between the water table and the land surface represents a(n) ____.
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Unsaturated zone
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The evolution of the eohippus into the modern day horse is an example of _____.
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Character change
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In the formation of igneous rocks, large crystal size is closely related to ________.
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Slow cooling
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The colorado river has carved the grand canyon to a depth of __________ and length of __________.
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1 mile; 277 miles
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In the 1906 san francisco earthquake, much of the damage was due to fires because ________.
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Water lines were badly damage so that firemen could not put out the fires
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The dominant type of faulting in the great basin region is ______________.
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Normal faulting
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In terms of underground water, ________ is the most effective shaper of landforms.
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In order for an embayment to qualify as an estuary, it must have both _____ and _____.
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Dilution; some degree of isolation
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In the df and dw climates, winter precipitation mainly originates from ________.
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Midlatitude cyclones
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In mountainous areas of western north america, north-facing slopes would be expected to _____.
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Support biological communities similar to those found at higher elevations on similar south-facing slopes
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Placer deposits form when _____.
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Heavy eroded particles settle out of moving water hot,
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Plants consume water during photosynthesis. they also release it to the atmosphere during ________.
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Transpiration
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The black hills of south dakota are a good example of a(n) ________.
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Inselbergs are associated with ________ landscapes.
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The average number of storm-related deaths attributed to flooding from 1985 to 2014 was ________.
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Relative to the celestial background, the moon moves ________.
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West to east
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Polar climates normally get ____________ amounts of precipitation.
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Little to medium
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The experimentation step of scientific inquiry involves _______.
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The downdraft in an ordinary cell thunderstorm is created mainly by ____.
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Evaporating raindrops that make the air cold and heavy.
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The deepest drill core into the earth's crust is approximately ________ kilometers deep.
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P waves bend while traveling through earths core and then arrive at the shadow zone _____.
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Several minutes later than expected
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Overland flow can concentrate in small grooves called ________, which can enlarge to form ________.
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Rills; gullies
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One potential source of groundwater contamination would be ________.
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leaking septic tank.
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Precipitation of water on the land surface leads directly to ________.
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None of these
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Peridotite that undergoes partial melting will create a melt enriched in ________.
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Iron, magnesium, feldspars, and silica
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The blanket of sediment on the sea floor is ___________ toward the ocean margins.
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Very thin at the volcanic ridges and thickens
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The best time for an earthquake to occur to minimize loss of life is __________.
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During the night when most people are home and asleep
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The difference between swamps and marshes is mainly one of ________.
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Trees versus grassland
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The eon represented by abundant deposits of strata with shelly fossils is the ________.
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Phanerozoic.
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The dense atmosphere of venus is ________, causing most incoming solar radiation to be _________.
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Light in color; reflected
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Prairie soils (mollisols) are _______.
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Poor in organic matter
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The land area situated between the cool zone and the warm zone is termed the ____________ zone.
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Transition zone
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When a beta particle is emitted during radioactive decay, the atomic number of the isotope _____.
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Increases by 1
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Velocity and turbulence are _____ at the __________.
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Greatest; outside of a meander
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The nuclear accident at chernobyl was _______ than the accident at three mile island.
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More devastating
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The newest bonanza for recycling scarce and toxic metals is to recover them from ________.
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The main component of the lower atmosphere by total volume is ________.
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The _______ experiences a temperature _____ primarily due to the absorption of ______.
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Thermosphere; increase; gamma rays and X-rays
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Symmetric ripples form when ________.
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Water deposits sediment in layers, but the direction of flow periodically changes
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Slow and steady movement on a fault that does not generate earthquakes is termed ________.
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San francisco bay is a __________ estuary.
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Researchers found _______________ decline in otter populations that were living in sheltered bays.
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If a stream carries water only during and immediately after a rain, it is classified as ________.
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Ephemeral
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Bifacially flaked tools characterize the _______ stone tool industry.
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Acheulian
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Areas with heavy freshwater runoff and low evaporation will have ________ average salinity.
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Lower than
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An individual's _____ provides an example of developmental continuity.
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Personality
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A hoodoo with a cap rock of sandstone and shale below is an example of __________.
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Differential weathering
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____________ was a famous japanese painter, known for his virtuosity in landscape images.
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________ is a vesicular rock with an andesitic or rhyolitic composition.
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A drowned river valley is also known as a ________ coast.
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A __________is a tentative, testable statement about the general nature of the phenomena observed.
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Hypothesis
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A floodplain forms where a stream _____.
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Side to side
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A fast-moving flow consisting of a mixture of water and volcaniclastic debris is termed a ________.
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A downwarped structure with a circular shape is a _____.
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A dam constructed to produce tidal power does so by _____.
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Harnessing water flow to drive turbines and electric generators
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A crustal block which is down thrown with a steep fault scarp on either side is a ________.
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A ________ volcano is a very large, gently sloping mound composed mainly of basaltic lava flows.
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A ________ is an intrusive, igneous rock body that is tabular and concordant.
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A ________ is a submarine volcano.
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A ______ is a volcano constructed of pyroclastic fragments ejected from a central vent.
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Cinder cone
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_____________ is primarily made up of basalt whereas __________ is primarily made up of granite.
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Oceanic crust;continental crust
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___________ is igneous activity that occurs __________ plate margins.
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Intraplate volcanism; away from
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__________ eruptions are the most violent types of explosive eruptions.
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Plinian-type
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__________ destroyed the city of st. pierre, martinique in 1902.
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A pyroclastic flow
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________ reacts readily with acids such as hydrochloric.
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________ is the dominant lava erupted from volcanoes on hawaii and iceland.
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_____ is a coarse-grained sedimentary rock formed by the cementation of rounded gravel.
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Conglomerate
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________ is the type of remote sensing imagery best suited to use at night.
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Thermal infrared
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A __________ is another name for winds that blow in an onshore direction during the day.
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Sea breeze
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A __________ is a vertical cylinder of rotating air that ranges from 310 km in diameter.
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Mesocyclone
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A hurricane has a maximum sustained surface wind speed of ______ km (74 mi) per hour or higher.
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A fully-developed "wave cyclone" is seen ____ hours from its inception.
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Air within the soil is usually highly saturated and rich in ________.
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Carbon dioxide
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A cool region underneath cloud cover will have _____ a region with no cloud cover.
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A higher pressure than That's
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______________ can be used to date fossils in rocks to give an approximate age.
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Radiocarbon dating
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________ solar system bodies are more likely to lose their atmospheres.
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Small, warm
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________ is the science of taking reliable measurements from aerial photographs.
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Photogrammetry
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________ involves movement on a zone of compressed air.
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A rock avalanche
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