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Basic Geology MCQ

1. The suspended load of a stream _____

Unending circulation of Earth's water supply

The lowest point to which a stream can erode its channel

Natural background reservoirs of stream and hot water

Usually consists of fine sand, silt, and clay-sized particles

Answer

Correct Answer: Usually consists of fine sand, silt, and clay-sized particles

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2. A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are ____.

Foliated or nonfoliated

Arrangement of mineral grains

Growth in the size of the mineral grains

Metamorphic rocks

Answer

Correct Answer: Foliated or nonfoliated

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3. An intermediate product in the transformation of snow to glacial ice is ________.

Firn

Deposition

Ablation

Terminus

Answer

Correct Answer: Firn

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4. An episode of mountain building is termed a(n) ________.

Orogeny

Phylogeny

Aureole

Slickenside

Answer

Correct Answer: Orogeny

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5. Foliated metamorphic rocks possess ________.

Mineral grains in preferred orientations or patterns of association (banding)

Both are dominated by minerals that produce equant grains

Aureole

Rock becomes deeply buried during continental collision and mountain building

Answer

Correct Answer: Mineral grains in preferred orientations or patterns of association (banding)

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6. A(n) ________ is likely to host a waterfall or steep rapids today.

Outwash plain

Hanging valley

Striated drumlin

Horn peak

Answer

Correct Answer: Hanging valley

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7. A(n) ________ is a silicate structure where no silica tetrahedra share any oxygen ions.

Single Chain

Double Chain

Framework

Independent

Answer

Correct Answer: Independent

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8. A(n) ________ texture represents a single, long period of cooling and crystallization.

Glassy

Phaneritic

Aphanitic

Pyroclastic

Answer

Correct Answer: Phaneritic

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9. _______ refers to a series of vertical zones with distinctive climate and vegetation regimes

Altitudinal zonation

Sedimentation

Temperature inversions

Urban expanses

Answer

Correct Answer: Altitudinal zonation

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10. Titicaca is the ___

World's highest navigable lake

Lost city of the Incas

Highest waterfall in the world

Largest rain forest in the world

Answer

Correct Answer: World's highest navigable lake

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11. Creep is __________.

Permanently frozen ground of tundra and subarctic climates that has remained 0°C for two years or more

Mass wasting by the gradual downhill movement of sediment, influenced by freeze-thaw or wet-dry cycles

The trunks become tilted in the downhill direction due to creep, but continue to grow toward the sun.

Slow and subtle movement of material

Answer

Correct Answer: Mass wasting by the gradual downhill movement of sediment, influenced by freeze-thaw or wet-dry cycles

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12. The bend in the stone walls in the town of hollister, california are a result of __________.

Shear stress (Pacific Plate moved north relative to the North American Plate, shear stress was exerted on the rocks.)

P waves are faster than S waves.

A fault creep along the Calaveras Fault

The outer core of Earth is liquid

Answer

Correct Answer: A fault creep along the Calaveras Fault

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13. Particles moving by saltation are transported in the _______ load.

Meanders

Rectangular

Bed

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Bed

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14. Geologically, ________ are actually submerged parts of the continents.

Continental shelves

Coastal guyots

Both of these

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Continental shelves

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15. A long-lived magma source located in the mantle is called a ________.

Basalt spout

Melt well

Magma welt

Hot spot

Answer

Correct Answer: Hot spot

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16. ________ rocks always originate at the surface of the solid earth.

Secondary

Igneous

Metamorphic

Sedimentary

Answer

Correct Answer: Sedimentary

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