Introduction to Geology MCQ
1. The dead sea and the sea of galilee __________________.
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Are pull-apart basins and the result of strike-slip motion
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2. In the map below, the vertical, north-south trending fault is a ________ fault.
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Left-lateral strike-slip
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3. The atmosphere around earth can cause global warming because ________.
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Molecules in the atmosphere are warmed by radiation from Earth and retain that heat
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4. Deposition of glacial rock flour from blowing winds is responsible for ________.
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Loess deposits.
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5. If you were to dig into a drumlin, you would find ________.
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Unsorted glacial till
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6. If you travel away from a midocean ridge you will find ________.
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Increasingly older rocks
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7. If the glacial budget is balanced (accumulation equals wastage), then ________.
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The terminus of the glacier is stationary
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8. If a sandstone lies on top of a shale, ________.
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The shale must be older, according to the principle of superposition
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9. Groundwater overdraft occurs when _______.
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The rate of use exceeds the rate of replenishment
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10. Groundwater is the largest reservoir of ________.
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Freshwater that is readily available to humans
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11. Grains become rounded primarily during ________.
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Transportation
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12. For a geologist, the most important characteristic of a sedimentary rock is its ________.
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13. Foliated metamorphic rocks possess ________.
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Mineral grains in preferred orientations or patterns of association (banding)
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14. Fluvial process includes both the stream flow within valleys as well as ________.
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Overland flow
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15. Features of a depositional coast may include spits, barrier islands, tombolos, and __________.
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16. Confining pressure results from the ________ of rocks.
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17. Complete this statement: divergence is to moving away as convergence is to _______.
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Moving toward
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18. Chemical weathering would be most effective ________.
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In a warm, wet climate
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19. Channels with gradual slopes often develop a sinuous form called a ________ pattern.
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Meandering stream
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20. California accounts for _______ of all u.s. earthquakes of magnitude 3.5 and above.
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21. Biochemical limestones are dominated by carbonate mud and fragments of ________.
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Skeletons of marine invertebrates made of calcite and aragonite
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22. Beach joggers prefer to run on the __________.
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Beach face
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23. At a bend in a river, the main erosion is ________.
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On the outside of the bend
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24. As shown by the south dakota example, artesian systems __________.
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Are able to transmit water great distances from recharge to discharge areas
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25. Among the following choices, the closest match for a divergent boundary is ________.
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The East African Rift valley
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26. All of the following are possible indicators that creep is occurring except for ________.
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An extremely thick soil profile
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27. Water currents along the coastline of chile pull up deep water that is __________.
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Warm and high in nutrients
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28. Hot, plastic material of the asthenosphere is most conspicuous at ________.
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Divergent plate boundaries
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29. A color that is almost gray has a ________ saturation.
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Analogous
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30. A ________ fault has little or no vertical movements of the two blocks.
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Strike Slip
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