The composition of continental crust is: Select one: a. Sima b. Siam d.Water c.
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The composition of continental crust is: Select one: a. Sima b. Siam d.Water c. Sial Question 2 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The leaking of landfill chemicals into the groundwater system. Select one: a. Solar Eclipse *b. converging plate boundaries c. diverging plate boundaries d. Passive b. Artesian Spring 3The process of subduction is due to: c. Diaspora d. Illuviation Question 3 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The rock type formed through the cooling of magma? Select one: a. Sedimentary b. Intrusive Igneous c. Extrusive Igneous d. Intrusive Metamorphic Question 4 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The rock type formed through the layering of material turning to rock over time and pressure? Select one: a. Obsidian b. Metamorphic c. Sedimentary d. Igneous Question 5 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The rock type formed best as an Aquaclude? Select one: a. Slate b. Granite c. Shale Question 6 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The seeping of water at the earth's surface due to faulting? Select one: a. Artesian b. Natural c. Bed d. Mountain Question 7 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A large mass of compressed snow affected by the relatively slow pull of gravity? Select one: a. Mega b. Avalanche c. Glacier d. Blizzard Question 8 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The geographical area that contributes groundwater and runoff to any particular stream Select one: a. Drainage Divide b. Tributary c. Drainage Basin d. Trunk Stream Question 9 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 1 Select one: a. Trunk Stream b. Interfluves c. Drainage Divide d. Tributaries Question 10 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 2 Select one: a. Tributaries b. Drainage Divide c. Interfluves d. Confluence Question 11 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 3 Select one: a. Trunk Stream b. Confluence c. Interfluves d. Drainage Divide Question 12 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 4 Select one: a. Tributaries b. Confluence c. Drainage Divide d. Trunk Stream Question 13 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 5 Select one: a. Drainage Divide b. Trunk Stream c. Interfluves d. Tributaries Question 14 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text An area of downward pull in the sub strata of the groundwater caused by wells: Select one: a. Subduction b. Artesian c. Cone of Depression d. Leaching Question 15 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The landform caused by built up sediments at a confluence: Select one: a. Delta b. Cut off c. Meander d. Oxbow Question 16 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The solid, non-living part of the earth is the: Select one: a. Hydrosphere b. Lithosphere c. Atmosphere d. Biosphere Question 17 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The Theory of earth's crust consisting of a puzzle like structure which move around? Select one: a. Plate Tectonics b. Continental Drift c. Pangaea d. Relativity Question 18 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The depression created due to the collapse of a cave: Select one: a. Vent b. Deposition c. Caldera d. sinkhole Question 19 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The material ejected during a volcanic eruption is referred to as: Select one: a. Alluvium b. Sediment c. Parent Materials d. Pyroclasts Question 20 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What geologic time scale would the Jurassic be considered? Select one: a. Epoch b. Century c. Eon d. Period Question 21 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Which is the fault type from the diagram A? Select one: a. Normal fault b. Reverse fault c. Transform/Strike Slip Question 22 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Which is the fault type from the diagram B? Select one: a. Normal fault b. Reverse fault c. Transform/Strike Slip Question 23 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Which is the fault type from the diagram C? Select one: a. Reverse fault b. Transform/Strike Slip c. Normal fault Question 24 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The beginning of the saturated zone of the groundwater: Select one: a. Water Table b. Spring c. Mesa d. Well Question 25 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A vertical chamber used to gain access to groundwater is a(n): Select one: a. Moho b. Spring c. Water Table d. Well Question 26 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The age of the Earth is about: Select one: a. 540 Million years b. 250 Million years c. 9.3 Trillion years d. 4.6 Billion years Question 27 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The study of landforms and how they form is BEST called: Select one: a. Geomorphology b. Paleontology c. Cartography d. Petrology Question 28 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The outer layer of the Earth is the: Select one: a. Upper Mantle b. Crust c. Lower Mantle d. Outer Core Question 29 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A large porous geological formation capable of holding large amounts of water: Select one: a. Aquifer b. Mesa c. Water Table d. Aquaclude Question 30 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A large impermeable geological formation: Select one: a. Spring b. Aquaclude c. Mesa d. Aquifer Question 31 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Tributaries meet at a ______. Select one: a. Interfluves b. Divide c. Basin d. Confluence Question 32 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What material is the best constituent for aquifer composition? Select one: a. Sandstone b. Obsidian c. Quartz d. Shale Question 33 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What epoch has the earth been in for the last 10,000 years? Select one: a. Precambrian b. Quaternary c. Holocene d. Jurassic Question 34 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The solid part of the exterior of the Earth is: Select one: a. Lithosphere b. Atmosphere c. Hydrosphere d. Exosphere Question 35 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The type of plate margin you would expect to see artesian springs: Select one: a. Convergent b. Passive c. Divergent Question 36 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The process by which one lithospheric plate is forced beneath another: Select one: a. Lithification b. Seismology c. Metamorphism d. Subduction Question 37 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The place where the continental crust is underwater at the plate boundary Select one: a. Focus b. epicenter c. Hotspot d. shelf Question 38 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Snow that has accumulated and compressed for a year Select one: a. Glacier b. Firn d,. Sorbet c. Ice Question 39 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Plate tectonics does not help to explain the locations of: Select one: a. Cities b. Certain Fossil Distributions c. Earthquakes d. Mountain Chains Question 40 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A glacier that is shrinking is said to be: Select one: a. Getting smaller b. Declining c. Quitting d. In retreat Question 41 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 1 Select one: a. Earth Flow b. Slump c. Soilfluction d. Mudflow Question 42 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 2 Select one: a. Earth Flow b. Mudflow c. Soilfluction d. Slump Question 43 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 3 Select one: a. Mudflow b. Slump c. Soilfluction d. Earth Flow Question 44 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 4 Select one: a. Mudflow b. Earth Flow c. Soilfluction d. Slump Question 45 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 5 Select one: a. Soil Creep b. Debris flow c. Debris Slide d. Rock fall Question 46 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 6 Select one: a. Debris Slide b. Debris flow c. Rock fall d. Soil Creep Question 47 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 7 Select one: a. Debris Slide b. Soil Creep c. Rock fall d. Debris flow Question 48 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is Feature 8 Select one: a. Debris flow b. Soil Creep c. Debris Slide d. Rock fall Question 49 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The two different types of weathering are: Select one: a. Mechanical and Chemical. b. Joint and fault c. Mass wasting and mass movement d. Anticline and Syncline Question 50 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The freezing and thawing of water in rock cracks is the weathering type called: Select one: a. Exfoliation b. Hydrolysis c. Frost wedging d. Carbonation Question 51 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text When a rock breaks free from a cliff and falls, it is a(n): Select one: a. Slump b. Mudflow c. Rock fall d. Soil creep Question 52 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The accumulation of boulders and rock fragments at the base of a cliff is called: Select one: a. Talus b. Exfoliation c. Slump d. Rock fall Question 53 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The slowest mass movement that causes retaining walls to topple and fence posts to tilt is: Select one: a. Rock fall b. Mudflow c. Soil creep d. Slump Question 54 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The wettest mass movement is a(n): Select one: a. Slump b. Rock fall c. Soil creep d. Mudflow Question 55 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A mass movement of snow going down a track down to a run out zone is a(n): Select one: a. Exfoliation b. Block Faulting c. Slumping d. Avalanche Question 56 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The modification and destruction of rock and sediment through time is: Select one: a. Talus b. Weathering c. Slump d. Rock fall Question 57 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A crack or fissure along horizontal or vertical planes in a rock mass that divides the rock into large blocks is a: Select one: a. Dike b. Joint c. Fault d. Niche Question 58 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Unusual rock forms resulting from differential weathering are called: Select one: a. Hoodoos b. Hogbacks c. Stalactites d. Erratics Question 59 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The lowest end of a slump is its: Select one: a. Limb b. Head c. Toe d. Foot Question 60 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A form of physical weathering in which sheets of rock flake away due to seasonal temperature changes or by the expansion of the rock due to unloading is: Select one: a. Slump b. Exfoliation c. Rock fall d. Talus Question 61 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The precipitation by rain, fog, or snow of strong mineral acids primarily sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxides is: Select one: a. Acid Rain b. Oxidation c. Leaching d. Carbonation Question 62 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Water held tightly to sediment grains is called: Select one: a. Aquiclude b. Field capacity c. Hygroscopic d. Percolation Question 63 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A(n) ___________ is an impermeable body of rock that may contain water but does not allow water to pass through it. Select one: a. Aquiclude b. Hygroscopic c. Percolation d. Field capacity Question 64 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Karst doesn't occur in Arctic Climates because the water, though present, is frozen. Select one: True False Question 65 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Physical weathering is responsible for most Karst formation Select one: True False Question 66 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The primary form of weathering in Karst formation is oxidation: Select one: True False Question 67 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Only mid-latitudinal climates contain Karst formations because they provide the right balance of moderate temperature and precipitation Select one: True False Question 68 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Sinkholes occur when the subterranean limestone rock has been dissolved to form a cavity Select one: True False Question 69 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Karst topography can form in most types of rock Select one: True False Question 70 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Water vapor dissolves carbon dioxide, forming a weak carbonic acid Select one: True False Question 71 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Most Karst formations appear reddish due to oxidation Select one: True False Question 72 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Karst topography can be found in Arid regions if the region has Select one: a. A past climate with significantly wetter conditions b. Rock with high iron content c. Significant tectonic activity d. None of the above Question 73 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text In the formation of a Karst, vegetation is Select one: a. None of the above b. Required for supply of organic acids c. Is not possible near Karst topography d. Not required at all Question 74 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What are fluvial landscapes? Select one: a. grassland b. river systems c. stream system d. lava system Question 75 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What 2 forces drive the fluvial system? Select one: a. condensation and gravity b. erosion and deposition c. insolation and gravity d. Precipitation and condensation Question 76 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Streams produce fluvial erosion, which supplies weathered sediment for to new locations, where it is laid down in a . Select one: a. transport, deposition b. alluvium, deposition c. erosion, transport d. erosion and alluvium Question 77 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What are the 3 main components of fluvial erosion? Select one: a. erosion, alluvium, and deposition b. alluvium, transportation, and deposition c. erosion, transportation, and alluvium d. erosion, transportation, and deposition Question 78 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Every stream has a drainage basin, ranging in size from tiny to vast. Select one: True False Question 79 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is a fluvial deposit? Select one: a. the end of a river or stream b. a river system c. the bed of a river d. material laid down by a stream or river Question 80 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What impact does fluvial erosion have on the land? Select one: a. little to no change in the land b. no impact c. land stays the same d. it changes the shape of the land Question 81 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is a fluvial process? Select one: a. erosion b. there's no such thing as a fluvial process c. the interaction of flowing water of rivers and streams d. transportation of sediments Question 82 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Sediments are always floating. Select one: True False Question 83 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text When water erodes land and leaves material brought from some where else its called Select one: a. fluvial process b. fluvial landscape c. fluvial deposits d. fluvial erosion Question 84 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What percentage of fresh water on Earth is stored as ice? Select one: a. 23% b. 77% c. 92% d. 47% e. 56% Question 85 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Glaciers behave as a plastic that flows most quickly in the core of the system. Select one: True False Question 86 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text At one point during Earth history, the oceans were frozen to a depth of nearly a half-mile. Select one: True False Question 87 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is the name of the process that causes the earth to compress under the weight of massive ice sheets? Select one: a. eustatic rebound b. glacial compression c. continental pressure d. isostatic depression Question 88 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Approximately what percentage of freshly fallen snow is air? Select one: a. 25% b. 80% c. 90% d. 50% Question 89 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text This is the name for the entire body of salt water that covers approximately 71% of the earth. Select one: a. gulf b. sea c. Bay d. ocean Question 90 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Which ocean is the largest on Earth? Select one: a. the Atlantic Ocean b. the Southern Ocean c. the Antarctic Ocean d. the Pacific Ocean Question 91 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Which feature has a larger influence on tides? Select one: a. the inner core of the earth b. the cloud cover c. the moon d. the sun Question 92 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The three factors involved in the formation of waves are wind strength, wind duration, and fetch. Select one: True False Question 93 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is the most dominant factor in shaping a coastline? Select one: a. wind b. vegetation c. waves d. tides Question 94 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text What is the most familiar coastal depositional feature? Select one: a. a seastack b. a beach c. a spit d. a foredune Question 95 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text These are resistant marine ridges or mounds composed primarily of compacted coral along with algal material and biochemically deposited calcium carbonates. Select one: a. Tombolo Features b. Coral reefs c. None of the above d. Baymouth Bars Question 96 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text A common process that occurs when a shoreline retreats as a result of erosion is termed: Select one: a. Beach Drift b. Feature Removal c. Retrogradation d. Progradation Question 97 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text The combined movement of sediment as a result of longshore drift and beach drift is called what? Select one: a. beach movement b. littoral drift c. longshore drift d. coastal movement Question 98 Not yet answered Points out of 1 Not flaggedFlag question Question text Marine terraces represent current shorelines and indicate current water level variation. Select one: True False
Explanation / Answer
1.The composition of Continental crust is sial
4.The rock type formed by the cooling of magma is Extrusive Igneous rock
5.The rock type formed through the layering of material turning to rock over time and pressure is metamorphic rocks.
6.The rock formed best known as aquaclude is granite.
9.The geographical area that contributes groundwater and runoff to any particular stream is Drainage basin.
17.The solid, non-living part of the earth is the: Lithosphere
19. The depression created due to the collapse of a cave: sinkhole.
20. The material ejected during a volcanic eruption is referred to as: Pyroclasts
21. What geologic time scale would the Jurassic be considered? Eon
25. The beginning of the saturated zone of the groundwater: water table
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