1- Which of the following characterizes a desert? A- Evaporation rates prevent p

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1- Which of the following characterizes a desert?

A- Evaporation rates prevent permanent surface water

B- Vegetation is sparse

C- Both hot and cold climates

D- All of the above

2- The principle of ______states that layers of sediment are generally deposited in a horizontal position.

A- Superposition

B- Lateral continuity

C- Original horizontally

D- Cross-cutting

3- The coastal zone is influenced by __________.

A- Tides

B- Waves

C- Currents

D- All of the above

4- An unconformity consisting of titled or folded sedimentary rocks that are overlain by younger, more flat-lying strata is called a(n) __________.

A- Conformity

B- Disconformity

C- Nonconformity

D- Angular unconformity

5- Which of the following statements about coastal waves is correct?

A- Neglibile water movement occurs below a water depth equivalent to ½ the wavelength

B- Waves are described by the height, wavelength, and period

C- The water wave form moves, but the water itself is stationary

D- All of the above

6- A classic depositional signature (landform or feature) of a glacier is (are)_______.

A- A U-shaped valley

B- Bedrock striations

C- Moraines

D- Horns

7- Numerical dating is the process associated with putting events in order from first to last.

A- True

B- False

8- The principle of faunal (fossil) correlation states _____________.

A- Fossil organisms succeed one another in a definite and determinable order, and therefore any time period can be recognized by its fossil content

B- Fossil organisms are useful for correlating strata that are less than 70,000 years old.

C- Only index fossils, which are geographically widespread and lived a very long time, can be used for correlation of strata

D- All of the above

8- The remains or traces of prehistoric life is called a(n) ___________.

A- Fossil

B- Remnant

C- Paleobody

D- Impression

9- Which of the following best describes tides?

A- Modulation of mean sea level due to the gravitational pull of the sun and moon

B- Water level variations from wind blowing onshore

C- Changes in global sea level due to climate change

D- All of the above

10- Glaciers move by ______________.

A- Basal slip

B- Plastic flow

C- Ice “piggybacking” within the zone of the fracture

D- All of the above

11- The coastal zone is variable due to processes associated with _________.

A- Tectonics

B- Seasonal morphology change

C- Sediment

D- All of the above

12- What effect did the Last Glacial Maximum (~18,000 years ago) have on the U.S.?

13- What are the spheres that comprises the Earth system?

A- Lithosphere, asthenosphere, hydrosphere, humansphere

B- Atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere

C- Atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere

D- Anthrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere

14- Lithospheric plates sliding past one another occurs at __________ plate boundaries.

A- Convergent

B- Divergent

C- Transform

14- Metamorphism involves the process(es) of __________.

A- Increasing pressure

B- Increasing heat/temperature (but not to point of melting)

C- Differential stress

D- All of the above

15- What geologic setting(s) would you expect to produce seismic activity?

A- A rift valley

B- A subduction zone

C- A collisional mountain belt

D- All of the above

Explanation / Answer

1) answer : B

Deserts are the barren land areas where little precipitation and less vegetation occurs.

2) answer : C

Principle of original horizontality states that the sedimentary beds are deposited in horizontal layers

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