FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EXAM

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FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EXAM

TWO Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -111 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: True or False: The limited geographic range of fossil remains of the fresh water reptile Mesosaurus was used as supporting evidence of the hypothesis of continental drift.

Answer:

True Question 2: Whenever the water table intersects the ground surface, a natural flow of ground water out on to the surface creates a(n) _____.

• hot geyser field,
• warm mineral geyser,
• freshwater spring,
• aquifer

Answer:

• freshwater spring

Question 3: The _____ of a river is the maximum amount of particles that the river can carry that the river can carry, whereas the maximum size of particle _____ of a stream.

• aquifer...aquitard,
• competence...capacity,
• capacity...competence

Answer:

• capacity...competence

Question 4: _____ is a variety of limestone that is very soft. It was once used to write letters and numbers on large flat boards of the metamorphic rock called slate, in front of eager geology students.

• Chalk,
• Coquina,
• Rock salt,
• Sandstone,
• Coal

Answer:

• Chalk

Question 5: Which one of the following answers best describes a "P" wave?

• As the wave passes through a rock, particles are compressed and then dilated,
• As the wave passes through rock, particles are shaken at right angles to wave direction,
• This seismic wave is the first of the three earthquake waves to be received by a

seismograph,

• both A and C,
• both B and C

Answer:

• both A and C

Question 6: The type of seismic wave that causes the most damage to buildings and other human structures is a _____ _____.

• P wave,
• S wave,
• surface wave,
• seismowave

Answer:

• surface wave

Question 7: _____ form in a river floodplain when a(n) _____ is cut off from the main channel of a river. A Oxbow lakes...meander,

• Natural levees...meander,
• Point bars...back swamp,
• Meanders...natural levee,
• Natural levees...oxbow lake

Answer:

• Oxbow lakes...meander

Question 8: At which of the following locations does an active continental rift exist today?

• Greenland,
• Mid-Atlantic Ridge,
• East Africa,
• South America,
• Reunion Island

Answer:

• East Africa

Question 9: The term that is synonymous with extrusive igneous rock is _____, but the terms that are synonymous with intrusive igneous rock is _____.

• plutonic rock...volcanic rock,
• plutonic rock...sedimentary rock,
• volcanic rock...plutonic rock

Answer:

• volcanic rock...plutonic rock

Question 10: In the Mississippi River delta, over the last 7,000-8,000 years here have been at least _____ major deltas that have grown in this time. This is a clear signal that the river mouth will try to keep moving over time. A 3,

B. 4, C.5,

• 6,
• 7

Answer:

• 7

Question 11: In the model of continental drift, an extremely large continental land mass (a supercontinent) known as _____ consisted of a northern half known as _____ and a southern half known as _____.

• Laurasia...Gondwanaland...Iapetus,
• Pangaea...Gondwanaland...Laurasia,
• Iapetus...Gondwanaland...Pangaea,
• Pangaea...Laurasia...Gondwanaland

Answer:

• Pangaea...Laurasia...Gondwanaland

Question 12: Which of the following is the metamorphic equivalent of sandstone?

• shale,
• slate,
• quartzite,
• amphibolite,
• marble

Answer:

• quartzite

Question 13: _____ are sharp ridges found in between cirques. They are created as alpine glaciers carve mountains.

• Cirques,
• Aretes,
• Horns,
• Moraines

Answer:

• Aretes

Question 14: The presence of the Earth's field supports the idea that the inner and outer core is mostly iron.

• radioactive,
• thermoluminescent,
• ultraviolet,
• infrared,
• magnetic

Answer:

• magnetic

Question 15: Which of the following correctly describes the present geophysical model of how plate tectonics works inside the Earth?

• Whole Mantle Convection Model Hypothesis,
• Layer Cake Mantle Convection Current Hypothesis,
• both A and B are viable models,
• neither A or B are still accepted models

Answer:

• both A and B are viable models