GEG 111 EXAM 2 HARPER COLLEGE LATES T

GEG 111 EXAM 2 HARPER COLLEGE LATES T

-20 QUESTIONS AND

CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED

ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

Which of the following is an exogenic process?

Volcanism

Weathering

Earthquakes

Flows of heat and materials in the mantle - ANSWER- Weathering

Which of the following is an endogenic process?

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Weathering

Glacial erosion

Volcanism

Stream deposition - ANSWER- Volcanism

Uniformitarianism assumes that

mountains, plains, and canyons formed by catastrophic events.

catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred.

Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events.

the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time. - ANSWER- the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time. 2 / 4

Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale?

Over 87 percent of Earth's history has elapsed during the more recent Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic eras.

We live in the Tertiary period.

The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.

The Jurassic period occurred during the Paleozoic era. - ANSWER- The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.

Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mineral?

Solid

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Specific chemical composition Inorganic

Crystalline structure

Anthropogenic - ANSWER- Anthropogenic

Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by

Climatic periods based on paleoclimatological reconstructions.

using a quantile method whereby the number of years in each subdivision is determined by dividing the number of years by the desired number of classes.

dividing the time range of the interval by the number desired subdivisions, thereby creating equal intervals between the divisions.

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