GEOLOGY 101 FINAL EXAM HUDSON - BYU

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GEOLOGY 101 FINAL EXAM (HUDSON - BYU)

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**Question:** The distribution of natural resources is

influenced by the:

• type of rocks
• age of the rocks
• way in which the rocks are formed
• all of these

**ANSWER:** **d. all of these**

**Question:** Geology can help us learn about Earth's past by

studying:

• why continents have different regions
• why a landscape looks the way it does
• how life in the past was different than today
• how global climate has changed since the ice ages
• all of these

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**ANSWER:** **e. all of these**

**Question:** The main layers of the Earth in correct order,

from the surface moving down, is:

• upper crust, outer core, inner core, mantle
• outer core, inner core, upper mantle, lower crust
• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• upper mantle, lower mantle, inner core, crust

**ANSWER:** **c. crust, mantle, outer core, inner core**

**Question:** Which layer in the earth is similar in

composition to basalt, a dark lava rock?

• continental crust
• oceanic crust
• upper mantle
• lower mantle
• core

**ANSWER:** **b. oceanic crust**

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**Question:** The principle of isostasy refers to:

• the difference in the strength of the mantle vs the crust
• the relationship between regional elevations and thickness of

crust

• how the outer core differs from the inner core
• how the upper mantle differs from the lower mantle

**ANSWER:** **b. the relationship between regional

elevations and thickness of crust**

**Question:** Which of the following is true about forces and

energy imposed on Earth from space?

• Internal processes within the Moon produce light during the

night.

• Sun's electromagnetic energy is all blocked by Earth's

protective atmosphere.

• Our massive Sun is the only object that exerts a gravitational

pull on Earth.

• all of these

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• none of these

**ANSWER:** **e. none of these**

**Question:** Which of the following is NOT one of the main

families of rocks?

• sedimentary
• igneous
• metamorphic
• meteorites

**ANSWER:** **d. meteorites**

**Question:** According to the rock cycle, sediment that is

being transported by a river could become a metamorphic rock

after:

• uplift and weathering
• melting and solidification
• deposition and burial
• solidification and uplift