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GEOLOGY_EXAM1

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Question 1: Valence

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In an atom, the electrons in the outer shell interact with other atoms. We refer to these as ___ electrons

Question 2: Organic

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Which of the following does not characterize a mineral?

Question 3: Along the margins of continents

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Active (young) mountain belts are most likely to be found ___

Question 4: Red Sea

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The ___ is (are) a logical evolutionary example of what the African Rift Valleys might look like ten million years from now

Question 5: Crust

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The ___ is the thinnest layer of the Earth.

Question 6: Native elements

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Minerals that are comprised of just one element are referred to as ___

Question 7: Electrons

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What are the lightest (least massive) of the atomic particles?Question 8: Historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils and geologic events, utilizing the geologic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of how erosion shapes the land surface

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What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology?

Question 9: Subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries

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Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks (or gets shoved) into the mantle at ___

Question 10: They believed Earth to be much younger than current estimates

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Compared to the age of Earth accepted today, how did 17th and 18th century proponents of catastrophism envision the Earth's age?Question 11: Volcanoes fed by a long-lived hot spot below the Pacific lithospheric plate

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Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands?Question 12: A deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions

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A transform plate boundary is characterized by ___

Question 13: Biotite

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What is the name of dark, iron rich member of the mica family?

Question 14: Biosphere

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The ___ refers to the sum total of all life on earth

Question 15: 4 oxygen ions

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The ion at the center of a silicate tetrahedron is surrounded by ___

Question 16: Alfred Wegener

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In the early part of the 20th century, ___ argued forcefully for continental drift

Question 17: Transferred from one atom to another

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In Ionic bonding

Question 18: Luster

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Which of the following describes the light reflecting and transmission characteristics of a mineral?

Question 19: Hot spot

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A very long-lived magma source located deep in the mantle is called a ___

Question 20: Silicates

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Which group of minerals are the most abundant in the Earth's crust?

Question 21: 2 centimeters/year

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___ is an average speed for a tectonic plate Question 22: Continental rift along which parts of the African continent are beginning to slowly separate

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The volcanoes and deep valleys of east Africa are related to a ___

Question 23: Gold

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Which of the following has the highest specific gravity?

Question 24: Calcite

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Which of the following will react readily with hydrochloric acid?Question 25: They are black to dark-green, silicate minerals containing iron and magnesium

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Which of the following best characterizes ferromagnesian silicates?

Question 26: Northward movement of India into Eurasia

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The ___ is an example of an active, continent-continent collision

Question 27: Catastrophism

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___, a popular natural philosophy of the 17th and early 18th centuries, was based on a firm belief in a very short geological history for Earth.

Question 28: Outer core

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The ___ is thought to be a liquid, metallic region in the Earth's interior.