Exam 1: An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics

During late Paleozoic glaciation, southern Africa was situated over the South Pole.

The mantle and crust have about the same thickness.

William Logan was Canada's first official geologist.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Fossils of armour headed fishes and trilobites would be found in marine sedimentary rocks of ________.

Which sequence is in the correct order through time for "fossil succession" assuming strata successively from: Late Precambrian, Cambrian, Silurian, Jurassic, Tertiary

The early geologic process that formed the primitive: atmosphere, crust, mantle and core within the first few million years of Earth history was ________.

According to the rock cycle, any type of rock (igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic)may be transformed into another type of rock, given enough time.

What is the average thickness of Earth's lithosphere?

The natural chemical and mechanical decomposition of rocks at Earth's surface is termed ________.

The ________ is not a part of the Earth's physical environment.

Which of the following best describes the fundamental concept of superposition?

"The physical, chemical and biological processes that operate today have operated throughout geologic time" is a restatement of James Hutton's theory of ________.

James Hutton's 18th century textbook emphasized the importance of catastrophic geologic processes and a short time span for the whole of Earth's geologic history.

As a self-contained planet, Earth is divided into several interacting systems called ________.

The faunal evidence for Pangaea was tenuous as the giant crocodillian, Mesosaurus, could have easily swum from South America to Africa.

Shallowest to deepest, the primary layers within the Earth as defined by contrasting physical properties are ________.

Early during Earth's history what two things contributed heat that led to the internal melting and formation of the core?

Which of the following is closest to the currently accepted age of the Earth?

Compared to the age of Earth accepted as correct today, how did 17th and 18th century proponents of catastrophism envision the Earth's age?