Question 1

Uplift can occur during the rock cycle

Accepted Answer

A) only after deformation and metamorphism. 
B) only after melting and solidification. 
C) only after metamorphism or solidification. 
D) at any point after burial. 
A) only after deformation and metamorphism. 
B) only after melting and solidification. 
C) only after metamorphism or solidification. 
D) at any point after burial.

Question 2

Which of the following locations would contain large, angular rocks that broke away from bedrock and moved downhill?

Accepted Answer

A) location 1, along the margins of a glacier 
B) location 2, along a steep mountain front 
C) location 3, in sand dunes 
D) location 4, along a beach 
E) location 5, on relatively deep seafloor 
A) location 1, along the margins of a glacier 
B) location 2, along a steep mountain front 
C) location 3, in sand dunes 
D) location 4, along a beach 
E) location 5, on relatively deep seafloor

Question 3

What type of feature is represented by the boundary between geologic units 2 and 3?

Accepted Answer

A) cleavage 
B) unconformity 
C) anticline 
D) joint 
A) cleavage 
B) unconformity 
C) anticline 
D) joint

Question 4

Wind moves sediment by

Accepted Answer

A) bouncing sand grains along the surface. 
B) rolling sand grains along the surface. 
C) carrying finer material, like dust and silt, in air currents. 
D) All of these. 
A) bouncing sand grains along the surface. 
B) rolling sand grains along the surface. 
C) carrying finer material, like dust and silt, in air currents. 
D) All of these.

Question 5

The difference between a rock and a mineral is that

Accepted Answer

A) rocks are inorganic but minerals are organic. 
B) rocks can be of a wider variety of origins than minerals. 
C) rocks are composed of minerals. 
D) rocks are cycled over geologic time but minerals are not. 
E) rocks are harder than minerals. 
A) rocks are inorganic but minerals are organic. 
B) rocks can be of a wider variety of origins than minerals. 
C) rocks are composed of minerals. 
D) rocks are cycled over geologic time but minerals are not. 
E) rocks are harder than minerals.

Question 6

Isotopes that decay slowly are used to date

Accepted Answer

A) ancient rock. 
B) recent lava flows. 
C) prehistoric cultural sites. 
A) ancient rock. 
B) recent lava flows. 
C) prehistoric cultural sites.

Question 7

The very common mineral shown in this photograph is light colored, transparent, and fractures rather than cleaves.What mineral is it?

Accepted Answer

A) garnet 
B) quartz 
C) biotite 
D) muscovite 
E) feldspar 
A) garnet 
B) quartz 
C) biotite 
D) muscovite 
E) feldspar

Question 8

What texture is displayed by the igneous rock in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) vesicles 
B) breccia 
C) porphyritic 
D) glassy 
E) None of these. 
A) vesicles 
B) breccia 
C) porphyritic 
D) glassy 
E) None of these.

Question 9

Which of the following rock photographs depicts an igneous rock that trapped gas?

Accepted Answer

A)    
B)    
C)    
D)    
A)    
B)    
C)    
D)

Question 10

This figure has rock units and geologic features that are assigned letters that are not in any particular order.From the geologic relations, what is the oldest unit or feature of those listed below?

Accepted Answer

A) the canyon (feature N) 
B) lava flow (unit L) 
C) dike (unit 
D)  
D) fault (feature F) 
E) old river channels (feature R) 
A) the canyon (feature N) 
B) lava flow (unit L) 
C) dike (unit 
D)  
D) fault (feature F) 
E) old river channels (feature R)

Question 11

This photograph shows light-colored granite and darker diorite (both igneous rocks).Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The light-colored unit is younger because granite is more continental than diorite. 
B) The diorite is older because its weathered surfaces are darker. 
C) The granite is younger because it crosscuts the diorite. 
D) All of these. 
A) The light-colored unit is younger because granite is more continental than diorite. 
B) The diorite is older because its weathered surfaces are darker. 
C) The granite is younger because it crosscuts the diorite. 
D) All of these.

Question 12

What are some components of the landscape shown in this photograph?

Accepted Answer

A) a natural stain on the outside of the rocks 
B) fractures and layers 
C) loose rocks covering a slope-forming unit 
D) rounding of the upper parts of the cliff 
E) All of these. 
A) a natural stain on the outside of the rocks 
B) fractures and layers 
C) loose rocks covering a slope-forming unit 
D) rounding of the upper parts of the cliff 
E) All of these.

Question 13

Using the data in this table, determine the age in years of the granite (unit G on this table).

Accepted Answer

A) 500 
B) 750 
C) 50,000,000 
D) 1,000,000,000 
E) 1,500,000,000 
A) 500 
B) 750 
C) 50,000,000 
D) 1,000,000,000 
E) 1,500,000,000

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT something we can learn by determining isotopic ages?

Accepted Answer

A) the age of a volcanic eruption 
B) the age when a rock is uplifted toward the surface 
C) the age of material from which clasts in a sedimentary rock were derived 
D) the cooling history by using different types of isotopic ages 
E) We can determine all of these. 
A) the age of a volcanic eruption 
B) the age when a rock is uplifted toward the surface 
C) the age of material from which clasts in a sedimentary rock were derived 
D) the cooling history by using different types of isotopic ages 
E) We can determine all of these.

Question 15

Which of the following is a common metamorphic process?

Accepted Answer

A) deforming objects into new shapes 
B) rotation of minerals into a common orientation 
C) remobilization of chemical constituents into light and dark bands 
D) dissolving some parts of the rock and carrying the material away 
E) All of these. 
A) deforming objects into new shapes 
B) rotation of minerals into a common orientation 
C) remobilization of chemical constituents into light and dark bands 
D) dissolving some parts of the rock and carrying the material away 
E) All of these.

Question 16

If you were designing a rock that would be easily weathered, which of the following characteristics would it have?

Accepted Answer

A) closely spaced fractures 
B) a soluble chemical composition 
C) a limestone in a wet climate 
D) a rock composed of abundant pieces 
E) All of these. 
A) closely spaced fractures 
B) a soluble chemical composition 
C) a limestone in a wet climate 
D) a rock composed of abundant pieces 
E) All of these.

Question 17

Which of the following locations would have weathering of bedrock or loose sediment?

Accepted Answer

A) location 1 
B) location 2 
C) location 3 
D) location 4 
E) locations 1 and 2 
A) location 1 
B) location 2 
C) location 3 
D) location 4 
E) locations 1 and 2

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a metamorphic rock forms?

Accepted Answer

A) solidification of lava 
B) heating adjacent to underground magma 
C) squeezing by tectonic forces 
D) burial to great depths 
A) solidification of lava 
B) heating adjacent to underground magma 
C) squeezing by tectonic forces 
D) burial to great depths

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a sedimentary rock forms?

Accepted Answer

A) beside glaciers 
B) river channels 
C) heating next to a magma 
D) deep seafloor 
E) shoreline of a lake 
A) beside glaciers 
B) river channels 
C) heating next to a magma 
D) deep seafloor 
E) shoreline of a lake

Question 20

These pillars are remnants of layers, most of which have been stripped away by wind erosion.If this occurred in less than five years you might reasonably conclude that

Accepted Answer

A) the pillars are remnants of volcanic necks. 
B) this area recently has become a productive place to produce agriculture. 
C) there must have been drought, overgrazing, or some short-term climatic change. 
D) this area was originally a lake. 
A) the pillars are remnants of volcanic necks. 
B) this area recently has become a productive place to produce agriculture. 
C) there must have been drought, overgrazing, or some short-term climatic change. 
D) this area was originally a lake.

Uplift can occur during the rock cycle

Which of the following locations would contain large, angular rocks that broke away from bedrock and moved downhill?

What type of feature is represented by the boundary between geologic units 2 and 3?

Wind moves sediment by

The difference between a rock and a mineral is that

Isotopes that decay slowly are used to date

The very common mineral shown in this photograph is light colored, transparent, and fractures rather than cleaves.What mineral is it? $The very common mineral shown in this photograph is light colored, transparent, and fractures rather than cleaves.What mineral is it?$

What texture is displayed by the igneous rock in this photograph?

Which of the following rock photographs depicts an igneous rock that trapped gas?

This figure has rock units and geologic features that are assigned letters that are not in any particular order.From the geologic relations, what is the oldest unit or feature of those listed below?

This photograph shows light-colored granite and darker diorite (both igneous rocks).Which of the following statements is true?

What are some components of the landscape shown in this photograph?

Using the data in this table, determine the age in years of the granite (unit G on this table).

Which of the following is NOT something we can learn by determining isotopic ages?

Which of the following is a common metamorphic process?

If you were designing a rock that would be easily weathered, which of the following characteristics would it have?

Which of the following locations would have weathering of bedrock or loose sediment?

Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a metamorphic rock forms?

Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a sedimentary rock forms?

These pillars are remnants of layers, most of which have been stripped away by wind erosion.If this occurred in less than five years you might reasonably conclude that

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Uplift can occur during the rock cycle

Which of the following locations would contain large, angular rocks that broke away from bedrock and moved downhill?

What type of feature is represented by the boundary between geologic units 2 and 3?

Wind moves sediment by

The difference between a rock and a mineral is that

Isotopes that decay slowly are used to date

The very common mineral shown in this photograph is light colored, transparent, and fractures rather than cleaves.What mineral is it?

What texture is displayed by the igneous rock in this photograph?

Which of the following rock photographs depicts an igneous rock that trapped gas?

This figure has rock units and geologic features that are assigned letters that are not in any particular order.From the geologic relations, what is the oldest unit or feature of those listed below?

This photograph shows light-colored granite and darker diorite (both igneous rocks).Which of the following statements is true?

What are some components of the landscape shown in this photograph?

Using the data in this table, determine the age in years of the granite (unit G on this table).

Which of the following is NOT something we can learn by determining isotopic ages?

Which of the following is a common metamorphic process?

If you were designing a rock that would be easily weathered, which of the following characteristics would it have?

Which of the following locations would have weathering of bedrock or loose sediment?

Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a metamorphic rock forms?

Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a sedimentary rock forms?

These pillars are remnants of layers, most of which have been stripped away by wind erosion.If this occurred in less than five years you might reasonably conclude that

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Atmospheric Motion

Atmospheric Moisture

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Volcanoes, Deformation, and Earthquakes

Weathering and Mass Wasting

Streams and Flooding

Glaciers and Glacial Landforms

Coasts and Changing Sea Levels

Soils

Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles

Biomes

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