Deck 6: Geologic Time , Earth in Space, Plate Tectonics, Rocks and Minerals

Question 1

It took a long time before people in pre-industrial societies fully acknowledged the connection between fossils and living organisms.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The Principle of Uniformity is the notion that the geologic features you observe today were formed in the past by the same physical processes we observe operating today.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Evidence for the structure of Earth's interior comes largely from deep core drilling.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Earth's magnetic field will reverse orientations in approximately

A) 200 years.
B) 2,000 years.
C) 25 million years.
D) 4.5 million years.

Question 5

Initially, all rocks on Earth were

A) igneous.
B) clastic sedimentary.
C) chemical sedimentary.
D) metamorphic.

Question 6

Earth's northern rotation axis will always point toward Polaris.

Question 7

The most commonly accepted theory of the Moon's formation is that the Moon formed as the result of an impact between Earth and a Mars-sized object.

Question 8

During which phase of the Moon could we observe a solar eclipse?

A) full
B) first quarter
C) last quarter
D) new