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Geology - Part 1
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Q1. All rocks are made up of one or more.
A. sediments
B. minerals
C. metals
D. magma
Q2. These seismic waves are slower and arrive last but causes severe damage:
×
A. p-waves
B. s-waves
C. surface waves
D. z-waves
Q3. A rock containing iron is soft, crumbly, reddish in color. It’s been chemically weathered by ___
A. Carbon Dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Sulfer
Q4. The Appalachian Plateau is the best place in Virginia to find -
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A. Coal
B. Kyanite
C. Sand
D. Gravel
Q5. Which layer of the earth makes up most of its mass?
A. crust
B. mantle
C. outer core
D. inner core
Q6. What is the best way to survive an Earthquake?
A. Run out of your house screaming
B. Evacuate a week beforehand
C. Get into the basement
D. Drop to the ground, get under something sturdy, and hold on.
Q7. Breaks in rock that are created by stress of moving plates are called?
A. faults
B. fissures
C. dikes
D. intrusions
Q8. This type of boundary will create a Rift Valley
A. Divergent
B. Convergent
C. Transform
D. Subduction
Q9. Weathering erosion and deposition all contribute In the formation of a cave.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Q10. Which Virginia province is seen on this map?
×
A. Piedmont
B. Coastal Plain
C. Blue Ridge
D. Appalachian Plateau
Q11. What is a fold
A. Compression forces to cause crust to move up
B. Collision of crust bends rock layers.
C. Crust moves alongside each other in opposite directions
D. A thing you do with paper
Q12. Igneous rocks that formed beneath Earth’s surface are
A. extrusive rock
B. intrusive rock
C. metamorphic rock
D. clastic
Q13. Which of the following would be a good lining (so things can’t leak out) for a landfill or man made pond?
A. gravel
B. sand
C. clay
Q14. Which type of rock is hard, brown, and non-foliated?
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A. sandstone
B. coal
C. slate
D. gneiss
Q15. Something that can prove or disprove an idea or theory
A. evidence
B. uplift
C. paleontology
D. subduction
Q16. What is it called when sediment, after being carried, gathers to a FINAL location and settles down?
A. Compaction
B. Erosion
C. Cementation
D. Deposition
Q17. Hurricanes will become stronger and more intense
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
Q18. Rocks that formed near volcanoes from molten rock are
A. Sedimentary
B. Igneous
C. Metamorphic
Q19. Sand, particles of rock, bits of soil and remains of once living things is called:
A. sediments
B. igneous rocks
C. sedimentary rocks
D. metamorphic rocks
Q20. Which of the following most likely caused the changes in the location below?
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A. volcano
B. weathering
C. earthquakes
D. thunderstorm
Q21. An exact replica of the original organism or part of the organism that was once living
A. Mold
B. Cast
C. Amber
D. Fossil
Q22. What is the name given to the part of the Earth where living things are found?
A. atmosphere
B. hydrosphere
C. biosphere
D. geosphere
Q23. An animal with a backbone.
A. vertebrate
B. carbon film
C. invertebrate
D. fossil
Q24. The Great Rift Valley in Africa occurs on land at this plate boundary.
A. Convergent
B. Divergent
C. Transform
Q25. Novae have been found on
A. Venus
B. Earth
C. Jupiter
D. Mercury
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