Geology Exam

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Liquid water covers over ___% of the Earth's surface.

70%

What term best describes the current Epoch we are in where human activities have a significant global impact on the Earth's ecosystems?

Anthropocene

LOOK AT TEST! 27

Anticline

Which is the oldest unit in the cross-section below?

B

Volcanic activity is associated with _____________.

Continental to Oceanic plate convergence, Hot Spots, Divergent plate boundaries, Oceanic to Oceanic plate convergence.

An Oceanic Ridge is associated with what type of plate boundary?

Divergent

All of these are represented in the Geological Timescale as a transition between one Era or Period and another?

Extinction events, climate change, and change in chemistry.

Oceanic Crust is thicker and less dense than Continental Crust. T or F?

False

The Earth is changing very quickly in modern times, but has been very stable and unchanging throughout Geologic Time. T or F?

False

The principle of inclusions states that the inclusion is younger than the rock in which it is included. T or F?

False

protons are larger and heavier than electrons, reside in the nucleus of an atom, and have a negative charge. T or F?

False

What concept is known as the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the planetary environment to counteract anthropogenic climate change?

Geoengineering

We know what the Earth's interior is composed of and where the boundary layers lie due to ___________.

High pressure labratory experiments, Meteorites, and Seismic Waves.

Which principle would you use to establish the relative ages of units A and B?

Inclusions

LOOK AT TEST! 30

Monocline

______ are all caused by Plate Tectonics.

Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes.

When two oceanic plates converge a(n) ________ is formed.

Oceanic Trench

Different types of atoms are defined based on their number of _______?

Protons

Which of the lines of evidence for Plate Tectonics was the most influential in proving it as a scientific theory?

Reversals in Earth's Polarity

look at test 36

Reverse

look at test 34

Right Lateral

The oldest known fossils are 3.5 billion years old and are the remains of cyanobacteria called __________.

Stromatolites

This principle states that a sedimentary rock layer in a tectonically undisturbed sequence is younger than the one beneath it and older than the one above it.

Superposition

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Syncline

The most distinctive property of the Outer Core is?

That it is in the liquid state

The creation of everything in universe, even time, was believed to have occurred during an event called ___________.

The Big Bang

Which best defines the Lithosphere?

The rigid, rocky, outermost layer of the Earth.

The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of which type of plate boundary?

Transform

________ create layers that can be used for dating and creating timescales.

Tree rings, Corals, Ocean Sediments, and Varves.

A scientific theory is a highly tested explanation of observations made in the natural world. T or F?

True

Seismic P-waves move in a compressional motion similar to that of a slinky. T or F?

True

The Earth is around 4.54 billion years old. T or F?

True

The Red Sea, African Rift Valey, and Gulf of Aden is an example of a Triple Junction Plate Boundary. T or F?

True

The principle of fossil succession states that fossil assemblages follow one another through time in orderly and determinable fashion. T or F?

True

There is theory that states that the Moon was formed out of debris left over from an indirect collision between the Earth and an astronomical body called Theia. T or F?

True

the Principle of Uniformitarianism states that processes operating today operated in the past. T or F?

True