PHY 111 Exam 1

Ace your homework & exams now with Quizwiz!

Major event for the following: Cenozoic Era

"age of mammals"

What is the temperature used in the metric system?

Celsius

The main producer of sediment is

Chemical weathering

Major event for the following: Cretaceous Period

Ended with the death of the dinosaurs

A strike-slip fault is caused by tensional stress. True or False?

False

According to the rock cycle, a rock can change from an igneous rock to a metamorphic rock only. True or False?

False

Luster of a mineral is the appearance of the surface under ultraviolet light. True or False?

False

Relative dating will tell you the age of rock (the time or year that it was made). True or False?

False

Scientific literacy in America is the most important study with American adult having a high scientific literacy. True or False?

False

Oil, natural gas and coal are examples of

Fossil Fuels

Which of the following is a foliated metamorphic rock? A. Marble B. Limestone C. Quartize D. Gneiss

Gneiss

The time a computer takes to start has increased dramatically. One possible explanation for this is that the computer is running out of memory. This explanation is a scientific....

Hypothesis

Which rocks are formed due to the cooling of magma (lava)?

Igneous

Which principle of relative dating states that rocks are formed in horizontal layers?

Original horizontally

Which of the following elements is the most abundant in Earth's crust?

Oxygen

What type of seismic wave can move through liquid?

P wave

Which seismic wave moves the fastest?

P-Wave

Which seismic wave is the fastest?

P-waves

Major event for the following: Permian Period

The Great Dying

Technology is mainly...

a tool of science

The most important event during the Cambrian period was the

ability of organisms to form an outer skeleton

The different between cleavage and fracture is

cleavage occurs at planes of weakness, and fractures are random breaks

Rocks are grouped into three classes depending on how the rock was

formed

What is an example of genetic engineering?

inserting a gene into platn that make it resistant to insects

Which of the following is NOT part of the definition of a mineral?

it has a definite color

The first mineral to crystallize from a cooling magma is the one with the

lowest silica content

A sedimentary rock can into an igneous rock by

melting and cooling

The mesozoic era is known as the age of the

reptiles

A mineral's hardness describes its

resistance to scratching

The idea that present day geologic processes can be used to understand the past is referred to as

uniformitarianism

The time it takes for 50% ofa radioactive substance to decay is known as

the half-life

At which type of plate boundary is new lithosphere created?

Divergent boundaries

What is the main cause of seasons on the Eath?

the tilt of the earth's axis in relation to the sun

Major event for the following: Cambrian Period

Explosion of life

What is common plutonic igneous rock?

Granite

Science is concerned mainly with the...

natural qorld

Mesozic Era

"age of reptiles"

Major event for the following: Devonian Period

"age of the fishes"

An antacid relieves an overly acidic stomach because the main componenets of antacids are...

Bases

A car travel at a constant speed of 40 miles per hour. How far deos the car travel in 45 minutes?

40 miles

Which physical feature of a mineral is when a mineral breaks along planes of weakness?

Cleavage

Which feature in minerals is the most obvious, but not reliable in identification?

Color

Which type of stress is pushing things together?

Compressional

Volcanoes do NOT form at which type of convergent plate boundary?

Continental-continental convergent boundaries

A scientist is conducting a study to determine how well a new medication treats ear infections. The scientist tells the participants to put 10 drops in their infected ear each day. After two weeks, all participants' ear infections had healed. What changes to the design of this study would most improve the ability to test if the new medication effectively treats ear infections?

Create a second group of participants with ear infections who do not use any ear drops

What is the principle of original horizontality?

Each new layer of sediment is laid down nearly horizontally over older sediment

What is an educated guess?

Hypothesis

When large areas of forest are removed so land can be converted for other uses, such as farming, what occurs?

Increased erosion

What is a major concern about the overuse of antibiotics?

It can lead to antibiotic resistance bacteria

What is the order of the metric system?

Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Base Unit, Deci, Centi, Milli

What type of rock is formed due to high temperatures and pressure?

Metamorphic rock

What is the metric basic unit to measure length?

Meter

Metiric Bases

Meter Gram Liter

What is naturally formed, inorganic, crystalline solid, composed of an ordered arrangement of atoms with a specific chemical composition?

Mineral

Major event for the following: Hadean Eon

No free oxygen, lots of volcanoes

Which type of fault does the hanging wall move upwards?

Reverse

Which type of rock contains the visible remains of ancient organisms and older rock?

Sedimentary rock

Major event for the following: Archean Eon

Stromatolites started photosynthesis

The rock cycle describes

The natural recycling of rock from one rock type to another

Many diseases have an incubation period. What best describes what an incubation period is?

The period during which someone has an infection. But is not showing symptoms

At which type of plate boundary is lithosphere neither created nor destroyed?

Transform boundaries

According to the principles of relative dating, rock layers that cut through other rock layers are newer that the rock it cuts through. True or False?

True

Earthquakes are caused by a sudden release of stress (energy) within the crust. True or False?

True

Foliated metamorphic rocks, like gneiss, have layers of alternating colors or show banding. True or False?

True

Scientific theory are ever changing and being redefined as we learn more about the world. True or False?

True

What happens in a normal fault?

the hanging wall drops downward relative to the footwall.


Related study sets

Business Leadership Exam Review PART 1

View Set

chapter 6 resistance exercise for impaired mms

View Set

Practice of Real Estate (Pool of Questions) 12 on exam

View Set

Unit 9: Delegation, Authority and Power

View Set

Unit Circle Trig Values (Sine and Cosine in radians)

View Set

Social Work 4355 Policy Practice Final Review

View Set