ERSC181 B001 Introduction To Geology| APUS_ERSC181
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ERSC181 B001 Introduction to Geology| APUS_ERSC181_WEEK_8_FINAL_EXAM_2022/ Week 8 Final Exam ERSC181.
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Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access) Overall Grade (highest attempt): 96 / 100 - 96 % Question 1 2/2 points Pyroclastic flows are more associated with __________. ocean hot spots stratovolcanoes shield volcanoes flood basalts cinder cones Question 2 2/2 points In the rock cycle, what process...
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ERSC181 B001 Introduction to Geology|
APUS_ERSC181_WEEK_8_FINAL_EXAM_2022/ Week 8 Final
Exam ERSC181.
Week 8 Final Exam (timed and single access)
Overall Grade (highest attempt): - 96 %
Question 1 2/2 points
Pyroclastic flows are more associated with_______.
ocean hot spots
stratovolcanoes
shield volcanoes
flood basalts
cinder cones
Question 2 2/2 points
In the rock cycle, what processes directly link igneous
rocks to metamorphic rocks?
compaction and
cementation melting and
crystallization deposition
recrystallization
and lithification by high heat and pressure
weathering and erosion
Question 3 2/2 points
The primary basis for classifying detrital (clastic) rocks is__,
whereas the primary basis for classifying chemical rocks is _.
particle size ; mineral composition
rock type ; rounding
sorting ; density
particle shape ; trace elements
crystalline structure ; sorting
Question 4 2/2 points
The Precambrian Era is the time before abundant
multicellular life with hard parts evolved. This time interval
represents what percentage of earth's history?
, ERSC181 B001 Introduction to Geology|
APUS_ERSC181_WEEK_8_FINAL_EXAM_2022/ Week 8 Final
Exam ERSC181.
99%
, ERSC181 B001 Introduction to Geology|
APUS_ERSC181_WEEK_8_FINAL_EXAM_2022/ Week 8 Final
Exam ERSC181.
12%
88%
1%
50%
Question 5 2/2 points
When the radiometric clock starts ticking in zircon minerals,
there is only 100% of the unstable radiometric parent isotope
X and 0% of the stable daughter isotope Y. After testing in a
lab millions of years later, there is 25% of the parent
radiometric isotope and 75% of the daughter isotope. How
many half lives have elapsed?
1
0.25
3
2
0.5
Question 6 2/2 points
In the scientific method, a hypothesis is_ , and a theory is
_ __.
an educated guess ; a law that has been universally accepted by the scientific community
an objective observation ; an idea that hasn't been proven
an educated guess ; a tentative untested explanation
a tentative untested explanation ; well tested and widely accepted explanation
a tentative untested explanation ; a law that has been universally accepted by the scientific community
Question 7 2/2 points
In terms of groundwater resources, what properties make
the best aquifer?
High porosity and low
permeability Low porosity and low permeability
High porosity and no permeability
Low porosity and high
High porosity and high permeability
permeability
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