GEO 200 Midterm Exam Question & Correct
Answer 2024/2025 Updates (Verified)
Which of the following is a valid longitudinal measurement?
a. 90° North
b. 45° West
c. 189° East
d. 56° North - CORRECT ANSWER-b. 45° West
Approximately how many years ago did the universe begin?
a. 13.8 m...
Which of the following is the largest lithospheric plate?
a. African plate
b. Antarctica plate
c. Pacific plate
, d. Eurasian plate - CORRECT ANSWER-c. Pacific plate
Deep ocean trenches are formed at
a. divergent plate boundaries
b. transform plate boundaries
c. convergent plate boundaries - CORRECT ANSWER-c. convergent plate boundaries
Conservative margin is the one where
a. two plates move apart
b. old lithosphere is destroyed
c. two plate move towards each other
d. lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed - CORRECT ANSWER-d. lithosphere is neither created nor
destroyed
Why does collision result in the formation of a mountain belt?
a. because continental crust subducts
b. because oceanic crust does not subduct
c. because continental crust does not subduct
d. because collision produces volcanic activity - CORRECT ANSWER-a. because continental crust
subducts??
Which of the following is the most common group of minerals found in Earth's crust?
a. sulfides
b. silicates
c. oxides
d. carbonates - CORRECT ANSWER-b. silicates
Taj Mahal is built with
a. granite
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