,Test Bank For The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution
Chapter 1
1.
According to most scientists, what is the greatest environmental problem facing the world today?
a. climate change
b. the ozone hole
c. water pollution
*d. overpopulation
e. waste disposal
2.
According to the principle of uniformitarianism, processes have
occurred at the same rates throughout geologic time.
a. True
*b. False
3.
According to the theory of creation, all living organisms are related
and they descended, with some modifications, from organisms that lived
in the past.
a. True
*b. False
4.
A change in the frequency of a sound, light, or other wave caused by movement of the wave’s
source relative to the observer is known as the _______________.
Correct Answer(s):
a. Doppler effect
5.
A combination of related parts that interact in an organized fashion is a(n)
____________________.
Correct Answer(s):
a. system
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Chapter 1
6.
At the moment of the Big Bang, ____.
*a. all matter and energy were compressed into an infinitely small high-temperature and
high-density state
b. all matter and energy were infinitely expanded to populate the exact size of the
universe
c. the universe was entirely made of infinitely dense matter, because energy had not yet
come into existence
d. the universe in existence up to that point collapsed and inverted to became the current
universe
e. all of the chemical elements seen in the universe today were forged into existence
7.
Compared with their overall size, the ____ planets have small rocky cores.
a. Descartes
b. terrestrial
*c. Jovian
d. nebular
e. dwarf
8.
Describe the steps involved in the scientific method.
Correct Answer(s):
9.
Earth's core is likely to be ____.
a. composed of rock with high silica content
b. hollow
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Chapter 1
c. molten throughout
d. composed of potassium and aluminum rich silicates
*e. composed primarily of iron
10.
Earth consists of two types of crust: lithospheric and oceanic.
a. True
*b. False
11.
Earth formed ____________________ billion years ago.
Correct Answer(s):
a. 4.6
12.
Earth’s composition was originally homogeneous.
*a. True
b. False
13.
Earth’s concentric layer that has the largest volume is the ____________________.
Correct Answer(s):
a. mantle
14.
Explain the connection between the rock cycle and plate tectonics.
Correct Answer(s):
15.
Geologists use the Principle of Uniformitarianism as a basis to
interpret the past and predict the future.
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