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, Chapter 1 – The Nature of GeologyTEST BANK QUESTIONS – This test bank is for Exploring Geology 4th
edition. In addition to this Word file, the questions can be accessed
via MH’s Connect system, and MH can provide them for various
classroom-management systems (e.g., Blackboard).
At the end of this document are instructions for copying and pasting these questions to create a
new test, as well as a description the self-numbering character of the questions and answers using
Styles in Microsoft Word. Short descriptors that follow each question are summarized here:
Answer: Correct answer to question.
Section: The number of the relevant two-page spread in Exploring Geology, 4th edition.
Difficulty Level: Cognitive skills required to answer the question, selected from six
categories in a version of Bloom’s Taxonomy. The six categories are Remember,
Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, or Create.
Topic: The chapter or the part of a chapter (e.g., energy resources versus mineral
resources) to which the question applies.
Section 01.0 – Nature of Geology
1. Which of the following was mentioned in the opening two-page spread of Chapter 1?
a) oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve
b) the scenery of Glacier National Park
c) earthquakes along the San Andres fault
d) oil beneath the Gulf Coast of the United States
Answer: b
Section: 1.0
Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Topic: Nature of Geology
Section 1.1 – Where and How We Live
2. Which of the following is probably least at risk for geologic hazards?
a) next to a river in low areas
b) near an active fault
c) on soils that gently expand when wet
d) on gentle slopes away from mountains
e) close to, but upwind of, an active volcano
Answer: d
Section: 1.1
Difficulty Level: Apply/Analyze
Topic: Nature of Geology
3. Which potential geologic hazard is NOT
represented by a feature on this figure?
, 2
a) an earthquake
b) a volcano
c) contaminated groundwater
d) a landslide
e) flood-prone areas
Answer: c
Section: 1.1
Difficulty Level: Apply/Analyze
Topic: Nature of Geology
4. Which of the following geologic aspects influence our lives based on the photograph
showing horses and cows on a grassy field?
a) the presence of mountains, which influence the formation of clouds and precipitation
b) the steepness of slopes
c) the availability of water
d) all of these
Answer: d
Section: 1.1
Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Topic: Nature of Geology
5. The distribution of natural resources is influenced by the:
a) type of rocks
b) age of the rocks
c) way in which the rocks formed
d) all of these
Answer: d
Section: 1.1
Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Topic: Nature of Geology
6. Which of the following factors was most important in controlling the distribution of
copper mines in the western U.S. versus iron mines in the Great Lakes region?
a) the amount of precipitation (rain and snow)
b) the time of year when precipitation occurs
c) different ages and geologic histories of the rocks
d) the latitude (distance south or north from the equator)
Answer: c
Section: 1.1
Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
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Topic: Nature of Geology
Section 1.2 – Geology Explains World
7. Geology can help us learn about Earth’s past by studying:
a) why continents and oceans are different
b) why a landscape looks the way it does
c) how life in the past was different than today
d) how global climate has changed since the ice ages
e) all of these
Answer: e
Section: 1.2
Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Topic: Nature of Geology
8. Which of the following is NOT a way geology informs us about Earth’s past?
a) how the first second of the universe differed from a second today
b) why continents and oceans are different
c) why a landscape looks the way it does today
d) how life in the past was different than today
e) how past global climate was different than today
Answer: a
Section: 1.2
Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Topic: Nature of Geology
9. Continents differ in appearance from ocean basins because:
a) each has its own geologic history
b) each contains different fossils
c) each has its own climate
Answer: a
Section: 1.2
Difficulty Level: Remember/Understand
Topic: Nature of Geology
10. Continental ice sheets were more common 28,000
years ago than they are today because:
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