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Physical Geology 16th Edition by by Charles (Carlos) Plummer - Test Bank
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,Physical Geology, 16e (Plummer)Chapter 1 Introducing Geology, the Essentials of Plate Tectonics,
and Other Important Concepts
1) We depend on geologists for the raw materials we need for survival.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Nature of Geology
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
2) Most deaths associated with volcanic eruptions are due to burns of lava flows.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Nature of Geology
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
3) A tsunami has a small wave height, travels rapidly, and is not noticed by people in boats.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Earthquakes; Shorelines
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
4) While the reserves of petroleum hydrocarbons within the United States are limited, other
geologic resources (iron, aluminum, copper, and tin) are available in great abundance.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Mineral Resources
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
5) Geology uses the scientific method to explain natural aspects of the Earth.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Nature of Geology
Bloom's: 1. Remember
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Chapter: 01
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,6) Deeply buried rock that is hot and under pressure can deform like taffy or putty.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Metamorphism
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
7) Ocean-ocean plate convergence formed major mountain belts such as the Andes and
Cascades.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Plate Tectonics
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
8) The mantle is the most voluminous of Earth's three major concentric zones.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Earth's Interior
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
9) Earth's lithosphere is made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and crust.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Earth's Interior
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
10) Understanding geology can help us lessen or prevent damage to the environment.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Nature of Geology
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
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, 11) Most convergent plate boundaries coincide with the crests of submarine mountain ranges
called mid-oceanic ridges.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Plate Tectonics
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
12) Plate tectonics regards the lithosphere as divided into segments (plates) that are in horizontal
motion.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Plate Tectonics
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
13) A transform plate boundary occurs where two plates converge.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Plate Tectonics
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
14) Convergent boundaries, due to their geometry, are the sites of the largest earthquakes on
Earth.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Plate Tectonics
Bloom's: 2. Understand
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
15) After the opening of the North Slope in Alaska, the U.S. stopped importing petroleum.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Energy Resources
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Chapter: 01
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