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ASBOG Fundamentals of Geology Exam Spring Review Questions And Answers NOTE: These are terminologies/facts/ideas (anything that might be useful to know for the FG ASBOG exam). I'm pulling these cards from textbooks that are listed as study material on the ASBOG website. The first cards 77 cards are from the first 100 pages of the Physical Geology textbook, and many are copied and pasted in directly. Up to card 96 is from page 149 in the textbook What is Geology? - ANS-In its broade...

Geology Exam # 3 Questions And Correct Answers What does uniformitarianism mean? We can interpret the processes that formed ancient rock by examining the processes that form similar rock today. In this illustration, which is a correct interpretation of relative ages? The granite pluton is older than the fault, which is older than the dike. Which of the following is the MOST PRECISE estimate of when the folding occurred? Before the granite pluton intruded, and after intrusion of the...

Geology Study Exam Questions Correctly Answered. The Earth is made up of mostly what two elements? - CORRECT ANSWER Oxygen and Silicon Silicon has a charge of - CORRECT ANSWER +4 Oxygen has a charge of - CORRECT ANSWER -2 Silicate minerals - CORRECT ANSWER most common mineral on Earth; compose over 95% of the continental crust. Consist of combinations of a fundamental building block called silicon-oxygen tetrahedron, different groups: independent tetrahedra, single chains, double c...

Detrital rocks CORRECT ANSWER transported sediment as solid particles -Chief constituents of detrital rocks are Quartz, Feldspars, Micas, Clay minerals (the silicate minerals) 'Chemical' rocks CORRECT ANSWER sediment composed of minerals that were once in solution [biochemical is a better name for them, because many are formed from biologic processes] What are sediments? CORRECT ANSWER Sediments are products of mechanical and chemical weathering and deposited on the Earth surface Oft...

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Geology Exam # 3 Questions And Correct Answers Which of the following first appeared in the Mesozoic Era? Dinosaurs Fossils are more likely to be preserved under which conditions? Rapid burial Which of the following first appeared in the Paleozoic Era? Flowering plants, insects, fish, and reptiles The radioactive isotope X, decays to the stable isotope Y. The 1/2 life of this process is 1500 million yrs. If the original amount of X has been reduced by 50%, how old is the rock ...

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Geology Exam #1 Questions With Answers Who proposed the theory of Continental Drift? Alfred Wegener. In which ocean are most of the world's convergent plate boundaries located? Pacific Ocean. The east coast of North America is a what boundary? The West coast of South America is what boundary? Not a plate boundary. A convergent plate boundary. What is associated with a divergent plate boundary? Name a divergent plate boundary. Earthquakes, volcanicm and rifting. The mid-at...

Geology Exam 2 Questions Correctly Answered. What do the two stars near the center of this block represent? - CORRECT ANSWER a) location of the earthquake b) the star at depth is the place where the earthquake is generated c) the star at depth is the hypocenter d) the star on the surface is the epicenter e) All of the Above All of the Above is the answer An earthquake generated on this type of fault would most likely be associated with a: - CORRECT ANSWER transform boundary If ...