GEG 111 Exam 3

GEG 111 Exam 3 Which of the following is an exogenic process? - CORRECT ANSWER weathering Which of the following is an endogenic process? - CORRECT ANSWER volcanism Uniformitarianism assumes that - CORRECT ANSWER the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale? - CORRECT ANSWER The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon. Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mineral? - CORRECT ANSWER Anthropogenic Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by - CORRECT ANSWER Major events in Earth's history, such as major extinctions. An assemblage of minerals bound together is called a - CORRECT ANSWER rock An element or combination of elements that forms an inorganic, natural compound is called a - CORRECT ANSWER mineral The subfield of geography and geology concerned with the study of the origins, evolutions, form, and spatial distribution of Earth's landforms is - CORRECT ANSWER geomorp