Geoscience Final Exam || with 100% Errorless Solutions.
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Aristotle believed that ....
A. the Earth rotated around the Sun
B. the Sun rotated around the Earth
C. the Sun and the Earth rotated around a common gravity spot
D. the Earth and Sun both stand still correct answers B.
Buffon thought the world was about __________ years old.
1000
7500
...
Geoscience Final Exam || with 100% Errorless Solutions.
Aristotle believed that ....
A. the Earth rotated around the Sun
B. the Sun rotated around the Earth
C. the Sun and the Earth rotated around a common gravity spot
D. the Earth and Sun both stand still correct answers B.
Buffon thought the world was about __________ years old.
1000
7500
75,000
7,500,000,000 correct answers C.
The "Father of Modern Geology" is ....
A. Strabo
B. Steno
C. Lyell
D. Hutton correct answers D.
Venus is a _____________.
Gas Giant
Terrestrial Planet
Both A and B
None of the Above correct answers B.
When did the Big Bang occur? (GA = billion)
A. ~4.5GA
B. ~20,000
C. ~13.8GA
D. ~10 GA
E. we don't know correct answers C.
We know that the Universe is expanding because...
A. all of the planets surrounding us are getting smaller
B. all galaxies have a red shift
C. the speed of light is speeding up
D. we can see the wavelengths of stars is getting smaller
E. all galaxies have a blue shift correct answers B.
Atoms that are heaviest are formed by...
A. the Big Bang
B. fusion during the lifetime of the star
,C. nuclear reactions inside the star
D. during supernova explosions
E. humans...they don't occur naturally correct answers D.
The disk shaped feature that forms a new solar system as molecules, particles, and gas collide
around a star is known as...
A. a circumstellar disk
B. a solar disk
C. a nebula
D. a supernova
E. the Milky Way correct answers A.
The most likely theory for the formation of the Moon is...
A. it was a small proto-planet captured by the Earth
B. it accreted in place along with the Earth
C. a small proto-planet slammed into the Earth and the debris was captured
D. it once belonged to Mars and Earth's gravity stole it away correct answers C.
Weather is confined to the ________ layer
A. Troposphere
B. Stratosphere
C. Mesosphere
D. Thermosphere correct answers A.
Which of the following is NOT a compositional element of the Earth?
A. Nitrogen
B. Iron
C. Oxygen
D. Silicon correct answers A.
How do we know the Earth has a layered interior?
A. Source of lava
B. Spring Waters
C. Earthquakes
D. All of the Above. correct answers D.
Why does oceanic crust "float lower"?
A. Lower Density than continental crust
B. Higher Density than continental crust
C. Thicker than continental crust
D. Thinner than continental crust correct answers B.
Before Wegner, early geologists thought:
, A. Oceans and continents were permanently fixed
B. Oceans and continents drifted very fast
C. The oceans were shrinking
D. None of the Above correct answers A.
Paleomagnetism is the study of:
A. Animal magnetism
B. Fossil magnetism
C. Rock magnetism correct answers B.
Longer magnetic intervals last about:
A. 200-300 Ka
B. 150-250 Ka
C. 500-700 Ka
D. 1500-1800 Ka correct answers C.
The continental lithosphere is _____________ than the oceanic lithosphere.
A. Heavier
B. Lighter
C. The same density
D. None of the Above correct answers B.
Divergent plate boundaries are also called:
A. Spreading boundary
B. Mid-ocean ridge
C. Ridge
D. All of the Above correct answers D.
True or False: Minerals have a crystalline structure.
True
False correct answers true
Which mineral identification technique examines the density of a mineral?
A. Color
B. Streak
C. Specific Gravity
D. None of the Above correct answers C.
Which is the most DOMINANT mineral class?
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