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Geology (GLGY 201-UCAL) Final Exam
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Question 1 |
A | Lack of water |
B | Increase in frictional forces |
C | Increase in pressure |
D | Mantle is ductile |
E | Lower temperatures |
Question 2 |
A | exosphere |
B | troposphere |
C | thermosphere |
D | ionosphere |
E | stratosphere |
F | mesosphere |
Question 3 |
A | Deposition of organic matter on terrestrial sediments due to decay of plants and organisms. |
B | Sudden decrease in energy of a river system result in accumulation of the bedloard. |
C | Deposits of rock fragments and sediments left behind after a glacier has migrated through a region. |
D | Erosion of high standing sedimentary structures and subsequent deposition of the materials downstream. |
E | Accumulation of microscopic shells and file flakes of clay at the ocean floor. |
Question 4 |
A | trigger point |
B | focus |
C | epicenter |
D | slip point |
Question 5 |
A | Isostasy |
B | Mesopause |
C | Accretion |
D | Induced equilibrium |
E | Orogeny |
Question 6 |
A | Richter scale |
B | Seismic-moment magnitude scale |
C | Mercalli scale |
D | Wadati-Benioff scale |
Question 7 |
A | bent towards the normal |
B | be refracted |
C | bent away from the normal |
D | split into several rays |
E | disintegrate |
Question 8 |
A | Chloride |
B | Magnesium |
C | Sodium |
D | Calcium |
E | Potassium |
Question 9 |
What is 1A on the following diagram? (ID-GLF-24)
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this question without using any AIDS.
A | Pennsylvanian |
B | Phanerozoic |
C | Proterozoic |
D | Mesozoic |
E | Cenozoic |
Question 10 |
A | Cooling or heating of air or matter without increasing or decreasing of pressure. |
B | Cooling or heating of air or matter through compression solidification or decompression melting. |
C | Cooling or heating of air or matter without decreasing or increasing of temperature. |
D | Cooling or heating of air or matter without the addition or subtraction of atoms or molecules. |
E | Cooling or heating of air or matter through geologic uplift. |
F | Cooling or heating of air or matter without the addition or subtraction of thermal energy. |
Question 11 |
A | Gasoline |
B | Bottled gas |
C | Natural gas |
D | Kerosene |
E | Tar |
F | Heating oil |
Question 12 |
A | raising of the groundwater table at the regional scale. |
B | raising of the groundwater table at the global scale. |
C | lowering of the groundwater table at the global scale. |
D | lowering of the groundwater table at the regional scale. |
E | increased availability of groundwater in shallow wells. |
Question 13 |
A | Collision of two or more air masses which result in formation of clouds, wind and rain. |
B | Change in pressure and temperature in magma underground which eventually leads to fractional crystallization. |
C | Change in stress fields during metamorphism creating a differential stress which result in lineation of minerals. |
D | Movement of tectonic plates that result in formation of new crust due to upwelling of magma. |
E | Forces and events leading to a large structural deformation of the Earth's lithosphere resulting mountain building. |
Question 14 |
A | water levels and flow rates are too high for a river bed to maintain its shape result in collapse of valleys or canyons. |
B | headward erosion by one stream causes the stream to intersect another stream. |
C | water levels are not high enough to maintain the flow resulting in change in stream direction. |
D | reversing of the flow direction due to change in the direction of slope due to tectonic of other events. |
Question 15 |
A | Headward erosion |
B | Downcutting |
C | Subsidence |
D | Uplift |
E | Smaller lobes |
Question 16 |
What is 3H on the following diagram? (ID-GLF-30)
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this question without using any AIDS.
A | Devonian |
B | Pennsylvanian |
C | Carboniferous |
D | Permian |
E | Jurassic |
F | Cretaceous |
Question 17 |
A | Formation of new minerals when preexisting minerals change into new minerals as a result of an increase in pressure and temperature. |
B | The clumping together of clay suspended in river water into bunches that are large enough to settle out. |
C | The fossilization process in which plant material becomes transformed into rock by the precipitation of silica from groundwater. |
D | The process by which a magma becomes progressively more silicic as it cools, because early formed crystals settle out. |
E | The process by which atoms dissolved in a solution come together and form minerals. |
Question 18 |
A | The epicenter is the location where a fault slips during an earthquake while focus is the point on the surface of the Earth directly above the focus of an earthquake. |
B | The term focus is used when the earthquake occur under water/in oceans while the term epicenter is used when it occurs on land. |
C | The focus is the geographic location of the seismometer and the epicenter is the physical position of the earthquake. |
D | The focus is the location where a fault slips during an earthquake while epicenter is the point on the surface of the Earth directly above the focus of an earthquake. |
E | They are interchangeable terms used geoscientists to describe earthquakes. |
Question 19 |
A | Higher the mountains in collisional or convergent orogen, the deeper the crustal root. |
B | Higher the depth of a river, larger the volume of sediment deposition and accumulation on the river bed. |
C | Higher the friction between a glacier and the ground, faster the migration of the glacier. |
D | Dykes are formed primarily due to preexisting weak planes of the country rock. |
E | Plate tectonic movement is mostly driven by the energy obtained through the rotation of the Earth. Hint: This is what some scientists thought long time ago. This has been proven to be incorrect. |
Question 20 |
A | I. geologic materials that transmit water II. geologic materials that act as a barrier to flow |
B | I. subsurface structures that allow free flow of water II. subsurface regions where water accumulates |
C | I. subsurface regions where water accumulates II. subsurface structures that allow free flow of water |
D | I. also known as vadose zones II. also known as zones of saturation |
E | I. geologic materials that act as a barrier to flow II. geologic materials that act as a barrier to flow |
F | I. sediment or rock structures that has very low permeability II. sediment or rock structures that has very high permeability |
Question 21 |
A | Active faults |
B | Crustal faults |
C | Marginal faults |
D | Blind faults |
E | Inactive faults |
Question 22 |
A | Surface wave |
B | Shock wave |
C | Body wave |
D | S-wave |
E | P-wave |
Question 23 |
A | The epicenter of an earthquake. |
B | None of the listed answers are correct. |
C | An area where geoscientists predicted to have an earthquake in near future. |
D | An area that has been known to have earthquakes in high frequency in the past. |
E | An area that is damaged by a recent earthquake. |
Question 24 |
A | Valley or topographic depression |
B | Reverse fault line |
C | Ridge or hill top |
D | Normal fault line |
Question 25 |
A | younger rocks are always will be on top of the older rocks. |
B | inclusions are younger than the rock which contains them. |
C | inclusions only occur in magma chambers. |
D | inclusions are always older than the rock which contains them. |
E | inclusions never appear on the surface of rocks. |
Question 26 |
A | Faults |
B | Folds |
C | Fractures |
D | Upside down beds (oldest on top) |
Question 27 |
A | 250 Ma |
B | 125 Ma |
C | 375 Ma |
D | 300 Ma |
E | 100 Ma |
Question 28 |
A | on the continental shelf |
B | in oceanic trenches |
C | in rift valleys |
D | on the abyssal plain |
Question 29 |
A | All meandering rivers always from oxbow lakes. |
B | A meander that has been cut off yet remains filled with water forms an oxbow lake. |
C | Oxbow lakes are formed as a result of downcutting of the river into soft sediments hence they are unusually deep areas of a river. |
D | Melting of glaciers at the surface (top) due to the heat from sun result in formation of oxbow lakes on top of the glacier itself. |
E | Melting of glaciers due to friction between the ground and itself forms oxbow lakes at the base of the glacier. |
Question 30 |
A | shale and gabbro |
B | shale and limestone |
C | basalt and gabbro |
D | basalt and shale |
Question 31 |
A | Overturned syncline |
B | Symmetric syncline |
C | Asymmetric syncline |
D | Asymmetric anticline |
E | Symmetric anticline |
Question 32 |
A | A supercontinent that consisted of today’s South America, Africa, Antarctica, India, and Australia. |
B | A continent in the early Paleozoic Era composed of today’s North America and Greenland. |
C | A proposed Precambrian supercontinent that existed
around 1 billion years ago. |
D | None of the answers are correct. |
E | The ocean that was once covered the Alberta region, which helped the formation of oil/gas deposits. |
Question 33 |
A | phreatic |
B | surtseyan |
C | strombolian |
D | vulcanian |
E | plinean |
Question 34 |
A | I. synclines II. anticlines |
B | I. arcs II. basins |
C | I. anticlines II. synclines |
D | I basins II. arcs |
Question 35 |
A | dendritic network. |
B | fracture network. |
C | surface erosion. |
D | headward erosion. |
E | drainage erosion. |
Question 36 |
A | taxonomy diagram |
B | historical tree |
C | ancestral diagram |
D | hierarchical diagram |
E | phylogenetic tree |
Question 37 |
What is 3L on the following diagram? (ID-GLF-20)
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this question without using any AIDS.
A | Ordovician |
B | Pennsylvanian |
C | Devonian |
D | Triassic |
E | Jurassic |
Question 38 |
A | 4.54 Ga |
B | 3.92 Ga |
C | 3.55 Ga |
D | 3.87 Ga |
E | 4.03 Ga |
Question 39 |
A | 500 - 1000 m |
B | 5 - 7km |
C | 1000 - 1500 m |
D | 15 - 20 km |
E | 40 - 50 km |
Question 40 |
A | Non-uniform boundary conditions between two moving sections. |
B | Ductile nature of the two moving sections. |
C | Mineral alignment along the contact points between two moving sections. |
D | Friction between two moving sections. |
E | Compression pressure along the contact boundary between two moving sections. |
Question 41 |
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this question without using any AIDS.
A | Paleogene |
B | Devonian |
C | Cambrian |
D | Silurian |
E | Cretaceous |
Question 42 |
A | Carbon and hydrogen |
B | Carbon and oxygen |
C | Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen |
D | Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen |
E | Carbon and nitrogen |
Question 43 |
A | Protista |
B | Plantae |
C | Fungi |
D | Bacteria |
E | Animalia |
Question 44 |
A | Thrust fault |
B | Reverse fault |
C | Left-lateral strike slip fault |
D | Right-lateral strike slip fault |
E | Normal fault |
Question 45 |
A | symmetrical anticline |
B | symmetrical syncline |
C | asymmetrical anticline |
D | asymmetrical syncline |
Question 46 |
A | Confined aquifers with very high permeability. |
B | Aquifers with very low porosity and permeability. |
C | Unconfined aquifers with very high permeability. |
D | Aquifers with very high porosity, but very low permeability. |
Question 47 |
A | Extraction of groundwater in large volumes in a long period of time. |
B | Higher rate of leaking groundwater into rivers and lakes due to higher formation pressures. |
C | Injection/addition of water into the ground due to heavy rainfall. |
D | Extraction of groundwater in large volumes in a small period of time. |
Ref: Dr. Alexander Dutchak Fall 2015 lecture notes.
Question 48 |
A | It measures the rate at which the transport system deposit its load over a distance. |
B | It measures the elevation change over the distance of flow. |
C | It measures the speed at which the river flows. |
D | It measures the change in capacity of sediment load over a distance. |
E | It measures the largest clast/sediment size a stream/river can transport. |
Question 49 |
A | Its elevation from the sea level. |
B | Flow rate of the water (velocity) and the volume of water. |
C | Resistance of its walls to erosion slumping. |
D | Sediment load of the river/stream. |
Question 50 |
A | It occurs when the last member of a given species dies without producing any offspring. |
B | It occurs when the last member of a given kingdom dies without producing any offspring. |
C | It occurs when the last member of a given family dies without producing any offspring. |
D | It occurs when the last member of a given genus dies without producing any offspring. |
E | It occurs when the last member of a given class dies without producing any offspring. |
Question 51 |
A | It occurs due to nuclear radiation caused by decomposition of radioactive elements within sediments and minerals. |
B | It occur when the pore water pressure increased enough to push sediment grains apart from each other. |
C | It occurs as the heat from magma melts the wall rock (country rock) resulting melting of the surrounding. |
D | It occurs when sediments from deep underground which are formed under high pressure were exhumed in a short period of time. |
E | It occurs when ground shake due to P-wave vibrates sediments hard enough resulting solids behaving like liquids. |
Question 52 |
A | Frontal lifting |
B | Divergent lifting |
C | Orographic lifting |
D | Convergence lifting |
E | Convective lifting |
Question 53 |
A | They usually coincide with plate boundaries. |
B | They are usually stationary and has been that for since the beginning of the Earth. |
C | They are defined by the magnetic forces of the Earth. |
D | They runs parallel to the equator of the Earth. |
E | They only occur in ductile regions. |
Question 54 |
A | Collisional orogenesis environments |
B | Extensional rifting environments |
C | Mid-oceanic ridge environments |
D | Strike-slip environments |
Question 55 |
A | It is an imaginary line that separates the four major layers of atmosphere. |
B | It is a bar where ice cold drinks are served only for cool geoscientists. |
C | It is a graphical representation of change in temperature with depth in the lithosphere. |
D | It is a line on a map used to separate different air pressures. |
E | It is a representation of pressure - temperature boundaries which specific minerals may form out of a magma. |
Question 56 |
A | change its shape by shortening |
B | most likely maintain the original mineral composition |
C | change its orientation |
D | change its location |
E | retains the primary igneous structures. |
Question 57 |
A | About 10 to 15 km |
B | About 50 to 70 km |
C | About 90 to 100 km |
D | About 0 to 5 km |
E | About 30 to 40 km |
Question 58 |
A | strain |
B | stress |
C | deformation |
D | shear |
Question 59 |
Please pay attention to the circled (green) area of the image.
A | deformation that resulted in folding. |
B | deformation caused by extensional tectonics. |
C | structural feature originated primarily due to an igneous event. |
D | deformation that resulted in faulting. |
Question 60 |
A | ridge push |
B | slab pull |
C | trench roll back |
D | suction force |
Question 61 |
A | Study of the origins of rocks and minerals. |
B | Process of biological and geological evolution of life and Earth. |
C | Process of magma generation and solidification. |
D | Study of the origin of Earth and its evolution. |
E | Process of mountain building. |
Question 62 |
A | A group of fossils native to a specific region. |
B | None of the answers are correct. |
C | A set of fossils that can be arranged in chronological order. |
D | A group of fossil species found in a specific sequence of sedimentary rock. |
E | A set of fossils belongs to the same family of organisms. |
Question 63 |
A | Theory of Plate Tectonics |
B | Principle of Original Horizontality |
C | Principle of Superposition |
D | Theory of Geologic Evolution |
E | Theory of Rock Cycle |
F | Principle of Uniformitarianism |
Question 64 |
A | High pressure and low temperature |
B | At extensional settings |
C | Brittle deformation |
D | Ductile deformation |
E | Low pressure and high temperature |
Question 65 |
A | R-waves disappeared at the mantle-outer core boundary |
B | L-waves disappeared at the mantle-outer core boundary |
C | S-waves disappeared at the mantle-outer core boundary |
D | P-waves disappeared at the mantle-outer core boundary |
Question 66 |
A | Siltstone |
B | Conglomerate |
C | Mudstone |
D | Sandstone |
Question 67 |
A | Amber embedded fossils |
B | Burrows |
C | Skeletons |
D | Petrified wood |
E | Shell fragments |
Question 68 |
A | The creatonic platform that forms the modern day Canada, USA and Mexico. |
B | A proposed Precambrian supercontinent that existed
around 1 billion years ago. |
C | The ocean that was once covered the Alberta region, which helped the formation of oil/gas deposits. |
D | A continent in the early Paleozoic Era composed of today’s North America and Greenland. |
E | A supercontinent that consisted of today’s South America, Africa, Antarctica, India, and Australia. |
Question 69 |
A | Factor of 20,000 |
B | Factor of 10,000 |
C | Factor of 1 |
D | Factor of 3 |
E | Factor of 2 |
Question 70 |
A | Soft substrate with high degree of erosion |
B | Very low stream gradient |
C | High sediment carrying capacity |
D | Narrow flood plains |
Question 71 |
A | Very thick sandy deposits distally on the edge of the fan. |
B | Gradual decrease in grain size from corasest to finest as moving from the mouth to the distal edge. |
C | Muddy deposits closer to the mouth and sandy deposits distally at the edge. |
D | High clastic sediment deposits on the edge of the fan. |
Question 72 |
A | Kerogen forms at the Earth's surface. |
B | Oil window is smaller that that of natural gas window. |
C | Increasing depth often increase in hydrocarbon production. Hint: Yes, when you are within an oil/gas windows. But just because you increase in depth, doesn't mean it will favor formation of oil/gas. |
D | Highly permeable rocks make very good petroleum seals/traps. Hint: Seal or trap rock/layers must be non-permeable to prevent hydrocarbons from escaping. |
E | Permeability refers to the fraction of open space within rocks. |
Question 73 |
A | Stratosphere |
B | Thermosphere |
C | Troposphere |
D | Exosphere |
E | Ionosphere |
F | Mesosphere |
Question 74 |
A | Early Cenozoic |
B | Early Cambrian |
C | Late Mesozoic |
D | Early Proterozoic |
E | Late Cenozoic |
Question 75 |
A | decompression crystallization |
B | partial crystallization |
C | fractional crystallization |
D | fractional melting |
Question 76 |
A | Appalachian orogeny occurred after the Grenville orogeny. |
B | Appalachian orogeny is occurred as a result of four separate continental collisions. Hint: Three separate continental collisions. |
C | Allegheny Mountains formed before the both of the Appalachian and Grenville orogenies. |
D | Appalachian orogeny occurred at the same time as the Grenville orogeny. |
Question 77 |
A | Sudden changes in mineral structures |
B | Crustal fault slips |
C | Volcanic eruptions |
D | Human interference such as construction and nuclear detonations |
E | Magma migration |
Question 78 |
What is 3G on the following diagram? (ID-GLF-39)
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this question without using any AIDS.
A | Cretaceous |
B | Eocene |
C | Permian |
D | Cenozoic |
E | Devonian |
F | Jurassic |
Question 79 |
A | water vapor |
B | nitrogen |
C | oxygen |
D | carbon dioxide |
E | ammonia |
Question 80 |
Precambrian is divided into two Eons as shown on the following diagram as 1C and 1D. What are they? (ID-GLF-62)
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this question without using any AIDS.
A | Paleozoic and Phanerozoic |
B | Paleozoic and Mesozoic |
C | Cenozoic and Mesozoic |
D | Proterozoic and Archean |
E | Phanerozoic and Proterozoic |
Question 81 |
A | Monthly |
B | Daily |
C | Weekly |
D | Yearly |
Question 82 |
A | Hawaiian Islands |
B | Canadian Rockies |
C | Himalayas |
D | Basin and Range |
Question 83 |
A | The hydraulic head must be very high in the wetland regions. |
B | The water table must be relatively high in the wetland regions. |
C | The permeability must be very low in the wetland regions. |
D | The vadose zone must be extremely large (deep) in the wetland regions. |
Question 84 |
A | 100 times less |
B | 100 times more |
C | 10 times more |
D | 1 times less |
E | 10 times less |
F | 1 times more |
Question 85 |
A | Sedimentary rocks due to regional subduction. |
B | Metamorphic rocks due to contact metamorphism. |
C | Sedimentary rocks due to regional heating. |
D | Igneous rocks due to uplift. |
Question 86 |
A | subduction zones |
B | hot spots |
C | mid-ocean ridges |
D | transform zones |
Question 87 |
A | Within metamorphic rocks |
B | Within underwater mudslides |
C | Within sedimentary rocks |
D | Within fluvial deposits |
E | Withing igneous rocks |
Question 88 |
A | oil window. |
B | ideal temperature. |
C | critical window. |
D | decomposition temperature. |
E | critical temperature. |
F | ideal window. |
Question 89 |
A | Induced stability |
B | Isostasy |
C | Equilibrium |
D | Orogeny |
Question 90 |
A | 40 parent isotopes |
B | 125 parent isotopes |
C | 250 parent isotopes |
D | 100 parent isotopes |
E | 160 parent isotopes |
Question 91 |
A | Seismic waves that enters a faster medium from a slower medium will undergo refraction towards the normal. |
B | Seismic waves are able to sustain their energy in softer mediums for a longer period of time. |
C | Surface seismic waves are the fastest in terms of travel time. |
D | Seismic waves travel faster in high density mediums. |
E | Seismic waves were first discovered by Andrija Mohorovicic. |
Question 92 |
A | exosphere |
B | thermosphere |
C | stratosphere |
D | troposphere |
E | mesosphere |
Question 93 |
A | Around the 10 km altitude. |
B | Between Mesosphere and Stratosphere. |
C | Around the 45 km altitude. |
D | Between Mesosphere and Thermosphere. |
E | Between Mesosphere and Troposphere. |
Question 94 |
A | Joints are much smaller in scale than faults. |
B | Joints are fractures that have no offsets, while faults are fractures with offsets. |
C | Joints are usually associated with igneous processes and faults are usually associated with orogenic processes. |
D | Joints only occur in softer materials such as sediments and faults occur in hard rocks. |
E | Joints are planar metamorphic fabrics while faults are planer surfaces of physical separations within rocks. |
Question 95 |
-Deformation
-Faulting
-Folding
-Partial melting
-Foliation
-Metamorphism
-Glaciation
-Erosion
-Sedimentation
A | All of the above can be observed in mountain building processes. |
B | Glaciation and Sedimentation |
C | Partial melting and Sedimentation |
D | Partial melting |
E | Partial melting, Sedimentation and Glaciation |
Question 96 |
Note: Do not worry about the vector arrows. This animation was created for 300/500-level structure classes.
A | Reverse fault |
B | Not enough information is provided in the question. |
C | Left lateral strike-slip fault |
D | Right lateral strike-slip fault |
E | Normal fault |
Question 97 |
A | A supercontinent that consisted of today’s South America, Africa, Antarctica, India, and Australia. |
B | None of the answers are correct. |
C | The ocean that was once covered the Alberta region, which helped the formation of oil/gas deposits. |
D | A continent in the early Paleozoic Era composed of today’s North America and Greenland. |
E | A proposed Precambrian supercontinent that existed
around 1 billion years ago. |
Question 98 |
A | About 30 km |
B | About 1 km |
C | About 100 km |
D | About 5 km |
E | About 10 km |
Question 99 |
A | increase in travel distance. |
B | increase in density of the medium. |
C | decrease in density of the medium. |
D | increase in density. |
Note: Any changes in density of the medium affect both P and S waves.
Question 100 |
A | Vesicles and voids within matrix |
B | Inter granular porosity |
C | Reef framework |
D | Dissolution |
Question 101 |
A | ammonia |
B | methane |
C | carbon dioxide |
D | water |
E | nitrogen |
Question 102 |
A | pressures. |
B | foliations. Hint: This is true, but this is an observation and not a measurement. |
C | lineation. Hint: This is true, but this is an observation and not a measurement. |
D | stress. |
E | strain. |
Question 103 |
A | 31.6% |
B | 0.5% |
C | 5% |
D | 5.5% |
Question 104 |
A | Theory of Geologic Evolution |
B | Theory of Plate Tectonics |
C | Principle of Original Horizontality |
D | Principle of Superposition |
E | Principle of Uniformitarianism |
Question 105 |
A | Radioactive decay within the Earth's core |
B | Friction heat produced at plate margins |
C | Earth's mantle |
D | Earth's crust |
E | Heat absorbed by surface rocks |
Question 106 |
A | Wegener discontinuity |
B | Mercalli discontinuity |
C | Wadati-Benioff discontinuity |
D | Mohorovic discontinuity |
Question 107 |
A | It measures the rate of sediment supply to a stream/river system. |
B | It measures the rate at which the transport system deposit its load. |
C | It measures the volume of sediments transported by a stream/river system. |
D | It measures the largest clast/sediment size a stream/river can transport. |
E | It measure the flow rate of sediments at a fixed given location. |
Question 108 |
A | temperature . heat |
B | weather seasons , plate tectonics |
C | precipitation . rain |
D | climate , weather |
E | high pressure systems , low pressure systems |
Question 109 |
A | Abnormal faults |
B | Thrust faults |
C | Normal faults |
D | Reverse faults |
E | Strike-slip faults |
Question 110 |
I. Deposition and folding of units 1 to 7
II. Intrusion of the granite pluton
III. Deposition of units A to C
IV. Formation of the unconformity
V. Faulting
VI. Intrusion of the gabbro dyke
A | V (oldest) , III , VI , IV , II , I (youngest) |
B | VI (oldest) , II , III , IV , I , V (youngest) |
C | I (oldest) , III , VI , IV , II , V (youngest) |
D | I (oldest) , II , VI , IV , III , V (youngest) |
E | V (oldest) , II , VI , IV , III , I (youngest) |
F | VI (oldest) , I , III , V , II , IV (youngest) |
Question 111 |
A | on overriding plate , landwards |
B | landwards , on overriding pate |
C | None of the answers are correct. |
D | seawards , on the extinct arc |
Question 112 |
A | There must be a very large cone of depression directly under the road surface in question causing surface to subside during warm and dry seasons. |
B | Pore pressures that holds the grains apart fluctuates causing subsidence during warm summers and uplift during wet winters and springs. |
C | The groundwater must be flowing at a faster rate during wet spring and summer than during winter causing subsurface erosion. |
D | Weight of the materials used to construct the road surface is effecting the groundwater pressures in the subsurface. |
Question 113 |
A | Interior waves |
B | Body waves |
C | Rayleigh waves |
D | Love waves |
Question 114 |
A | K/Ar |
B | U/Pb |
C | Rb/Sr |
D | Sm/Nd |
Question 115 |
A | The temperature below which magma no longer have the ability to erupt out of the volcano. |
B | The temperature below which crystals are first formed. |
C | The temperature below which isotopes are no longer free to move. |
D | The temperature above which crystals are first formed. |
E | The temperature above which the water is neither a gas nor a liquid. |
Question 116 |
A | Causes ground to ripple up and down like water waves in a lake. |
B | They are S-waves that intersects the land surface. |
C | Material moves back and forth parallel to the wave direction. |
D | They are P-waves that intersects the land surface. |
E | Slower than S-waves but faster than Love waves. |
Question 117 |
A | We measure stress using specialized equipment that keep track of movement of geologic masses. |
B | We measure stress using changes in pressure and temperature observed within geologic materials over a period. |
C | None of the answers are correct. |
D | We measure stress based on detection of earthquakes and their magnitudes with respect to location. |
E | We cannot directly measure stress, but we can infer stress using strain preserved as deformations in minerals and rocks. |
Note: Most than one answer is correct. But on multiple choice exams, you should choose the MOST suitable answer. Consider this question as a good example for your future university exams.
Question 118 |
A | sublimation. |
B | transpiration. |
C | evaporation. |
D | precipitation. |
E | infiltration. |
Question 119 |
A | stream terraces. |
B | braided plane. |
C | graded deposits. |
D | alluvium. |
E | alluvium fan. |
Question 120 |
What is 2A on the following diagram? (ID-GLF-24)
Note: DO NOT scroll down to the Geologic Time scale on this page. Answer this question without using any AIDS.
A | Mesozoic |
B | Phanerozoic |
C | Cenozoic |
D | Proterozoic |
E | Pennsylvanian |
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Credits: Based on the excellent class notes provided by, Dr. Gerald Osborn during Fall 2010 and textbook ISBN-978-0-393-93750-3. This version has been updated on between September and December 2015 using excellent class notes provided by, Dr. Glenn Dolphin, Alex Dutchak and Dr. Brandon Karchewski during Fall 2015.
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Concepts and Additional Questions for Fall 2010 Final
Important!
↑ Some of these are already in the exam type questions in the quiz(above) ↑
Answers to these will NOT be posted. These are based on 2010 lecture notes!
-Know the definitions and features of Composite Volcanos (CV) and Shield volcanos (SV).
-Types of crystallization processes
-Geologic zones; subduction, mid ocean, etc and their features
-Difference between nonconformity and disconformity.
-Difference between stress and strain.
-Differences between tensile stress, compressional stress and shear stress
-Understanding geologic events based on relative deposition.
-Earthquakes and their nature of intensity.
-Types of waves; S-,P-,L- and R- waves.
-Earth’s components and their variation in composition.
-Be able to interpret features on a given map or cross-section.
-Mohorovic discontinuity and it’s importance to geologic studies.
-Know, asymmetrical syncline/anticline, symmetrical syncline/anticline.
-General history of geology as a study subject.
-Concept; slab pull, ridge push and hypothesis on why these occur.
-You should memorize this time scale. Yes, this will most likely appear on the final, but also very useful for the future of your geologic carrier. Most geologists and geophysicsts remember the Geologic Time Scale with respect to important events took place in the history.