Can you pass this geology exam? Some people think they know all there is to geology, but when it comes to answering questions, they tend to notice they forgot some information. Do you know what happens when tectonic plates shift and features of the earth different layers? The quiz below is one way to find out just how knowledgeable you actually are when it comes to geology.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
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Hydrologic Cycle
Evaporation
Rock Cycle
Precipitation
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Elastic
Ductile
Brittle
Permanent
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Water soaking into the ground
The transition from liquid to gas as a result of increases in temperature
Plants taking in water
Water running off the surface and entering a channel
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P-waves
S-waves
L-waves
R-waves
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10 times
1 time
2 times
32 times
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Sea level
Continental Divide
A basalt flow beneath softer sedimentary rocks
The bottom of a waterfall
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Ability to transmit water
Volume of pore space in a material
When ice crystals deform and slide past each other
Dissolution of carbonate rock due to acid
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The location on the Earth's surface directly above the point of slippage.
The exact location on the fault where slippage occurs.
The contact point between two tectonic plates
The location of migrating magma in the crust
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Fault Creep
Megathrusting
Fault propagation
Elastic rebound
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Spring
Fumarole
Sinkhole
Lake
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Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Dip-Slip
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Cone of Depression
Subsidence
Contamination
Saltwater encroachment
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No, because you would need information from more than one seismograph to plot the epicenter.
No, because seismographs can't pick up earthquakes from that far away.
Yes. You could take the distance and match it up with known fault lines to find the epicenter
Yes, because seismographs can indicate direction as well as distance
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A fracture in a rock along which motion has occurred.
A stress fracture created by rocks stretching and pulling apart near the surface.
A solution pathway created by carbonic acid.
Foliation in a rock that acts as a plane of weakness.
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Reverse
Graben
Strike-Slip
Normal
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Convergent
Divergent
Transform
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Velocity will start low and gradually increase toward the mouth due to increasing discharge downstream.
Velocity will remain constant for the entire length of the stream.
Velocity will start high and gradually decrease toward the mouth due to increasing discharge downstream.
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Shorten and thicken the rock.
Stretch and thin the rock.
Fracture the rock and grind the pieces along side each other.
The rock will not change.
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Domes have the oldest layers in the middle, not the youngest.
Domes don't have layers.
Now that we know the age of the layers, we would call it a syncline.
Domes didn't exist back then.
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Sediment Capacity Zone
Sediment Transport Zone
Sediment Deposition Zone
Sediment Production Zone
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Alluvium
Talus
Fluvium
Colluvium
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High porosity, high permeability
Low porosity, low permeability
Low porosity, high permeability
High porosity, low permeability
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Stress
Deformation
Compression
Brittle Failure
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Strike-Slip
Reverse
Thrust
Normal
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Oldest on the inside of the fold, youngest on the outside.
Oldest on the outside of the fold, youngest on the inside.
Oldest materials thrust up on top of younger layers.
Horizontal bedding with the youngest layers on the top.
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Seismograms
Seismographs
Seismometers
Seismic relays
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The location where streamflow ends.
The location where one stream flows into another stream.
The location where streamflow begins.
The location where streams diverge into distributary channels.
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The downward limit of erosion.
The highest elevation streams can be found.
The transition from a straight channel stream to a meandering stream.
The gradient line along with the longitudinal profile of the stream.
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Stretch and thin the rock.
Fracture the rock and grind the pieces along side each other.
Shorten and thicken the rock.
The rock will not change.
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Convergent
Divergent
Transform
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The exact location on the fault where slippage occurs.
The location where three monitoring stations overlap.
The location on the Earth's surface directly above the point of slippage.
The build-up of potential energy in a new location after an earthquake.
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Circum-Pacific Belt
Alpine-Himalayan Belt
San Andreas Fault
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Volcanic activity
Radioactive minerals near the surface
Abnormal volumes of rain
Normal geothermal gradient
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Moment Magnitude Scale
Mercalli Intensity Scale
Richter Scale
Beaufort Scale
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Competence
Corrosion
Capacity
Carbonate
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Shale
Gravel
Sandstone
Conglomerate
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The amount of flow in contact with the banks and bed of the channel.
That part of a streambed that contains the strongest current.
Where the stream is incising on the outside of a meander loop.
Where deposition occurs in an abandoned stream channel.
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Normal geothermal gradient
Radioactive minerals near the surface
Volcanic activity
Abnormal volumes of rain
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97.2%
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