US Major Geology Advanced Test 2

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Question 1

What is a volcano cone?

A) Erupted ash hill

B) River delta

C) Sand dune

D) Coral reef

Question 2

What is a lava tube?

A) Water pipe

B) Drained magma tunnel

C) Mine shaft

D) Sea cave

Question 3

What is the hardest mineral?

A) Quartz

B) Talc

C) Diamond

D) Gold

Question 4

What is granite?

A) Soft clay

B) Chalk

C) Sandstone

D) Speckled hard rock

Question 5

What is the Richter scale?

A) Quake measure

B) Wind gauge

C) Rain total

D) No scale

Question 6

What is geology?

A) Star study

B) Earth study

C) Life study

D) No study

Question 7

What is the Mohs scale?

A) Heat scale

B) No scale

C) Hardness ranking

D) Weight rank

Question 8

Which of the following best defines a glacier?

A) Fast river

B) Dry dune

C) Hot spring

D) Slow moving ice

Question 9

What best defines magma?

A) Underground melt

B) Lava flow

C) Solid rock

D) Water

Question 10

What best defines pumice?

A) Dense granite

B) Floating volcanic rock

C) Soft clay

D) Sea glass

Question 11

Provide the definition of a peninsula:

A) Full island

B) Landlocked plain

C) Near-island land

D) Ocean trench

Question 12

Which term means "Preserved remains"?

A) geology

B) the layers

C) the crust

D) a fossil

Question 13

Provide the definition of a volcano:

A) Erupting opening

B) Waterfall

C) Cave

D) Cliff

Question 14

Which term means "Small flat hill"?

A) geology

B) a butte

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 15

Provide the definition of the Yucatán:

A) US state

B) Island nation

C) Mexican peninsula

D) River delta

Question 16

Which of the following best defines loess?

A) River mud

B) Sea salt

C) Volcanic ash

D) Wind-blown silt

Question 17

Which of the following best defines sedimentary rock?

A) Layered deposits

B) Melted rock

C) Changed rock

D) Lava flow

Question 18

Which of the following best defines erosion?

A) Building up

B) Wearing away

C) Freezing

D) Drying

Question 19

Which of the following best defines limestone?

A) Granite

B) Sandstone

C) Shell rock

D) Slate

Question 20

What best defines lava?

A) Magma chamber

B) Solid rock

C) Ash only

D) Surface melt

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