US Major Geology Advanced Test 5

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Question 1

What is pumice?

A) Floating volcanic rock

B) Dense granite

C) Soft clay

D) Sea glass

Question 2

What is the Bering Strait?

A) Florida strait

B) Alaska-Russia gap

C) English channel

D) Panama cut

Question 3

What is a plateau?

A) Deep valley

B) Sand dune

C) Flat high landform

D) Ocean trench

Question 4

What is obsidian?

A) Quartz sand

B) Marble

C) Slate

D) Volcanic glass

Question 5

What is an oxbow lake?

A) Curved cut-off lake

B) Crater lake

C) Salt lake

D) Long river

Question 6

What is karst?

A) Sand desert

B) Cave limestone land

C) Lava field

D) Granite peak

Question 7

What is an earthquake?

A) Wind gust

B) Ocean wave

C) Shaking plates

D) Rain burst

Question 8

Which of the following best defines a volcano cone?

A) River delta

B) Sand dune

C) Coral reef

D) Erupted ash hill

Question 9

Which of the following best defines an isthmus?

A) Narrow land bridge

B) Wide bay

C) Deep trench

D) High peak

Question 10

What best defines the crust?

A) Core

B) Outer rock

C) Mantle

D) Air

Question 11

What best defines plate tectonics?

A) Still earth

B) No plates

C) Moving plates

D) Spinning core

Question 12

What best defines a fossil?

A) Live animal

B) Rock only

C) No remains

D) Preserved remains

Question 13

Which of the following best defines the rock cycle?

A) Change loop

B) One way

C) No change

D) Melting only

Question 14

Provide the definition of a butte:

A) Tall mountain

B) Small flat hill

C) Wide river

D) Deep lake

Question 15

Which term means "Pointed coastal land"?

A) geology

B) the layers

C) a cape

D) the crust

Question 16

Provide the definition of loess:

A) River mud

B) Sea salt

C) Volcanic ash

D) Wind-blown silt

Question 17

Which term means "Breaking rocks"?

A) weathering

B) geology

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 18

Which term means "Order by layers"?

A) geology

B) relative dating

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 19

Provide the definition of granite:

A) Soft clay

B) Chalk

C) Speckled hard rock

D) Sandstone

Question 20

Which term means "Glacier rock pile"?

A) geology

B) the layers

C) the crust

D) a moraine

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