US Major Geology Test 1

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University Major — Test 1 (Geology) University (Undergraduate Majors, USA) USA USA University Majors Curriculum

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Question 1

What is geology?

A) Earth study

B) Star study

C) Life study

D) No study

Question 2

What is granite?

A) Soft clay

B) Speckled hard rock

C) Chalk

D) Sandstone

Question 3

What is a moraine?

A) Sand dune

B) River delta

C) Glacier rock pile

D) Coral reef

Question 4

What is an isthmus?

A) Wide bay

B) Deep trench

C) High peak

D) Narrow land bridge

Question 5

What is weathering?

A) Breaking rocks

B) Polishing gems

C) Melting ice

D) Burning coal

Question 6

What causes quakes?

A) Wind

B) Plate slips

C) Rain

D) Tides

Question 7

What is marble?

A) Sandstone

B) Granite

C) Changed limestone

D) Shale

Question 8

Which term means "Island chain"?

A) geology

B) the layers

C) the crust

D) an archipelago

Question 9

Provide the definition of a rock:

A) Mineral mix

B) Single mineral

C) Metal only

D) Glass only

Question 10

Provide the definition of the Mohs scale:

A) Heat scale

B) Hardness ranking

C) No scale

D) Weight rank

Question 11

What best defines a caldera?

A) River bend

B) Sand pit

C) Collapsed volcano crater

D) Coral ring

Question 12

Provide the definition of a cape:

A) Round island

B) Flat beach

C) Deep bay

D) Pointed coastal land

Question 13

Which term means "Southern point land"?

A) the Florida peninsula

B) geology

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 14

Which of the following best defines a volcano?

A) Waterfall

B) Erupting opening

C) Cave

D) Cliff

Question 15

Which term means "Large coastal inlet"?

A) geology

B) the layers

C) a gulf

D) the crust

Question 16

Which of the following best defines a strait?

A) Wide ocean

B) Long river

C) Deep lake

D) Narrow water pass

Question 17

Which of the following best defines a fossil fuel?

A) Ancient organic fuel

B) Renewable

C) Nuclear

D) No fuel

Question 18

What best defines limestone?

A) Granite

B) Shell rock

C) Sandstone

D) Slate

Question 19

Which term means "Curved cut-off lake"?

A) geology

B) the layers

C) an oxbow lake

D) the crust

Question 20

Provide the definition of the crust:

A) Core

B) Mantle

C) Air

D) Outer rock

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