US Major Geology Test 6

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Question 1

What is an earthquake?

A) Shaking plates

B) Wind gust

C) Ocean wave

D) Rain burst

Question 2

What is the rock cycle?

A) One way

B) Change loop

C) No change

D) Melting only

Question 3

What is metamorphic rock?

A) Melted rock

B) Layered deposits

C) Changed-by-heat rock

D) Sand pile

Question 4

What is the softest mineral?

A) Diamond

B) Quartz

C) Gold

D) Talc

Question 5

What is a fossil?

A) Preserved remains

B) Live animal

C) Rock only

D) No remains

Question 6

What is a mineral?

A) Rock mix

B) Natural crystal

C) Metal only

D) Glass only

Question 7

What is the Richter scale?

A) Wind gauge

B) Rain total

C) Quake measure

D) No scale

Question 8

Provide the definition of an archipelago:

A) Mountain line

B) River web

C) Desert sea

D) Island chain

Question 9

Provide the definition of lava:

A) Surface melt

B) Magma chamber

C) Solid rock

D) Ash only

Question 10

Which term means "Collapsed volcano crater"?

A) geology

B) a caldera

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 11

Which term means "Pointed coastal land"?

A) geology

B) the layers

C) a cape

D) the crust

Question 12

Provide the definition of relative dating:

A) Exact years

B) No dating

C) Carbon only

D) Order by layers

Question 13

Which term means "Erupting opening"?

A) a volcano

B) geology

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 14

What best defines basalt?

A) Sandstone

B) Dark lava rock

C) Limestone

D) Marble

Question 15

What best defines a gulf?

A) Small pond

B) Dry basin

C) Large coastal inlet

D) High mesa

Question 16

What best defines erosion?

A) Building up

B) Freezing

C) Drying

D) Wearing away

Question 17

Which of the following best defines limestone?

A) Shell rock

B) Granite

C) Sandstone

D) Slate

Question 18

Provide the definition of a volcano cone:

A) River delta

B) Erupted ash hill

C) Sand dune

D) Coral reef

Question 19

Provide the definition of an oxbow lake:

A) Crater lake

B) Salt lake

C) Curved cut-off lake

D) Long river

Question 20

Provide the definition of pumice:

A) Dense granite

B) Soft clay

C) Sea glass

D) Floating volcanic rock

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