US Major Geology Test 7

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Question 1

What is a caldera?

A) Collapsed volcano crater

B) River bend

C) Sand pit

D) Coral ring

Question 2

What is a volcano?

A) Waterfall

B) Erupting opening

C) Cave

D) Cliff

Question 3

What is limestone?

A) Granite

B) Sandstone

C) Shell rock

D) Slate

Question 4

What is obsidian?

A) Quartz sand

B) Marble

C) Slate

D) Volcanic glass

Question 5

What is granite?

A) Speckled hard rock

B) Soft clay

C) Chalk

D) Sandstone

Question 6

What is a plateau?

A) Deep valley

B) Flat high landform

C) Sand dune

D) Ocean trench

Question 7

What is loess?

A) River mud

B) Sea salt

C) Wind-blown silt

D) Volcanic ash

Question 8

Which of the following best defines a rock?

A) Single mineral

B) Metal only

C) Glass only

D) Mineral mix

Question 9

Which of the following best defines the Mohs scale?

A) Hardness ranking

B) Heat scale

C) No scale

D) Weight rank

Question 10

Which term means "Sandy layers rock"?

A) geology

B) sandstone

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 11

Which of the following best defines a cape?

A) Round island

B) Flat beach

C) Pointed coastal land

D) Deep bay

Question 12

What best defines a fault?

A) Fold hill

B) River bend

C) No crack

D) Crack line

Question 13

What best defines the rock cycle?

A) Change loop

B) One way

C) No change

D) Melting only

Question 14

Provide the definition of basalt:

A) Sandstone

B) Dark lava rock

C) Limestone

D) Marble

Question 15

Provide the definition of a gulf:

A) Small pond

B) Dry basin

C) Large coastal inlet

D) High mesa

Question 16

Provide the definition of erosion:

A) Building up

B) Freezing

C) Drying

D) Wearing away

Question 17

What best defines metamorphic rock?

A) Changed-by-heat rock

B) Melted rock

C) Layered deposits

D) Sand pile

Question 18

Which term means "Narrow land bridge"?

A) geology

B) an isthmus

C) the layers

D) the crust

Question 19

Which of the following best defines the crust?

A) Core

B) Mantle

C) Outer rock

D) Air

Question 20

Which of the following best defines sedimentary rock?

A) Melted rock

B) Changed rock

C) Lava flow

D) Layered deposits

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