GEOL 1001 Doran Exam 1 Practice
Questions And Answers
The asthenosphere is beneath the? -
correct answer ✅lithosphere
Choose the appropriate ways that hot springs might impact people
living nearby:
A. provides geothermal power
B. Enables easy transportation of goods
C. increases likelihood of earthquakes -
correct answer ✅A. provides geothermal power
Which of the following surface environments is the most likely site
for deposits in this photograph?
A. steep mountain front
B. River channel
C. Sand dunes
D. Beach
E. lake -
correct answer ✅A. Steep mountain front
Which of the following is considered one of the outer planets?
,GEOL 1001 Doran Exam 1 Practice
Questions And Answers
A. Mars
B. Jupiter
C. venus
D. moon
E. none of these -
correct answer ✅B. Jupiter
Which of the following is NOT one of the main families of rocks?
A. sedimentary
B. igneous
C. metamorphic
D. meteorites -
correct answer ✅D. meteorites
Which of the following does NOT list processes in an order
consistent with a logical progression through the rock cycle?
A. weathering, erosion, deposition
B. solidification, melting, burial
C. erosion, deposition, burial
D. uplift, weathering, erosion
, GEOL 1001 Doran Exam 1 Practice
Questions And Answers
E. burial, metamorphism, melting -
correct answer ✅B. solidification, melting, burial
Which of these best describes the location of the core within the
earth?
A. the core is located in the central zone of the earth, beneath the
mantle
B. the core is located between the thin surface crust and the thick
mantle
C. the core is located at the surface of the earth, forming a thin skin
-
correct answer ✅A. the core is located in the central zone of the
earth, beneath the mantle
Choose the answer that best explains why a rock might not go
through the complete rock cycle.
A. the exposed rock may never weather thus never enter the rock
cycle again
B. rock may be involved in a variety of processes in different
sequences
Questions And Answers
The asthenosphere is beneath the? -
correct answer ✅lithosphere
Choose the appropriate ways that hot springs might impact people
living nearby:
A. provides geothermal power
B. Enables easy transportation of goods
C. increases likelihood of earthquakes -
correct answer ✅A. provides geothermal power
Which of the following surface environments is the most likely site
for deposits in this photograph?
A. steep mountain front
B. River channel
C. Sand dunes
D. Beach
E. lake -
correct answer ✅A. Steep mountain front
Which of the following is considered one of the outer planets?
,GEOL 1001 Doran Exam 1 Practice
Questions And Answers
A. Mars
B. Jupiter
C. venus
D. moon
E. none of these -
correct answer ✅B. Jupiter
Which of the following is NOT one of the main families of rocks?
A. sedimentary
B. igneous
C. metamorphic
D. meteorites -
correct answer ✅D. meteorites
Which of the following does NOT list processes in an order
consistent with a logical progression through the rock cycle?
A. weathering, erosion, deposition
B. solidification, melting, burial
C. erosion, deposition, burial
D. uplift, weathering, erosion
, GEOL 1001 Doran Exam 1 Practice
Questions And Answers
E. burial, metamorphism, melting -
correct answer ✅B. solidification, melting, burial
Which of these best describes the location of the core within the
earth?
A. the core is located in the central zone of the earth, beneath the
mantle
B. the core is located between the thin surface crust and the thick
mantle
C. the core is located at the surface of the earth, forming a thin skin
-
correct answer ✅A. the core is located in the central zone of the
earth, beneath the mantle
Choose the answer that best explains why a rock might not go
through the complete rock cycle.
A. the exposed rock may never weather thus never enter the rock
cycle again
B. rock may be involved in a variety of processes in different
sequences
