LSU Geology 1001 Peter Doran Exam
1 Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Hypothesis -
correct answer ✅explanation offered for a set of observations
Hypothesis testing -
correct answer ✅Fundamental process for a set of science
Theory -
correct answer ✅When a hypothesis withstands many tests
Law -
correct answer ✅Theory that seems beyond challenge
Paradigm -
correct answer ✅Set of interconnected theories or laws that
organize our way of thinking
Uniformitarianism -
correct answer ✅Paradigm of Geology
The present is the key to the past (what occurred today also
happened in the past)
Can explain past events and geological features
, LSU Geology 1001 Peter Doran Exam
1 Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The Rock Cycle (definition) -
correct answer ✅Framework presenting possible paths and
processes a rock is subjected to as it moves from one place to
another and between different depths
The Rock Cycle (cycle) -
correct answer ✅Weathering- Erosion and transport-
Decomposition- Burial and lithification- Uplift
Plate Tectonics -
correct answer ✅theory that lithosphere is divided into plates that
move and cause tectonic activity along boundaries
Crust (compositional) -
correct answer ✅Oceanic (5km)
Continental (40km)
Mantle (compositional) -
correct answer ✅2900km
1 Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Hypothesis -
correct answer ✅explanation offered for a set of observations
Hypothesis testing -
correct answer ✅Fundamental process for a set of science
Theory -
correct answer ✅When a hypothesis withstands many tests
Law -
correct answer ✅Theory that seems beyond challenge
Paradigm -
correct answer ✅Set of interconnected theories or laws that
organize our way of thinking
Uniformitarianism -
correct answer ✅Paradigm of Geology
The present is the key to the past (what occurred today also
happened in the past)
Can explain past events and geological features
, LSU Geology 1001 Peter Doran Exam
1 Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
The Rock Cycle (definition) -
correct answer ✅Framework presenting possible paths and
processes a rock is subjected to as it moves from one place to
another and between different depths
The Rock Cycle (cycle) -
correct answer ✅Weathering- Erosion and transport-
Decomposition- Burial and lithification- Uplift
Plate Tectonics -
correct answer ✅theory that lithosphere is divided into plates that
move and cause tectonic activity along boundaries
Crust (compositional) -
correct answer ✅Oceanic (5km)
Continental (40km)
Mantle (compositional) -
correct answer ✅2900km
