EARTH SCIENCE EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE ROCKS
MINERALS PLATE TECTONICS WEATHERING
EARTHQUAKES AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Suppose a river database includes 29 floods over the past
100 years. What is the recurrence interval for the 10th
ranked flood? - CORRECT ANSWERS -3
Which type of volcano has the highest viscosity magma? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -Cinder cones
,Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow.
When did the fault occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Between G and T
Which type of volcano is likely to have the highest Volcano
Explosivity Index value? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Stratovolcanoes
Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow.
Which layer or event occurred first (is oldest)? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -A
,Select the letter in the Venn diagram that applies to the
following statement. Large-grained. - CORRECT
ANSWERS -C - Plutonic
Which type of organism would provide the best index
fossil? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Species lived in many
environments, present for 10's millions of years.
The less permeable a surface the less the infiltration to a
groundwater system. - CORRECT ANSWERS -True
Which of the following is a high silica rock that forms on or
near the surface? - CORRECT ANSWERS -rhyolite
, Examine the image before answering the question. D
represents a magma chamber. Which relative time
principle assumes that C is older than F? - CORRECT
ANSWERS -superposition
Match the features in the relative time diagram with the
events described in the short sentences. Assume all rocks
are sedimentary unless otherwise indicated. A sedimentary
rock that did not experience contact metamorphism. -
CORRECT ANSWERS -B
What is used to sub-divide the Phanerozoic into 3 eras? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -It is divided by mass extinction
events.
MINERALS PLATE TECTONICS WEATHERING
EARTHQUAKES AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
Suppose a river database includes 29 floods over the past
100 years. What is the recurrence interval for the 10th
ranked flood? - CORRECT ANSWERS -3
Which type of volcano has the highest viscosity magma? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -Cinder cones
,Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow.
When did the fault occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Between G and T
Which type of volcano is likely to have the highest Volcano
Explosivity Index value? - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Stratovolcanoes
Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow.
Which layer or event occurred first (is oldest)? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -A
,Select the letter in the Venn diagram that applies to the
following statement. Large-grained. - CORRECT
ANSWERS -C - Plutonic
Which type of organism would provide the best index
fossil? - CORRECT ANSWERS -Species lived in many
environments, present for 10's millions of years.
The less permeable a surface the less the infiltration to a
groundwater system. - CORRECT ANSWERS -True
Which of the following is a high silica rock that forms on or
near the surface? - CORRECT ANSWERS -rhyolite
, Examine the image before answering the question. D
represents a magma chamber. Which relative time
principle assumes that C is older than F? - CORRECT
ANSWERS -superposition
Match the features in the relative time diagram with the
events described in the short sentences. Assume all rocks
are sedimentary unless otherwise indicated. A sedimentary
rock that did not experience contact metamorphism. -
CORRECT ANSWERS -B
What is used to sub-divide the Phanerozoic into 3 eras? -
CORRECT ANSWERS -It is divided by mass extinction
events.
