GEOL 1001 Doran Connect Final Exam
Questions And Answers
Which of the following factors was most important in controlling
the distribution of copper mines in the western U.S. versus iron
mines in the Great Lakes region? -
correct answer ✅different ages and geologic histories of the rocks
Continental ice sheets were more common 28,000 years ago than
they are today because: -
correct answer ✅the earth was cooler then than now
Which of the following earth layers is the thinnest? -
correct answer ✅oceanic crust
Which of the following is the best description of what the
lithosphere contains? -
correct answer ✅both types of crust and the uppermost mantle
Which layer on this figure is the outer core? -
correct answer ✅E
The main difference between the lithosphere and the
asthenosphere is the: -
correct answer ✅asthenosphere is less rigid
,GEOL 1001 Doran Connect Final Exam
Questions And Answers
The lithosphere is: -
correct answer ✅the rigid portion of the earth (crust and upper
mantle)
Which type of crust has greater thickness? -
correct answer ✅continental
Which of the following is true about gravity?
A. gravity of the sun and moon exert a pull on earth
B. the mass of the earth causes a downward pull on objects on
earth
C. gravity causes ice, water, and rocks to move downhill
D. All of these -
correct answer ✅D. all of these
Which of the following is true about forces and energy imposed on
Earth from space?
A. internal processes within the moon produce light during the
night
,GEOL 1001 Doran Connect Final Exam
Questions And Answers
B. Sun's electromagnetic energy is all blocked by earth's protective
atmosphere
C. Our massive sun is the only object that exerts a gravitational pull
on earth
D. all of these
E. none of these -
correct answer ✅E. none of these
Which of the following are ways that the atmosphere interacts with
Earth's surface?
A. liquid water on the surface can evaporate, becoming water vapor
in the atmosphere
B. the atmosphere includes a low percentage of water vapor, most
of which comes from the oceans
C. Some energy that strikes the earth is converted into infrared
energy
D. all of these -
correct answer ✅D. all of these
Which of the following locations would contain a wide variety of
sediment, from large angular blocks to fine rock powder, produced
, GEOL 1001 Doran Connect Final Exam
Questions And Answers
from grinding of the rocks? -
correct answer ✅location 1, along the margins of a glacier
Which of the following locations would most likely contain large,
angular rocks? -
correct answer ✅locations 1 and 2
Which of the following surface environments is the most likely site
for deposits in this photograph? -
correct answer ✅steep mountain front
What type of rock would the materials shown in this photograph
produce? -
correct answer ✅sedimentary
Which of the following locations would form a hydrothermal rock? -
correct answer ✅location 4
Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a
metamorphic rock forms? -
correct answer ✅solidification of lava
Questions And Answers
Which of the following factors was most important in controlling
the distribution of copper mines in the western U.S. versus iron
mines in the Great Lakes region? -
correct answer ✅different ages and geologic histories of the rocks
Continental ice sheets were more common 28,000 years ago than
they are today because: -
correct answer ✅the earth was cooler then than now
Which of the following earth layers is the thinnest? -
correct answer ✅oceanic crust
Which of the following is the best description of what the
lithosphere contains? -
correct answer ✅both types of crust and the uppermost mantle
Which layer on this figure is the outer core? -
correct answer ✅E
The main difference between the lithosphere and the
asthenosphere is the: -
correct answer ✅asthenosphere is less rigid
,GEOL 1001 Doran Connect Final Exam
Questions And Answers
The lithosphere is: -
correct answer ✅the rigid portion of the earth (crust and upper
mantle)
Which type of crust has greater thickness? -
correct answer ✅continental
Which of the following is true about gravity?
A. gravity of the sun and moon exert a pull on earth
B. the mass of the earth causes a downward pull on objects on
earth
C. gravity causes ice, water, and rocks to move downhill
D. All of these -
correct answer ✅D. all of these
Which of the following is true about forces and energy imposed on
Earth from space?
A. internal processes within the moon produce light during the
night
,GEOL 1001 Doran Connect Final Exam
Questions And Answers
B. Sun's electromagnetic energy is all blocked by earth's protective
atmosphere
C. Our massive sun is the only object that exerts a gravitational pull
on earth
D. all of these
E. none of these -
correct answer ✅E. none of these
Which of the following are ways that the atmosphere interacts with
Earth's surface?
A. liquid water on the surface can evaporate, becoming water vapor
in the atmosphere
B. the atmosphere includes a low percentage of water vapor, most
of which comes from the oceans
C. Some energy that strikes the earth is converted into infrared
energy
D. all of these -
correct answer ✅D. all of these
Which of the following locations would contain a wide variety of
sediment, from large angular blocks to fine rock powder, produced
, GEOL 1001 Doran Connect Final Exam
Questions And Answers
from grinding of the rocks? -
correct answer ✅location 1, along the margins of a glacier
Which of the following locations would most likely contain large,
angular rocks? -
correct answer ✅locations 1 and 2
Which of the following surface environments is the most likely site
for deposits in this photograph? -
correct answer ✅steep mountain front
What type of rock would the materials shown in this photograph
produce? -
correct answer ✅sedimentary
Which of the following locations would form a hydrothermal rock? -
correct answer ✅location 4
Which of the following is NOT a typical environment in which a
metamorphic rock forms? -
correct answer ✅solidification of lava
