LSU GEOL 1001 EXAM 2 FULLY SOLVED EXAM
PAPER GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following collection of fossils would be LEAST useful
for determining the age of a section of rocks?
Answer: the fossil of a family of creatures that lived unchanged for a
very long time
◉ Using the data in this table, calculate the number of half-lives that
have passed for the granite (unit G on this table)?
Answer: 3
◉ On this southern continent, which side has a plate boundary?
Answer: the left (west) side
◉ Which principle of relative age dating can be used to determine
when the river formed on the landscape?
Answer: cross-cutting relations
◉ Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a
volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red
triangle.
,Answer: Likely
◉ If the area shown in this figure is 240 kilometers wide, and the
oldest crest is 4 million years old, what was the approximate rate of
seafloor spreading across this ridge?
Answer: 60 kilometers per million years
◉ The area marked by number 2 on this figure is a desert primarily
because:
Answer: it experiences dry, descending air in the subtropics
◉ What desert feature is shown in this photograph?
Answer: desert varnish
◉ For the sand dunes shown here, which was does the prevailing
wind blow?
Answer: from left to right.
◉ A mantle plume rises because:
Answer: it is solid but less dense than material around it
, ◉ Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an
earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red
circle.
Answer: Unlikely
◉ What desert feature is shown in this photograph? (Tall rock like
figure)
Answer: natural stain
◉ Which of the following is evidence that Earth's history is not
short?
Answer: all of these
◉ How would this stream interact with groundwater?
Answer: groundwater would flow into the stream, adding water
◉ The igneous feature shown in this photograph is:
Answer: batholith
◉ The Coriolis effect in the atmosphere is due to:
Answer: the atmosphere rotating faster at the equator than at the
poles
PAPER GRADED A+
◉ Which of the following collection of fossils would be LEAST useful
for determining the age of a section of rocks?
Answer: the fossil of a family of creatures that lived unchanged for a
very long time
◉ Using the data in this table, calculate the number of half-lives that
have passed for the granite (unit G on this table)?
Answer: 3
◉ On this southern continent, which side has a plate boundary?
Answer: the left (west) side
◉ Which principle of relative age dating can be used to determine
when the river formed on the landscape?
Answer: cross-cutting relations
◉ Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether a
volcano is likely or unlikely to form at the location of the red
triangle.
,Answer: Likely
◉ If the area shown in this figure is 240 kilometers wide, and the
oldest crest is 4 million years old, what was the approximate rate of
seafloor spreading across this ridge?
Answer: 60 kilometers per million years
◉ The area marked by number 2 on this figure is a desert primarily
because:
Answer: it experiences dry, descending air in the subtropics
◉ What desert feature is shown in this photograph?
Answer: desert varnish
◉ For the sand dunes shown here, which was does the prevailing
wind blow?
Answer: from left to right.
◉ A mantle plume rises because:
Answer: it is solid but less dense than material around it
, ◉ Use your knowledge of plate boundaries to answer whether an
earthquake is likely or unlikely to occur at the location of the red
circle.
Answer: Unlikely
◉ What desert feature is shown in this photograph? (Tall rock like
figure)
Answer: natural stain
◉ Which of the following is evidence that Earth's history is not
short?
Answer: all of these
◉ How would this stream interact with groundwater?
Answer: groundwater would flow into the stream, adding water
◉ The igneous feature shown in this photograph is:
Answer: batholith
◉ The Coriolis effect in the atmosphere is due to:
Answer: the atmosphere rotating faster at the equator than at the
poles
