GEOL 200 INTRODUCTORY PHYSICAL
GEOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Nebular.
Answer: Theory of how solar system formed
◉ earth system science.
Answer: combining the knowledge of many disciplines in the study
of the planet and its global environmental problems
◉ crust, mantle, core.
Answer: earth's compositional layers
◉ lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer and inner core.
Answer: earth's physical layers
◉ rock cycle.
Answer: cycle showing how earth's materials are recycled to become
other materials
◉ Alfred Wegener.
,Answer: Scientist who proposed Continental Drift Hypothesis
◉ Harry Hess.
Answer: Scientist who proposed "Sea Floor Spreading" Hypothesis
◉ Plate tectonics theory.
Answer: all encompassing theory explaining the movement of the
earth's lithospheric plates
◉ Polymorphs.
Answer: graphite/diamonds
calcite/aragonite
minerals with same composition but differing atomic arrangement
◉ Subduction zone.
Answer: plate convergence where ocean crust dives beneath
continental crust; compressional stress
◉ mid-ocean ridge.
Answer: plate divergence; tensional stress
◉ transform fault boundary.
, Answer: plates slide past each other; shear stress
◉ amorphous solid.
Answer: solid with NO orderly arrangement of atoms
◉ crystalline solid.
Answer: solid with regular, repeating atomic structure
◉ mineral.
Answer: crystalline, natural occurring, inorganic solid with a definite
chemical composition
◉ Steno's Law.
Answer: angle between equivalent faces of crystals of the same
mineral are always the same
◉ Silicates.
Answer: the most common mineral class in earth's crust
◉ silicate minerals.
Answer: quartz, feldspar, mica, olivine, amphibole, pyroxene, garnet
GEOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Nebular.
Answer: Theory of how solar system formed
◉ earth system science.
Answer: combining the knowledge of many disciplines in the study
of the planet and its global environmental problems
◉ crust, mantle, core.
Answer: earth's compositional layers
◉ lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer and inner core.
Answer: earth's physical layers
◉ rock cycle.
Answer: cycle showing how earth's materials are recycled to become
other materials
◉ Alfred Wegener.
,Answer: Scientist who proposed Continental Drift Hypothesis
◉ Harry Hess.
Answer: Scientist who proposed "Sea Floor Spreading" Hypothesis
◉ Plate tectonics theory.
Answer: all encompassing theory explaining the movement of the
earth's lithospheric plates
◉ Polymorphs.
Answer: graphite/diamonds
calcite/aragonite
minerals with same composition but differing atomic arrangement
◉ Subduction zone.
Answer: plate convergence where ocean crust dives beneath
continental crust; compressional stress
◉ mid-ocean ridge.
Answer: plate divergence; tensional stress
◉ transform fault boundary.
, Answer: plates slide past each other; shear stress
◉ amorphous solid.
Answer: solid with NO orderly arrangement of atoms
◉ crystalline solid.
Answer: solid with regular, repeating atomic structure
◉ mineral.
Answer: crystalline, natural occurring, inorganic solid with a definite
chemical composition
◉ Steno's Law.
Answer: angle between equivalent faces of crystals of the same
mineral are always the same
◉ Silicates.
Answer: the most common mineral class in earth's crust
◉ silicate minerals.
Answer: quartz, feldspar, mica, olivine, amphibole, pyroxene, garnet
