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GEG 111 - Exam 2 Questions With Verified
Answers.
Which of the following is an exogenic process?
Volcanism
Weathering
Earthquakes
Flows of heat and materials in the mantle - answer✔Weathering
Which of the following is an endogenic process?
Weathering
Glacial erosion
Volcanism
Stream deposition - answer✔Volcanism
Uniformitarianism assumes that
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mountains, plains, and canyons formed by catastrophic events.
catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred.
Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events.
the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been
operating throughout geologic time. - answer✔the same physical processes we see today are a
key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time.
Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale?
Over 87 percent of Earth's history has elapsed during the more recent Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and
Paleozoic eras.
We live in the Tertiary period.
The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
The Jurassic period occurred during the Paleozoic era. - answer✔The bulk of Earth's history has
occurred during the Precambrian eon.
Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mineral?
Solid
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Specific chemical composition
Inorganic
Crystalline structure
Anthropogenic - answer✔Anthropogenic
Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by
Climatic periods based on paleoclimatological reconstructions.
using a quantile method whereby the number of years in each subdivision is determined by
dividing the number of years by the desired number of classes.
dividing the time range of the interval by the number desired subdivisions, thereby creating equal
intervals between the divisions.
Major events in Earth's history, such as major extinctions. - answer✔Major events in Earth's
history, such as major extinctions.
An assemblage of minerals bound together is called a
molecule.
mineral.
granitic compound.
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rock. - answer✔rock.
An element or combination of elements that forms an inorganic, natural compound is called a
tectonic rock.
granitic compound.
mineral.
molecule. - answer✔mineral.
The subfield of geography and geology concerned with the study of the origins, evolutions, form,
and spatial distribution of Earth's landforms is
geophysics.
lithology.
pedology.
geomorphology. - answer✔geomorphology.
Areas of crustal collision and subduction occur along
areas of seafloor spreading.
GEG 111 - Exam 2 Questions With Verified
Answers.
Which of the following is an exogenic process?
Volcanism
Weathering
Earthquakes
Flows of heat and materials in the mantle - answer✔Weathering
Which of the following is an endogenic process?
Weathering
Glacial erosion
Volcanism
Stream deposition - answer✔Volcanism
Uniformitarianism assumes that
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mountains, plains, and canyons formed by catastrophic events.
catastrophic episodes have regularly occurred.
Earth is quite young and is shaped by dramatic events.
the same physical processes we see today are a key to understanding the processes that have been
operating throughout geologic time. - answer✔the same physical processes we see today are a
key to understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time.
Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale?
Over 87 percent of Earth's history has elapsed during the more recent Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and
Paleozoic eras.
We live in the Tertiary period.
The bulk of Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
The Jurassic period occurred during the Paleozoic era. - answer✔The bulk of Earth's history has
occurred during the Precambrian eon.
Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mineral?
Solid
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Specific chemical composition
Inorganic
Crystalline structure
Anthropogenic - answer✔Anthropogenic
Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by
Climatic periods based on paleoclimatological reconstructions.
using a quantile method whereby the number of years in each subdivision is determined by
dividing the number of years by the desired number of classes.
dividing the time range of the interval by the number desired subdivisions, thereby creating equal
intervals between the divisions.
Major events in Earth's history, such as major extinctions. - answer✔Major events in Earth's
history, such as major extinctions.
An assemblage of minerals bound together is called a
molecule.
mineral.
granitic compound.
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rock. - answer✔rock.
An element or combination of elements that forms an inorganic, natural compound is called a
tectonic rock.
granitic compound.
mineral.
molecule. - answer✔mineral.
The subfield of geography and geology concerned with the study of the origins, evolutions, form,
and spatial distribution of Earth's landforms is
geophysics.
lithology.
pedology.
geomorphology. - answer✔geomorphology.
Areas of crustal collision and subduction occur along
areas of seafloor spreading.
