ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM 2025
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People are unevenly distributed around the world, but resources are uniformly
distributed among nations (T/F) - ANSWER- false
The presence of free oxygen in the atmosphere is attributed mainly to - ANSWER-
Development of plant life, especially algae
Which of the following is an observation: - ANSWER- I feel something in my
pocket
The concept of the rock cycle is that - ANSWER- Rocks are continually
undergoing change, being transformed into new rocks
Rocks that crystallize from melts are - ANSWER- igneous
the most common minerals in the crust are - ANSWER- silicates
Rocks that are formed by the crystallization of new minerals in the solid state (i.e.
without melting) due to heat and/or pressure are - ANSWER- metamorphic
,rocks and minerals are alive because they are made of molecules (T/F) -
ANSWER- false
The following is not one of the three types of plate tectonic boundaries: -
ANSWER- transparent
Convection currents in the ___________________ are responsible for Plate
Tectonics. - ANSWER- asthenosphere
The theory of Plate Tectonics is that rigid ___________________ plates move
over a plastic layer below. - ANSWER- lithospheric
evidence for plate tectonics is - ANSWER- all of these choices are correct
This boundary is responsible for mountain building. - ANSWER- convergent
This type of boundary is a result of shear stress - ANSWER- transform
Rocks may behave differently over the long spans of geologic time than they do in
short-term laboratory experiments (T/F) - ANSWER- true
A "Polar-Wander Curve" shows - ANSWER- How continents have moved or
drifted relative to the magnetic poles
There are many more small earthquakes than large ones and the small ones thus
account for most of the seismic energy released by earthquakes each year (T/F) -
ANSWER- FALSE
, The behavior when the rocks elastically snap back to their previous dimensions
with the release of associated stress accompanied by sudden displacement is called
- ANSWER- elastic rebound
shear waves that move more slowly than p-waves - ANSWER- s waves
Yellowstone National Park is underlain by an ancient volcanic caldera and current
thermal actively and uplift there may signal future eruption potential (T/F) -
ANSWER- true
A dormant volcano that is currently inactive could have a potential to possibly
become active (T/F) - ANSWER- true
Result from less violent eruptions than felsic to intermediate magmas - ANSWER-
mafic magmas
The so-called Ring of Fire rimming the Pacific Ocean is really a ring of subduction
zones (T/F) - ANSWER- true
In contrast to the mafic volcanism at rift zones, subduction zone lavas are lower in
iron content but significantly higher in these - ANSWER- water and silica
Earthquake waves are recorded using an instrument called a - ANSWER-
seismograph
a quicksand-like condition arising in some wet soils during earthquakes is -
ANSWER- liquefaction
WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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People are unevenly distributed around the world, but resources are uniformly
distributed among nations (T/F) - ANSWER- false
The presence of free oxygen in the atmosphere is attributed mainly to - ANSWER-
Development of plant life, especially algae
Which of the following is an observation: - ANSWER- I feel something in my
The concept of the rock cycle is that - ANSWER- Rocks are continually
undergoing change, being transformed into new rocks
Rocks that crystallize from melts are - ANSWER- igneous
the most common minerals in the crust are - ANSWER- silicates
Rocks that are formed by the crystallization of new minerals in the solid state (i.e.
without melting) due to heat and/or pressure are - ANSWER- metamorphic
,rocks and minerals are alive because they are made of molecules (T/F) -
ANSWER- false
The following is not one of the three types of plate tectonic boundaries: -
ANSWER- transparent
Convection currents in the ___________________ are responsible for Plate
Tectonics. - ANSWER- asthenosphere
The theory of Plate Tectonics is that rigid ___________________ plates move
over a plastic layer below. - ANSWER- lithospheric
evidence for plate tectonics is - ANSWER- all of these choices are correct
This boundary is responsible for mountain building. - ANSWER- convergent
This type of boundary is a result of shear stress - ANSWER- transform
Rocks may behave differently over the long spans of geologic time than they do in
short-term laboratory experiments (T/F) - ANSWER- true
A "Polar-Wander Curve" shows - ANSWER- How continents have moved or
drifted relative to the magnetic poles
There are many more small earthquakes than large ones and the small ones thus
account for most of the seismic energy released by earthquakes each year (T/F) -
ANSWER- FALSE
, The behavior when the rocks elastically snap back to their previous dimensions
with the release of associated stress accompanied by sudden displacement is called
- ANSWER- elastic rebound
shear waves that move more slowly than p-waves - ANSWER- s waves
Yellowstone National Park is underlain by an ancient volcanic caldera and current
thermal actively and uplift there may signal future eruption potential (T/F) -
ANSWER- true
A dormant volcano that is currently inactive could have a potential to possibly
become active (T/F) - ANSWER- true
Result from less violent eruptions than felsic to intermediate magmas - ANSWER-
mafic magmas
The so-called Ring of Fire rimming the Pacific Ocean is really a ring of subduction
zones (T/F) - ANSWER- true
In contrast to the mafic volcanism at rift zones, subduction zone lavas are lower in
iron content but significantly higher in these - ANSWER- water and silica
Earthquake waves are recorded using an instrument called a - ANSWER-
seismograph
a quicksand-like condition arising in some wet soils during earthquakes is -
ANSWER- liquefaction
