Test bank 14th edition for Earth Science,Tarbuck Complete

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Earth Science, Tarbuck - Complete test bank
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1) Whatfarefthefbasicfdifferencesfbetweenfthefdisciplinesfoffphysicalfandfhistoricalfge
ology?

A) Physicalfgeologyfisfthefstudyfofffossilsfandfsequencesfoffrockfstrata;fhistoricalfge
ologyfisfthefstudyfoffhowfrocksfandfmineralsfwerefusedfinfthefpast.

B) Historicalfgeologyfinvolvesfthefstudyfoffrockfstrata,ffossils,fandfgeologicfevents,futili
zingfthefgeologicftimefscalefasfafreference;fphysicalfgeologyfincludesfthefstudyfoffhowfro
cksfformfandfoffhowferosionfshapesftheflandfsurface.

C) Physicalfgeologyfinvolvesfthefstudyfoffrockfstrata,ffossils,fandfdepositionfinfrelationftofpla
tefmovementsfinfthefgeologicfpast;fhistoricalfgeologyfchartsfhowfandfwherefthefplatesfweref
movingfinfthefpast.

D) nonefoffthefabove—

physicalfgeologyfandfhistoricalfgeologyfarefessentiallyfthefsame.fAnswer:f B

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2) ThefstudyfoffEarth'sfatmospherefisfknownfasf .

A) astronomy

B) oceanography

C) meteorology

D) cosmology

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3) WhichfsciencefisfnotfusedfwithinfthefEarthfsciences?

A) Chemistry

B) Physics

C) Biology

D) Mathematics

E) Nonefoffthefabove;fEarthfSciencefmakesfusefoffallfoffthesefsciences.fAn

swer:f E

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4) Oceanographyfisfthefstudyfoffthefoceansfandfgeologyfisfthefstudyfoffthefearth,fsofwhatfisfm
eteorology?

A) thefstudyfoffmeteors

B) thefstudyfoffthefSun'sfimpactfonfthefupperfatmosphere

C) thefstudyfoffthefatmosphere

D) thefstudyfoffhowftofbefafTVfnewscasterfA

nswer:f C

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5) SedimentaryfrocksfwithfmarineffossilsfarefexposedfatftheftopfoffMt.fEverest.f Whichfscie
ntistsfwouldfmakefmostfusefoffthisfobservationfinftheirfstudy?

A) Meteorologists,fbecauseftheyfcouldfuseftheffossilsfasfafguideftofancientfclimates

B) Geologists,fbecauseftheirfelevationfisfrelatedftofphysicalfgeologyfandffossilsfarefrel
atedftofEarthfhistory

C) Oceanographers,fbecauseftheffossilsfcanftellfusfaboutfperiodsfwhenfthefearthfwasfco
veredfwithfwaterftofthefheightfoffMt.fEverest

D) Astronomers,fbecauseftheyfcanfstudyfhowflifefcameffromfouterfspaceftofEarthfAn

swer:f B

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6) Hurricanesfandftornadosfarefnaturalfdisasters.f WhatfbranchfoffthefEarthfsciencesfstu
diesftheforiginfoffthesefphenomena?

A) Meteorology

B) Geology