GEOL 1010 FINAL EXAM – CLEMSON QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

GEOL 1010 FINAL EXAM – CLEMSON
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
DeepEearthquakesEindicatingEmagmaEmovementsEwereErecentlyEdetectedEbeneathEwhichEvolcano
?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-LaacherESee



WhatEmakesEaEscientificEhypothesis?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE--Etestable

-EDoesEitEpassEtheE"if-then"Etest?

-ECanEbeEdoneEonEpastEandEfutureEevents

-EcanEbeEanyEdifficulty

-EanEEducatedEguess

-ETryEtoEcomeEupEwithEanswer



CanEthisEbeEaEhypothesis?:EHard-WiredEtoESelf-
DestructEwasEtheEfirstEgoodEMetallicaEalbumEsinceEAndEJusticeEforEAll.E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
No,EbecauseEitEisEanEopinion



HowEdoesEActualismEdifferEfromEUniformitarianism?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
ActualismEallowsEforEnaturalEprocessesEtoEoccurEatEdifferentEratesEoverEtime



HowEoldEisEtheEEarth?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-4.5EGa



WhatEbestEexplainsEtheEcreationEofEourEsolarEsystem?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-NebularEHypothesis



NebularEHypothesisE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-*stepE1*E-EGravity

*stepE2*E-ESolarEDiskEModel

*stepE3*E-EProtostar

*stepE4*E-EFusion

,GravityE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-PhysicalEattractionEthatEpullsEatomsEtogetherEtoEtheEcenter.



SolarEDiskEModelE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-BeginsEtoEflattenEout,Econdense,EandEspin



ProtostarE-ECORRECTEANSWERE--Ebond

-E6EGa

-EEarlyEstagesEofEformingEaEstart



FusionE-ECORRECTEANSWERE--ETempEincreasingE(millionEdegrees)

-EAtomsEstickEtogetherEandEbuildEstuff

-EwhenEfusionEbeginsE*AEStarEisEBorn*

-EelementsEform

-EthingsEthatEmoveEfurtherEfromEtheEnewEsunEbeginEtoEcool



WhatEisEScience?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
anEapproachEtoEunderstandEtheEworldEaroundEusE(basedEonEfacts)



FactsE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-youEcanErepeatableEdemonstrateEtoEbeEtrue



OpinionsEareEnot...E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-facts



PrinciplesE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-(similarEtoEfacts)EweEassumeEtoEbeEtrue



ScientificEMethodE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
Observation,EQuestion,EHypothesis,EDataECollection,EEvaluation

, TheoryE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
anEexplanationEthatEhasEaElotEofEdataEoverEaEperiodEofEtimeEsupportingEitE(strongEideaEwithEsupport
)



LawE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-(whenEaEtheoryEglowEup)EbasicallyEirrefutable



YouEmustEhaveEscientificEdataEtoEchallenge...E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-scientificEideas!



BeliefsEandEopinionsE___EinvalidateEaEscientificEhypothesisE(doEorEdon't)E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
don't



WhatEisEgeology?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE--EStudyEofEtheEearth

-impliedEscienceE

-EearlyEtoEmidE1800's



AnEearlyEapproachEtoEexplainEtheEoriginEofEtheEuniverse.E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-Catastrophism



CatastrophismE-ECORRECTEANSWERE-
allEtheEfeaturesEofEtheEearthEcouldEbeEexplainEthroughE6EplanetaryEdisasters



Who'sEDaddyEGeology?E-ECORRECTEANSWERE-JamesEHutton



JamesEHuttonE-ECORRECTEANSWERE--EdaddyEofEgeology

-EwroteEtheETheoryEofEEarthE(1795)

-ECreatedEfundamentalEtheEPrincipleEofEUniformitarianism