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EarthJAScience,JA13eJA(Tarbuck)
ChapterJA1J A J A IntroductionJAtoJAEarthJAScience




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,1) WhatJAareJAtheJAbasicJAdifferencesJAbetweenJAtheJAdisciplinesJAofJAphysicalJAandJAhistoricalJAgeology?
A) PhysicalJAgeologyJAisJAtheJAstudyJAofJAfossilsJAandJAsequencesJAofJArockJAstrata;JAhistoricalJAgeolog
yJAisJAtheJAstudyJAofJAhowJArocksJAandJAmineralsJAwereJAusedJAinJAtheJApast.
B) HistoricalJAgeologyJAinvolvesJAtheJAstudyJAofJArockJAstrata,JAfossils,JAandJAgeologicJAevents,JAutilizi
ngJAtheJAgeologicJAtimeJAscaleJAasJAaJAreference;JAphysicalJAgeologyJAincludesJAtheJAstudyJAofJAhowJAroc
ksJAformJAandJAofJAhowJAerosionJAshapesJAtheJAlandJAsurface.
C) PhysicalJAgeologyJAinvolvesJAtheJAstudyJAofJArockJAstrata,JAfossils,JAandJAdepositionJAinJArelationJAtoJ
AplateJAmovementsJAinJAtheJAgeologicJApast;JAhistoricalJAgeologyJAchartsJAhowJAandJAwhereJAtheJAplatesJA

wereJAmovingJAinJAtheJApast.
D) noneJAofJAtheJAaboveJA–
JAphysicalJAgeologyJAandJAhistoricalJAgeologyJAareJAessentiallyJAtheJAsame.JAAnswer:J A B

Diff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.1JAWhatJAIsJAEarthJAScience
?JABloom's:J A Analyzing

2) TheJAstudyJAofJAEarth'sJAatmosphereJAisJAknownJAasJA .
A) astronomy
B) oceanography
C) meteorology
D) cosmology
JAAnswer:J A CJ

ADiff:JA1

Topic:J A 1.1JAWhatJAIsJAEarthJAScience
?JABloom's:J A Remembering

3) AJA isJAaJAwell-
testedJAandJAwidelyJAacceptedJAviewJAthatJAbestJAexplainsJAcertainJAscientificJAobservations.
A) hypothesis
B) generalization
C) law
D) theoryJA
Answer:J A
DJADiff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.3JATheJANatureJAofJAScientificJAInquiryJABl
oom's:J A Remembering




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,4) AllJAofJAtheJAfollowingJAareJApossibleJAstepsJAofJAscientificJAinvestigationJAexceptJAforJA .
A) theJAcollectionJAofJAscientificJAfactsJAthroughJAobservationJAandJAmeasurement
B) assumptionJAofJAconclusionsJAwithoutJApriorJAexperimentationJAorJAobservation
C) theJAdevelopmentJAofJAoneJAorJAmoreJAworkingJAhypothesesJAorJAmodelsJAtoJAexplainJAfacts
D) developmentJAofJAobservationsJAandJAexperimentsJAtoJAtestJAtheJAhypoth
esesJAAnswer:J A B
Diff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.3JATheJANatureJAofJAScientificJAInquiryJABl
oom's:J A Analyzing

5) TheJA
explainsJAhowJAourJAsolarJAsystemJAprobablyJAformedJAfromJAaJAgiantJAcloudJAofJAgasesJAandJAdispers
edJAsolidJAparticles.
A) protogalacticJAtheory
B) nebularJAtheory
C) extrastellarJAsolarJAhypothesis
D) planetaryJAcompressionJAtheor
yJAAnswer:J A B
Diff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.5JAEarlyJAEvolutionJAofJAEa
rthJABloom's:J A Remembering

6) TheJA refersJAtoJAtheJAsumJAtotalJAofJAallJAlifeJAonJAEarth.
A) hydrosphere
B) atmosphere
C) biosphere
D) asthenosphere
JAAnswer:J A C

Diff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.6JAEarth'sJASpheresJ
ABloom's:J A Remembering




7) InJAcorrectJAorderJAfromJAtheJAcenterJAoutward,JAEarthJAincludesJAwhichJAunits?
A) core,JAinnerJAmantle,JAouterJAmantle,JAcrust
B) innerJAcore,JAouterJAcore,JAmantle,JAcrust
C) innerJAcore,JAcrust,JAmantle,JAhydrosphere
D) core,JAcrust,JAmantle,JAhydrospher
eJAAnswer:J A B
Diff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.7JAAJACloserJALookJAatJAtheJAGeosphereJAB
loom's:J A Remembering




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, 8) TheJAcompositionJAofJAtheJAEarth'sJAinnerJAcoreJAisJAthoughtJAtoJAbeJA .
A) basalt
B) granite
C) peridotite
D) solidJAiron-
nickelJAalloyJAAnswer:J A D
Diff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.7JAAJACloserJALookJAatJAtheJAGeosphereJAB
loom's:J A Remembering

9) TheJAasthenosphereJAisJAactuallyJAaJApartJAofJAtheJA ofJAtheJAEarth.
A) outerJAcore
B) crust
C) innerJAcore
D) mantleJA
Answer:J A
DJADiff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.7JAAJACloserJALookJAatJAtheJAGeosphereJAB
loom's:J A Remembering

10) TheJA isJAthoughtJAtoJAbeJAaJAliquid,JAmetallicJAregionJAinJAtheJAEarth'sJAinterior.
A) innerJAcore
B) lithosphere
C) mantle
D) outerJAcor
eJAAnswer:J A
DJADiff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.7JAAJACloserJALookJAatJAtheJAGeosphereJAB
loom's:J A Remembering

11) TheJA isJAtheJAthinnestJAlayerJAofJAtheJAEarth.
A) crust
B) outerJAcore
C) mantle
D) innerJAcor
eJAAnswer:J A
AJADiff:JA1
Topic:J A 1.7JAAJACloserJALookJAatJAtheJAGeosphereJAB
loom's:J A Remembering




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