GEOLOGY 101 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● India collided with Asia at a _____ to form the ____
Answer: convergent boundary, Himalayan mountains
●● Solar nebula consists of ______
Answer: gas and dust
●● define theory
Answer: a hypothesis that has withstood extensive testing
●● first step in the scientific method
Answer: observations
●● 3 major rock types in the rock cycle
Answer: metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary
●● Which one of the following is an example of continental-oceanic
convergent boundary?
,a. Mid Atlantic ridge
b. Pacific ring of fire (where Pacific plate sinks under North American
plate)
c. Himalayas mountain range
d. San Andreas fault
Answer: pacific ring of fire
●● driving force of plate tectonics
Answer: thermal convection
●● a surface erosion on metamorphic or igneous rock, below
sedimentary rocks is ______
a. nonconformity
b. disconformity
c. angular unconformity
d. ant-conformity
Answer: nonconformity
●● which of the following is present between 2 sedimentary rock layers
a. nonconformity
b. disconformity
, c. angular unconformity
d. ant-conformity
Answer: disconformity
●● which has 3 major plate boundaries
a. Divergent, constructive, transform
b. Divergent, convergent, transform
c. Destructive, constructive, divergent
d. None of the above
Answer: divergent, convergent, transform
●● radiogenic minerals are helpful to _____
Answer: date rocks and find age
●● 2 most common components of cross cutting relationships
Answer: fault and intrusions
●● where do you observe destruction of earths crust
Answer: subduction zone
●● ______ crust is always denser than ______ crust
EXAM STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
●● India collided with Asia at a _____ to form the ____
Answer: convergent boundary, Himalayan mountains
●● Solar nebula consists of ______
Answer: gas and dust
●● define theory
Answer: a hypothesis that has withstood extensive testing
●● first step in the scientific method
Answer: observations
●● 3 major rock types in the rock cycle
Answer: metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary
●● Which one of the following is an example of continental-oceanic
convergent boundary?
,a. Mid Atlantic ridge
b. Pacific ring of fire (where Pacific plate sinks under North American
plate)
c. Himalayas mountain range
d. San Andreas fault
Answer: pacific ring of fire
●● driving force of plate tectonics
Answer: thermal convection
●● a surface erosion on metamorphic or igneous rock, below
sedimentary rocks is ______
a. nonconformity
b. disconformity
c. angular unconformity
d. ant-conformity
Answer: nonconformity
●● which of the following is present between 2 sedimentary rock layers
a. nonconformity
b. disconformity
, c. angular unconformity
d. ant-conformity
Answer: disconformity
●● which has 3 major plate boundaries
a. Divergent, constructive, transform
b. Divergent, convergent, transform
c. Destructive, constructive, divergent
d. None of the above
Answer: divergent, convergent, transform
●● radiogenic minerals are helpful to _____
Answer: date rocks and find age
●● 2 most common components of cross cutting relationships
Answer: fault and intrusions
●● where do you observe destruction of earths crust
Answer: subduction zone
●● ______ crust is always denser than ______ crust
