Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Visualizing Geology, 3e
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
01) The branch of geology that deals with understanding the processes which operate at or
beneath the surface of Earth and the materials on which those processes act is called _____.
a) historical geology
b) physical geology
c) economic geology
d) structural geology
Answer: B
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
02) Which branch of geology is concerned with the formation, occurrence, and search for
valuable mineral deposits?
a) historical geology
b) physical geology
c) economic geology
d) structural geology
Answer: C
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
3) The study of how rocks deform (break and bend) is referred to as _____.
a) historical geology
b) physical geology
c) economic geology
d) structural geology
Answer: D
,Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
04) Which one of the following is a system?
a) a leaf
b) a tree
c) a mountain range
d) All of these are examples of systems
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
05) Which one of the following is a good example of a closed system?
a) a lake
b) a volcano
c) a tree
d) None of these are examples of a closed system.
Answer: D
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
06) In the illustration below, which of the three models depicts an “open system?”
,a) Model A
b) Model B
c) Model C
Answer: C
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
07) Earth is a close approximation of a (an) system.
a) open
b) closed
c) isolated
d) restricted
Answer: B
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
08) In the illustration below, which of the three models depicts a “closed system?”
a) Model A
b) Model B
c) Model C
Answer: B
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
, 09) Movements and interactions in the lithosphere and the internal Earth processes that drive
them are referred to as the _____ cycle.
a) rock
b) hydrologic
c) metamorphic
d) tectonic
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
10) The set of crustal processes that form new rock, modify it transport it, and break it down is
known as the ____ cycle.
a) rock
b) hydrologic
c) metamorphic
d) tectonic
Answer: A
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
11) The model that describes the movement of water through the reservoirs of the Earth System is
called the _____ cycle.
a) rock
b) hydrologic
c) metamorphic
d) tectonic
Answer: B
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
Course Title: Visualizing Geology, 3e
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
01) The branch of geology that deals with understanding the processes which operate at or
beneath the surface of Earth and the materials on which those processes act is called _____.
a) historical geology
b) physical geology
c) economic geology
d) structural geology
Answer: B
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
02) Which branch of geology is concerned with the formation, occurrence, and search for
valuable mineral deposits?
a) historical geology
b) physical geology
c) economic geology
d) structural geology
Answer: C
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
3) The study of how rocks deform (break and bend) is referred to as _____.
a) historical geology
b) physical geology
c) economic geology
d) structural geology
Answer: D
,Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
04) Which one of the following is a system?
a) a leaf
b) a tree
c) a mountain range
d) All of these are examples of systems
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
05) Which one of the following is a good example of a closed system?
a) a lake
b) a volcano
c) a tree
d) None of these are examples of a closed system.
Answer: D
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
06) In the illustration below, which of the three models depicts an “open system?”
,a) Model A
b) Model B
c) Model C
Answer: C
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
07) Earth is a close approximation of a (an) system.
a) open
b) closed
c) isolated
d) restricted
Answer: B
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
08) In the illustration below, which of the three models depicts a “closed system?”
a) Model A
b) Model B
c) Model C
Answer: B
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
, 09) Movements and interactions in the lithosphere and the internal Earth processes that drive
them are referred to as the _____ cycle.
a) rock
b) hydrologic
c) metamorphic
d) tectonic
Answer: D
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
10) The set of crustal processes that form new rock, modify it transport it, and break it down is
known as the ____ cycle.
a) rock
b) hydrologic
c) metamorphic
d) tectonic
Answer: A
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
11) The model that describes the movement of water through the reservoirs of the Earth System is
called the _____ cycle.
a) rock
b) hydrologic
c) metamorphic
d) tectonic
Answer: B
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: Explain how geologists use the scientific method and the systems
approach.
Section Reference 1: What is Geology?
