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EarthnScience,n14en(Tarbuck/Lutgens)nChapte

rn1n IntroductionntonEarthnScience



1) Whatnarenthenbasicndifferencesnbetweennthendisciplinesnofnphysicalnandnhistoricaln
geology?

A) Physicalngeologynisnthenstudynofnfossilsnandnsequencesnofnrocknstrata;nhistoricalng
eologynisnthenstudynofnhownrocksnandnmineralsnwerenusedninnthenpast.

B) Historicalngeologyninvolvesnthenstudynofnrocknstrata,nfossils,nandngeologicnevents,nuti
lizingnthengeologicntimenscalenasnanreference;nphysicalngeologynincludesnthenstudynofnho
wnrocksnformnandnofnhownerosionnshapesnthenlandnsurface.

C) Physicalngeologyninvolvesnthenstudynofnrocknstrata,nfossils,nandndepositionninnrelationntonp
latenmovementsninnthengeologicnpast;nhistoricalngeologynchartsnhownandnwherenthenplatesnw
erenmovingninnthenpast.

D) nonenofnthenabove—

physicalngeologynandnhistoricalngeologynarenessentiallynthensame.nAnswer:nB

Diff:n1

Topic:n1.1nWhatnIsnEarthnSciencen

Bloom'snTaxonomy:n 1nRemember



2) ThenstudynofnEarth'snatmospherenisnknownnas .

A) astronomy

B) oceanography

C) meteorology

D) cosmologyn

Answer:nCnDi

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Topic:n 1.1nWhatnIsnEarthnScience

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Bloom'snTaxonomy:n 1nRemember



3) WhichnsciencenisnnotnusednwithinnthenEarthnsciences?

A) Chemistry

B) Physics

C) Biology

D) Mathematics

E) Nonenofnthenabove;nEarthnSciencenmakesnusenofnallnofnthesensciences.n

Answer:nE

Diff:n1

Topic:n1.1nWhatnIsnEarthnSciencenB

loom'snTaxonomy:nn3nApply

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4) Oceanographynisnthenstudynofnthenoceansnandngeologynisnthenstudynofnthenearth,nsonwhatnis
nmeteorology?




A) thenstudynofnmeteors

B) thenstudynofnthenSun'snimpactnonnthenuppernatmosphere

C) thenstudynofnthenatmosphere

D) thenstudynofnhowntonbenanTVnnewscastern

Answer:nC

Diff:n1

Topic:n1.1nWhatnIsnEarthnSciencen

Bloom'snTaxonomy:n 1nRemember

5) SedimentarynrocksnwithnmarinenfossilsnarenexposednatnthentopnofnMt.nEverest.nWhichns
cientistsnwouldnmakenmostnusenofnthisnobservationninntheirnstudy?

A) Meteorologists,nbecausentheyncouldnusenthenfossilsnasnanguidentonancientnclimates

B) Geologists,nbecausentheirnelevationnisnrelatedntonphysicalngeologynandnfossilsnarenr
elatedntonEarthnhistory

C) Oceanographers,nbecausenthenfossilsncanntellnusnaboutnperiodsnwhennthenearthnwasnc
overednwithnwaterntonthenheightnofnMt.nEverest

D) Astronomers,nbecausentheyncannstudynhownlifencamenfromnouternspacentonEarthn

Answer:nB

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Topic:n1.1nWhatnIsnEarthnSciencenBl

oom'snTaxonomy:n 2nUnderstand



6) Hurricanesnandntornadosnarennaturalndisasters.nWhatnbranchnofnthenEarthnsciencesnst
udiesnthenoriginnofnthesenphenomena?

A) Meteorology

B) Geology