Eaps 112 Exam 1 - multiple choice Questiosn and Correct Answerwers Score 100% At Your First Attempt In comparison to today, early Earth was characterized by ________ .
- a landscape barren and devoid of color
- cooler, stable temperatures
- continents that did not move
- highly diverse life forms living on land and in the oceCorrect Answer
- stable ocean levels - Correct Answer a. a landscape barren and devoid of color
The longest unit of geologic time is a(n) ________ .
- Epoch
- Period
- Age
- Eon
- Era - Correct Answer d. Eon
Terrestrial and Jovian planets are similar in ________ .
- composition
- number of moons
- density
- manner of formation
- size - Correct Answer d. manner of formation
Which type of activity would be most unlikely to occur in the center of a tectonic plate?
- flood
- drought
- earthquake
- mudslide
- tornado - Correct Answer c. earthquake
According to plate tectonic theory, Earth's ________ is divided into plates, and most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes occur at plate ________ .
- lithosphere; boundaries
- lithosphere; centers
- asthenosphere; boundaries
- asthenosphere; centers
- crust; centers - Correct Answer a. lithosphere; boundaries
The theory of organic evolution's central thesis is that most present-day organisms ________ related, and that they ________ changed with time.
- are not; slowly
- are; have
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- are; have not
- are not; quickly - Correct Answer b. are; have
Earth's interior structure ________ layered, and was formed by ________ .
- is; pressurization
- is not; condensation
- is; differentiation
- is not; differentiation
- is; condensation - Correct Answer c. is; differentiation
Lithospheric plates consist of ________ .
- oceanic crust only
- continental crust only
- continental and oceanic crust only
- upper mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust
- upper mantle only - Correct Answer d. upper mantle, continental crust, and oceanic
crust
Historical geology can best contribute to an understanding of global warming by illustrating that ________ .
- chemical and physical laws change over geologic time
- natural resources formed millions and billions of years ago
- Earth's temperature has been stable over geologic time
- extinction events are relatively rare over geologic time
- Earth's temperature has fluctuated over geologic time - Correct Answer e. Earth's
temperature has fluctuated over geologic time
A central tenet of uniformitarianism is understanding ________ .
- how geologic processes work today can help us understand how the same processes
- that physical laws must change with time and space
- that the world was shaped by short-term, punctuated events
- that geologic events were more intense in the past than can ever be again
- why geologic events happened rapidly in the past and will continue to do so for the
operated in the past
foreseeable future - Correct Answer a. how geologic processes work today can help us understand how the same processes operated in the past
Water helps determine the abundance, diversity, and distribution of organisms. What two subsystems are most interrelated in this process?
- The atmosphere and the lithosphere
- The hydrosphere and the biosphere
- The biosphere and the lithosphere
- The hydrosphere and the lithosphere
- The atmosphere and the hydrosphere - Correct Answer b. The hydrosphere and the
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biosphere
Science differs from other disciplines in that ________ .
- the scientific method prevents incorrect conclusions
- science is the only discipline that utilizes logical thinking
- scientific ideas cannot be changed
- scientific ideas are subjected to rigorous testing
- the scientific method proves supernatural explanations to be false - Correct Answer
- scientific ideas are subjected to rigorous testing
The universe is ________ and ________
- contracting; heating up
- expanding; heating up
- neither expanding nor contracting; neither heating up nor cooling down
- expanding; cooling down
- contracting; cooling down - Correct Answer d. expanding; cooling down
Plate tectonics is an example of a ________ .
- conclusion
- hypothesis
- theory
- prediction
- law - Correct Answer c. theory
The ________ theory is the currently accepted theory for the origin of our solar system.
- Biological Evolution
- Solar Nebula
- Plate Tectonics
- Cosmic Inflation
- Big Bang - Correct Answer e. Big Bang
Limestone is a ________ sedimentary rock, primarily composed of ________ minerals.
- chemical; silicate
- chemical; carbonate
- detrital; silicate
- clastic; carbonate
- detrital; carbonate - Correct Answer b. chemical; carbonate
Industrial minerals are ________ .
- materials like coal and oil that are energy resources
- materials like quartz and fertilizers that are nonmetallic resources
- renewable resources
- materials like copper ore and iron ore that are metallic resources
- commonly called gemstones because they are precious - Correct Answer b. materials
like quartz and fertilizers that are nonmetallic resources
Compaction is an important process for sediment ________ , and considerably reduces the volume of ________ -grained sediment.
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