Old Earth Ministries Online Geology Curriculum

Geology Chapter 2 Quiz

This short quiz should prepare you for the end of chapter test. It has 11 questions. You may take this quiz as many times as you like. Please proceed.

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1: The hydrologic system includes actions performed by both air and water.: True
False
2: Erosion of earth's landscape is done by both water and air.: True
False
3: The last Ice Age covered much of North America with this type of glacier.: valley glacier
continental glacier
river glacier
4: Ground water occupies the pore spaces between individual grains of soil and rock.: True
False
5: The Sahara Desert belongs to which system?: river system
tectonic system
eolian system
sand system
6: The Himalayan Mountains are the result of a collision between two tectonic plates.: True
False
7: Convection currents in the upper mantle (asthenosphere) cause the plates to move.: True
False
8: When one plate dives beneath another and plunges back into the upper mantle, this zone is called...: diving zone
subduction zone
submersion zone
plunging zone
9: Geologists have actually measured isostatic subsidence and rebound.: True
False
10: Isostatic adjustments are caused by...: radioactivity
gravity
water
ice
11: The San Andreas Fault is the result of the interaction between which two tectonic plates?: Indo-Australian and Indian
North American and South American
North American and Pacific

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