Old Earth Ministries Online Geology Curriculum

Geology Chapter 2 Test

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1: Valley glaciers cover a continent in a flat sheet of ice.: True
False
2: The hydrologic system includes all actions performed by water and air.: True
False
3: Ground water is mostly located...: in underground caverns
in underground rivers
in pore spaces between individual grains of soil and rock
in the outer core of the earth's interior
4: Bars, lagoons, and beaches are all found in...: eolian systems
shoreline systems
glacial systems
5: Glaciers can form when the annual snowmelt exceeds the amount of new snow that falls.: True
False
6: Three sub-systems of the hydrologic system are...: eolian, river, shoreline
river, eolian, tectonic
shoreline, eolian, volcanic
7: The Indo-European tectonic plate is moving at a velocity of...: 17 in/year (43 cm/year)
1.2 meters/year (47 in/year)
12 mm/year (0.5 in/year)
67 mm/year (2.6 in/year)
8: Evaporation of water is primarily caused by...: wind
heat
clouds
cold
9: Tectonic plates are moved horizontally by...: gravity
tidal forces caused by the moon
convection currents in the upper mantle
10: When an oceanic plate dives beneath a continental plate, the result is called a...: slab dive
subduction zone
plate submersion
11: Volcanoes are mostly caused by...: magma rising from the liquid outer core
gravity
the tectonic system
12: Isostasy refers to the state of gravitational equilibrium, which causes tectonic plates to float on the asthenosphere according to their thickness and density.: True
False
13: Isostatic rebound occurs in mountain ranges as the mountains gradually erode.: True
False
14: Isostatic subsidence and rebound can be measured by geologists.: True
False
15: A well that erupts water from below the surface is called: a spouting well
an artesian well
an isostatic well
a geyser
16: Wind currents are caused by...: heat
clouds
oxygen molecules
evaporation
17: Since the last ice age, the isostatic rebound rate has been...: 7-12 inches per 1,000 years (18-30 cm)
1 foot per 1,000 years (30 cm)
2-4 inches per 1,000 years (5-10 cm)
18: The Indo-Australian plate fused together from two tectonic plates about...: 40 to 50 million years ago
175 to 200 million years ago
15 to 20 million years ago
50 to 55 million years ago
19: The Sahara Desert is the result of the eolian system.: True
False
20: Tectonic plates float upon the upper mantle.: True
False

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