Diagnostic Test 1 - D1 Flashcards by Bien Mendoza

Which layer of the earth produce electrical currents that are responsible for the Earth’s magnetic field? *
inner core
outer core
lower mantle
upper mantle

outer core

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Which line passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and roughly follows a 180 degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth? *
Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Tropic of Capricorn

IDL

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Which of the following is associated with a convergent boundary where earthquakes are produced? *
Wadati-Benioff Zone
D’’ layer
Low Velocity Zone
Bullen Layer

Wadati-Benioff Zone

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It refers to the slope of the stream’s channel. It
is the vertical drop of the stream over a horizontal distance. *
velocity
gradient
discharge
load

gradient

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If the Earth warms, more area becomes arid
resulting in an increase in the amount of dust in the atmosphere, which reflects
solar radiation causing cooling. This is an example of: *
global warming
greenhouse effect
positive feedback
negative feedback

negative feedback

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The cleavage of amphibole is: *
90°
60° and 120°
cubic
basal

60-120

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This term refers to an easy qualitative way to judge the specific gravity of one mineral relative to another. This is done by holding a piece of the first mineral in one hand and holding an equal-sized piece of the second mineral in your other hand. *
Water Displacement Method
Heft Test
Gravity Balance
Density Bottles

Heft

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Trilobites are members of which phylum? *
Arthropods
Mollusks
Echinoderms
Cnidarians

Anthropods

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A dike, vein, fracture, or fault that cuts across the fabric of another rock body is younger than any other rock that it cuts across. This is a statement of: *
Law of Original Continuity
Law of Inclusion
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Law of Superposition

Cross Cutting

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It is the result of sedimentary deposition on an erosional surface formed on older igneous or metamorphic rock. *
nonconformity
disconformity
angular unconformity
paraconformity

Nonconformity

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A fold in which the layers are younger as you move from the outer part of the fold toward the axial surface. *
syncline
anticline
monocline
dome

Syncline

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A plot showing the record of ground motion caused by the passage of seismic waves. *
seismometer
seismograph
seismogram
travel time

Seismogram

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These are depressions in moraines, till, or outwash deposits that form when an isolated stagnant block of ice melts. *
Kames
Drumlins
Outwash Plain
Kettles

Kettles

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These are flat areas in an arid environment where sediment has been removed by wind or moving water down to very near the water table, and evaporite minerals crystallize at or near the ground surface. *
pediments
sabkhas
playas
hardpan

Sabkhas

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A short wall constructed perpendicular to a coastline in order to trap sand along a beach. *
seawall
breakwater
groin
jetties

Groin

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It is the largest contributor to the greenhouse effect, responsible for ~60% of the warming. *
water vapor
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide

Water Vapor

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Which Greek letter is used as a numerical representation of the Wentworth Scale? *
alpha
gamma
pi
phi

Phi

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This refers to the extent to which the
material has changed when compared with the starting material of the bedrock it was derived from.
*
sorting
roundness
sphericity
maturity

Maturity

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Which isotope of potassium, decays partly by electron capture to an isotope of the gaseous element argon?
*
Potassium-39
Potassium-40
Potassium-41
Potassium-42

K-40

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Which marine microfossil commonly
have silica skeletons and are roughly spherical, often
spiny organisms less than a millimeter across? They
are important in the dating of deep-marine deposits
because the skeletons survive in siliceous oozes deposited at depths below the CCD.
*
foraminifera
radiolaria
coccoliths
diatoms

Radiolaria

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A hiatus is:
*
a period of erosion or nondeposition
a period of continuous deposition
a conformable sequence of sedimentary layers
a disconformity where sedimentary layers are parallel

a period of erosion or nondeposition

A ring-shaped disc, cold and dark region at the outer periphery of the Solar System. *
Oort Cloud
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
Heliosphere

Kuiper

The mantle comprises what percentage of the Earth’s volume? *
81%
82%
83%
84%

Complete the title of the publication of Charles Darwin in 1859, “On the Origin of Species by Means of”: *
Acquired Inheritance
Natural Selection
Environmental Adaptation
Artificial Selection

Natural Selection

The Carboniferous Period is divided into: * Devonian and Silurian Pennsylvanian and Mississippian Ordovician and Silurian Devonian and Mississippian

Pensylvanian + Missisipian

Which of the following is NOT a period in the Paleozoic era? * Triassic Permian Devonian Silurian

Triassic

The average density of the continental crust is: * 2.7 g/cc 2.8 g/cc 2.9 g/cc 3.0 g/cc

2.7

Alexander du Toit named the northern part of Pangaea as Laurasia. It consisted of the following present-day landmasses, EXCEPT: * North America Greenland India Europe

India

Which of the following is true about marine transgression? * sea level fell with respect to the land facies becomes younger in a landward direction shoreline migrated seaward nearshore facies were superposed over the offshore facies

facies becomes younger in a landward direction

Which of the following best describes the Walther's Law? * >Even though the rates and intensities of change have varied in the past, the laws of nature have remained the same. >The facies seen in a conformable vertical sequence will also replace one another laterally. >Fossil assemblages succeed one another through time in a regular and determinable order. >The geologic record is an accurate chronicle of ancient events, but at any single location, it has discontinuities or unconformities representing times of nondeposition, erosion, or both.

The facies seen in a conformable vertical sequence will also replace one another laterally.

A varve is a: * fluvial deposit desert deposit glacial deposit beach deposit

glacial deposit

The Perissodactyla is an order of mammals that includes: * dogs and cats horses and rhinoceroses whales and elephants rodents and rabbits

horses and rhinoceroses

Who first proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics? * Charles Darwin Gregor Mendel Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck Trofim Denisovich Lysenko

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

Who expounded the geographical cycle theory? * Alfred Wegener William Morris Davis Charles Darwin James Hutton

William Morris Davis

What are the occasional hills on a peneplain called? * monadnocks buttes mesas plateaus

monadnocks

What term describes the process where small disturbances can lead a system away from its old equilibrium state towards a new one? * static equilibrium stable equilibrium unstable equilibrium steady-state equilibrium

unstable equilibrium

Which feature is described as lens-shaped masses seated in anticlinal crests and synclinal troughs? * phacolith laccolith bysmalith lopolith

phacolith

The term Philippine Mobile Belt was first defined by which author? * Hutchison Aurelio Gervasio Rangin

Gervasio

The Aroroy Diorite is an intrusive body found in: * Cebu Panay Mindoro Masbate

Masbate

Bud Dajo is an active volcano in: * Sulu Zamboanga Babuyan Island Sorsogon

Sulu

The Philippine Fault was designated by various terms by different authors. One of which is Repetti, who named this fault as: * Visayan Rift Visayan Fault Master Fault Master Rift

Master Fault

The Tablas Lineament is characterized by what type of displacement? * reverse faulting normal faulting left-lateral right-lateral

Right-Lateral

Which of the following significant events happened 5 Ma ago? * Luzon arc came into collision with Taiwan re-orientation of spreading in South China Sea subduction of proto-South China Sea subduction of the Northern New Guinea Plate

Luzon arc came into collision with Taiwan

How many Sustainable Development Goals are there? * 15 16 17 18

Bronze is an alloy of which metals? * Zinc and Copper Copper and Tin Copper and Nickel Zinc and Iron

Copper + Tin

Which of the following international treaties reduces the emissions of Greenhouse Gases? * Montreal Protocol Paris Agreement Kyoto Protocol Vienna Convention

Kyoto Protocol

Avogadro’s number is the number of atoms in one gram atom which is? * 6.023 x 10^32 6.203 x 10^23 6.023 x 10^23 6.230 x 10^32

6.023 x 10^23

What is the thickness of the outer core? * 1,270 km 2,850 km 2,200 km 3,470 km

2200

A layer of the atmosphere that is located between about 80 and 700 kilometers (50 and 440 miles) above Earth’s surface. * Mesosphere Stratosphere Exosphere Thermosphere

Thermosphere

Which of the following refers to water that is trapped during the formation of sedimentary deposits? * Connate water Meteoric Water Magmatic water Juvenile water

Connate Water