Q U I Z 2

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1.There is a specific term used by geologists to describ rock weathering in which shells or plates are broken away from a rock leaving it rounded in appearance. What is this term?

ANSWER: EXFOLIATION

2. Biosphere describes the earth realm where life occurs What describes the entire solid earth realm and is composed of mineral matter?

ANSWER: LITHOSPHERE

3. What is the name of the atmosphere layer of upwardly diminishing temperature situated above the stratosphere and topped by the mesopause?

ANSWER: MESOSPHERE

4. What is the term used to measure the intensity of solar radiation and is

equal to one gram calorie per square centimeter per minute?

ANSWER: LANGLEY

5. What gas makes up the majority of our atmosphere?

ANSWER: NITROGEN

6. To within 5%, how much has atmospheric CO2 concentration INCREASED since the year 1800?

ANSWER: 25%

7. The ozone layer is located in which region of the atmosphere?

ANSWER: STRATOSPHERE

8. What is another name for the semi-precious stone heliotrope?

ANSWER: BLOODSTONE

9. Rocks are classified depending upon how they are formed. In which

class would slate be found?

ANSWER: METAMORPHIC

10. Name the clay mineral produced by the alteration of potash feldspar

which is also used in ceramics.

ANSWER: KAOLINITE

11. Name the extremely fine-grained, wind-blown clay particularly characteristic of the arid and semi-arid southwestern United States, Mexico and South America. This material was used by the southwestern Indians and Mexicans for constructing huts and buildings from prehistoric times.

ANSWER: ADOBE

12. What is the name given to a flat-topped plateau bordered on all sides by cliffs?

ANSWER: MESA or BUTTE

13. A troughlike downfold of strata is called a:

ANSWER: SYNCLINE

14. Of the three types of corals, Scleractinian, Rugose and Tabulate, which one is still in existence today?

ANSWER: SCLERACTINIAN

15. Give the general term used to designate the sand, silt, and mud deposited by a stream, along its bank or upon its flooplain, during periods of high water.

ANSWER: ALLUVIUM or ALLUVIAL

16. What term is applied to dry stream channels with nearly vertical walls and flat bottoms which are characteristic of semi-arid regions. They may suddenly become filled with torrential waters after heavy rains. The term has a Spanish origin.

ANSWER: ARROYO

17. What is the name and locality of the highest mountain peak in North America?

ANSWER: MOUNT McKINLEY, ALASKA, U.S.A.

18. What is a selenologist (pron: sel-e-nol-o-jist)?

ANSWER: LUNAR GEOLOGIST

The oxide of what lightweight metal forms corundum, rubies, and sapphires?

ANSWER: ALUMINUM

19. What is the name for a distinctive fossil that existe over a relatively large part of the earth during a short time of earth history?

ANSWER: INDEX FOSSIL

20. Name the famous scientist who, in 1835, discovered seashell fossils 13,000 feet up in the Andes.

ANSWER: CHARLES DARWIN

21. What are tidal waves called that surge up rivers from narrow estuaries called?

ANSWER: TIDAL BORES

22. What is the name given to the excessive growth of algae and other primary producers in streams and lakes as a result of an input of soil nutrients? The name begins with the letter "E".

ANSWER: EUTROPHICATION

23. Name the volcano in the continental United States that erupted in May 1980.

ANSWER: MOUNT ST. HELENS

24. What is the world's largest active volcano?

ANSWER: MAUNA LOA, HAWAII

25. Mount St. Helens is one of the more active volcanos in the United States today. In what state is Mount St. Helens located?

ANSWER: WASHINGTON

26. This world-famous volcano erupted in 79 A.D., 1139, 1631, 1779, 1793, 1872, 1906, and 1944. Name this volcano.

ANSWER: MT. VESUVIUS

27. Name the very old mountain belt located in southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas.

ANSWER: OZARKS

28. Name the mountain range, located in South America, which runs through Peru.

ANSWER: ANDES

29. What is the name given to the term that defines the proportion of the incident solar radiation which is diffusely reflected from the atmosphere and surface of the planet back into outer space?

ANSWER: ALBEDO

30. What is the name of the electromagnetic radiation in the range of 0.4 to 0.7 microns?

ANSWER: VISIBLE LIGHT

31. The ozone in the atmosphere helps to block out excess of what type of rays?

ANSWER: ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT

The gaseous water density of the atmosphere is more commonly known as what?

ANSWER: HUMIDITY

32. Rocks are classified depending upon how they are formed. In which class would marble be found?

ANSWER: METAMORPHIC

33. In terms of the mass of material ejected into the atmosphere, what is the name of the largest volcanic eruption of this century, and where was it located?

ANSWER: MOUNT PINATUBO, PHILIPPINES

34. Which stone, usually green, was used for Chinese, Aztec and Mayacarvings?

ANSWER: JADE

35. After what geophysical occurrence might you see Bishop's Ring around the sun?

ANSWER: VOLCANIC ERUPTION

36. To the nearest half degree, the Arctic Circle is at what latitude?

ANSWER: 66 AND 1/2 DEGREES or 66 AND 1/2 DEGREES NORTH

37. Name the gaseous hydrocarbon that occurs naturally in sedimentary strata.

ANSWER: METHANE (CH4)

38. Certain clay layers deposited at the end of the cretaceous period are enriched in what element?

ANSWER: IRIDIUM

39. A falling barometer often means rainy weather because water vapor is (lighter or heavier) than oxygen or nitrogen.

ANSWER: LIGHTER

40. What is another name for the 180th meridian?

ANSWER: INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

41. It is 9:00 p.m. in Greenwich, England. You are on a ship whose local time is 6:00 p.m. What is the longitude of your ship?

ANSWER: 45 DEGREES WEST

42. What is the name of the phenomenon that causes an accumulation of heat in the lower atmosphere because of the absorption of longwave radiation from the Earth's surface?

ANSWER: GREENHOUSE EFFECT

43.  Lassen Peak is an active volcano in the United States In what state is Lassen Peak located?

ANSWER: CALIFORNIA

44. Answer: Most natural minerals can be found in what two crysta systems?

ANSWER: ORTHORHOMBIC AND MONOCLINIC

45. What is the name for a sloping pile of rocks at the foot of a cliff?

ANSWER: TALUS SLOPE

46. Diamond is what number on the Moh's hardness scale?

ANSWER: 10

47. This period in earth history is the earliest subdivision of the Paleozoic Era. Many of the oldest known invertebrate fossils occur in this period, the principal types being trilobites, chitinous brachiopods, and primitive graptolites. Name this period.

ANSWER: CAMBRIAN PERIOD

48. What is molten rock that remains underground called?

ANSWER: MAGMA

49. Which is a metamorphic rock, slate or shale?

ANSWER: SLATE