Eaps 112 Exam 1 - multiple choice Questions & Answers 2023/2024
In comparison to today, early Earth was characterized by ________ .
a. a landscape barren and devoid of color
b. cooler, stable temperatures
c. continents that did not move
d. highly diverse life forms living on land and in the ...
Eaps 112 Exam 1 - multiple choice
Questions & Answers 2023/2024
In comparison to today, early Earth was characterized by ________ .
a. a landscape barren and devoid of color
b. cooler, stable temperatures
c. continents that did not move
d. highly diverse life forms living on land and in the oceans
e. stable ocean levels - ANSWER-a. a landscape barren and devoid of color
The longest unit of geologic time is a(n) ________ .
a. Epoch
b. Period
c. Age
d. Eon
e. Era - ANSWER-d. Eon
Terrestrial and Jovian planets are similar in ________ .
a. composition
b. number of moons
c. density
d. manner of formation
e. size - ANSWER-d. manner of formation
Which type of activity would be most unlikely to occur in the center of a tectonic plate?
a. flood
b. drought
c. earthquake
,d. mudslide
e. tornado - 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 ________ .
a. lithosphere; boundaries
b. lithosphere; centers
c. asthenosphere; boundaries
d. asthenosphere; centers
e. crust; centers - 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.
a. are not; slowly
b. are; have
c. are not; have not
d. are; have not
e. are not; quickly - ANSWER-b. are; have
Earth's interior structure ________ layered, and was formed by ________ .
a. is; pressurization
b. is not; condensation
c. is; differentiation
d. is not; differentiation
e. is; condensation - ANSWER-c. is; differentiation
Lithospheric plates consist of ________ .
a. oceanic crust only
b. continental crust only
, c. continental and oceanic crust only
d. upper mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust
e. upper mantle only - ANSWER-d. upper mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust
Historical geology can best contribute to an understanding of global warming by illustrating that
________ .
a. chemical and physical laws change over geologic time
b. natural resources formed millions and billions of years ago
c. Earth's temperature has been stable over geologic time
d. extinction events are relatively rare over geologic time
e. Earth's temperature has fluctuated over geologic time - ANSWER-e. Earth's temperature has
fluctuated over geologic time
A central tenet of uniformitarianism is understanding ________ .
a. how geologic processes work today can help us understand how the same processes operated in the
past
b. that physical laws must change with time and space
c. that the world was shaped by short-term, punctuated events
d. that geologic events were more intense in the past than can ever be again
e. why geologic events happened rapidly in the past and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future
- 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?
a. The atmosphere and the lithosphere
b. The hydrosphere and the biosphere
c. The biosphere and the lithosphere
d. The hydrosphere and the lithosphere
e. The atmosphere and the hydrosphere - ANSWER-b. The hydrosphere and the biosphere
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