GEG 111 EXAM 3 | HARPER COLLEGE | LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+
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GEG 111 EXAM 3 | HARPER COLLEGE | LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+
A major difference between a barrier island and a barrier spit is -Correct Answer: a barrier spit is connected to the mainland, whereas a barrier island is not
A shallow saltwa...
GEG 111 EXAM 3 | HARPER COLLEGE | LATEST ACTUAL
EXAM 120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |
ALREADY GRADED A+
A major difference between a barrier island and a barrier spit is -Correct Answer: a barrier spit is connected
to the mainland, whereas a barrier island is not
A shallow saltwater body cut off from the ocean by a bay barrier is known as a -Correct Answer: lagoon
The destruction of a mangrove swamp might lead to -Correct Answer: loss of species and coastal erosion
Which of the following is an exogenic process? -Correct Answer: weathering
Which of the following is an endogenic process? -Correct Answer: volcanism
Uniformitarianism assumes that -Correct Answer: the same physical processes we see today are a key to
understanding the processes that have been operating throughout geologic time
Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the geologic time scale? -Correct Answer: The bulk of
Earth's history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
Which of the following is NOT a criteria to be classified as a mineral? -Correct Answer: Anthropogenic
Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by -Correct Answer: Major
events in Earth's history, such as major extinctions.
An assemblage of minerals bound together is called a -Correct Answer: rock
An element or combination of elements that forms an inorganic, natural compound is called a -Correct
Answer: mineral
The subfield of geography and geology concerned with the study of the origins, evolutions, form, and
spatial distribution of Earth's landforms is -Correct Answer: geomorphology
Areas of crustal collision and subduction occur along -Correct Answer: convergent boundaries
, Areas of upwelling material from the mantle to form new seafloor occur along -Correct Answer: divergent
boundaries
Areas where plates slide past one another, usually ar right angles to a seafloor spreading are -Correct
Answer: transform boundaries
The three basic rock types are -Correct Answer: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.
Which of the following is NOT a process than can cause metamorphism? -Correct Answer: Solidification
of magma
Metamorphism that occurs over broad areas when the pressure and associated heat of of overlaying rocks or
other tectonic forces cause the rocks to undergo deformation is known as -Correct Answer: regional
metamorphism
Continental crust is basically , whereas oceanic crust is basically .-
ANSWER>>granite; basalt
Sedimentary rocks are more a product of the system whereas metamorphic and igneous rocks
are more a product of the system. -Correct Answer: exogenic; endogenic
Molten rock beneath Earth's surface is known as , whereas molten rock on Earth's surface is called .
-Correct Answer: magma; lava
In 1912, the theory of continental drift was proposed by
. -Correct Answer: Alfred Wegener
are sites of upwelling of magma from the mantle independent of plate boundaries. -Correct
Answer: hot spots
A large region identifiable by several topographic or geological traits is known as a -Correct Answer:
physiographic province.
A topographic region that is characterized by local relief of less than 100 m (325 ft.) is considered a -
Correct Answer: plain
Africa is dominated by which topographic region? -Correct Answer: Hills and low tablelands
The nucleus of old crystalline rock in each of the principal continental masses is called a
-Correct Answer: continental shield, or craton
Vertical elevation differences in a local landscape are referred to as -Correct Answer: relief
The average elevation of the depth of the oceans is -Correct Answer: -3800 m (-12,470 ft.)
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