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APSC 151 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:202 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 202
Which of the following has the highest specific grvaity
wood
water
platinum
iron
quartz
Term 2 of 202
Aboriginal people's relationships to the land encompasses
waters
flora
all living thing, natural elements, and processes encompassed by the biosphere
fauna
seasons
Term 3 of 202
The zone of a glacier where there is net loss of ice is called the
zone of accumulation
zone of abrasion
crevasse
surge line
zone of ablation
,Term 4 of 202
Examples of metallic mineral resources are
clay and gypsum
limestone and dolomite
bauxite and coltan
asbestos and anthracite
diamonds and topaz
Term 5 of 202
The possible origins of water on earth are:
release of hydroxyl ions from evaporites
condensation of the solar winds
comets from the Kuiper belt or the oort cloud but possibly not both
collision with protoplanets in early history
the respiration of cyanobacteria
Term 6 of 202
For a billion years or more, oxygen being produced by cyanobacteria was completely
consumed in the process of
coal formation
the precipitation of iron from the ocean waters
algal respiration and metabolism
the creation of phospholipid membranes on clay surfaces
the creation of chlorophyll
,Term 7 of 202
What are the 2 dominant sources of lithium to power the new age of devices and transport
porphyry deposits, astroblemes
veins, dykes
placer deposits, volcanoes
rhyolites and basalts
granitites and salt lakes
Term 8 of 202
which of the following statements is not true about the earth's magnetic field
it is essentially dipolar but not coaxial with the poles of rotation
it protects life on earth from the charged plasma of the solar winds
it is stable and highly unlikely to flip direction in the coming millennia
it is the direct result of movement within the earth's liquid outer core
it dips slightly into the ground in the kingston area
Term 9 of 202
which of the following geologic materials would have the highest groundwater velocity
effective in removing unwanted pollutants from the water
a sandy loam soil with high organic carbon content
limestone with numerous karstic solution channels and fractures widened by dissolution
lakebeds consisting of unconsolidated very fine-grained sand and silt
sandstone; well-centered with a few, widely spaced vertical fractures
weathered granite
, Term 10 of 202
The act of tunneling should be defined as
the construction of underground passageways through any means
the excavation of underground space through the temporary disruption of surface
infrastructure
a minimal risk alternative to surface construction
the development of underground infrastructure with minimal impact on surface activities
a low cost alternative to overhead construction
Term 11 of 202
If a litre of sea-water is evaporated, which of the following evaporites that are precipitated will
occur in the greatest amount?
gypsum
limestone
potash
halite
chert
Term 12 of 202
For the first billion years of oxygen generation, the oxygen was used up
by archaea
by cyanobacteria
concentration alumina into bauxite
precipitating iron oxide from the oceans
photosynthesizing
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