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APSC 151 Midterm Exam | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated 2024/2025
Comprehensive Questions A+ Graded Answers | With Expert Solutions

Who said: "All life and all the material parts of the Earth's Surface make up a single system, a king of
meta-organism, and a living planet."?

a) Yogi Berra

b) James Lovelock

c) Brad Allenby

d) Thomas Midgely

e) Sir Thomas Tredgold - b) James Lovelock



What is the present human population of Earth (apporximately)?

a) 1 billion

b) 3 billion

c) 7 billion

d) 10 billion

e) 14 billion - c) 7 billion



The Atlantic Ocean is opening up at a rate closest to;

a) 0.05 cm/year

b) 5 cm/year

c) 50 cm/year

d) 5 meters/year

e) 50 meters/year - b) 5 cm/year



By weight, 90% of the earth is made up of four elements. These four, in decreasing order of abundance
from left to right, are:

a) Si, O, Al, Fe

b) O, Fe, Si, Ni

c) O, Si, Al, Fe

, d) Fe, O, Si, Mg

e) O, Si, Fe, Al - d) Fe, O, Si, Mg



The Earth is flattened at the poles, with a [pole-to-pole/equator-to-equator] ration of [299/300],
because:

a) the Earth is a rotating body

b) the moment of inertia of the earth is variable

c) the continents are concentrated in equatorial regions

d) the earth's axis is tilted at about twenty-three degrees to the plan of the solar system

e) the moon exerts a tidal force on the earth - a) the Earth is a rotating body



When exploring for oil, seismic reflection studies provide the most effective way to search for suitable
sedimentary rock structures that might host the oil. What kind of structure is most likely to be a prime
target for oil? :

a) an unconformity

b) a moraine

c) an up-arch anticline

d) a strick-slip fault

e) mud-cracks - c) an up-arch anticline



The average density of the Earth is closest, in grams per cubic centimeter, to:

a) 1

b) 2.5

c) 5

d) 7.5

e) 10 - c) 5



In an attempt to model the composition of the deep layers in the interior of the Earth, we try to re-
create conditions deep in the Earth's interior using:

a) a diamond anvil press

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