Virginia Geology & Dating Review

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Which province, that has already been described, is known for having layers of fossils?

• Piedmont

• The Blue Ridge

• Atlantic Ocean

• Coastal Plain

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Which province is the largest?

• Quebec

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

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Which province has slate and kyanite mines?

• The Blue Ridge Mountains

• The Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

• Appalachian

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Which province has the oldest rocks?

• The Blue Ridge Mountains

• The Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

• Appalachian

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What river feature is often found where a river crosses the fall line?

• Oxbow lakes
• Meanders
• Waterfalls or rapids
• Floodplains

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Which province is covered by sand, silt and clay?

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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Which province has Cambrian algal fossils?

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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This province has a terraced landscape.

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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This province contains 1.2 billion year old rocks.

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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Which province is underlain by ancient, flat-lying sedimentary rocks?

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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Which province is at the most western part of the state?

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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What do we call irregular limestone region with sinkholes and caverns?

• Karst
• Limestone plateau
• Cave system
• Sinkhole valley

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This province has rolling hills underlain by ancient rocks.

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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Which province is famous for coal?

• Valley & Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

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Which region of Virginia is East of the fall line?

• The Piedmont
• the Coastal Plain
• the Valley and Ridge
• the Blue Ridge

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The Appalachian Plateau is where coal is mined.  Coal forms in what type of rock?

• igneous
• foliated metamorphic
• nonfoliated metamorphic
• sedimentary

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Which province of Virginia is WEST of the Ridge and Valley region?

• the Appalachian Plateau
• the Coastal Plain
• the Piedmont
• the Blue Ridge

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The Blue Ridge region has 

• billion year old bedrock
• PostCambrian metamorphic bedrock
• many fossils of life in it
  s bedrock
• Large coal deposits for mining

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Which province of Virginia is both East of the Valley and Ridge AND West of the Piedmont?

• the Coastal Plain
• the Blue Ridge
• The Northern Neck
• the Fall Line

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The graphic shows us that for Anthracite coal to form

• Peat is buried after lignite is formed
• Lignite is  buried before peat is formed
• Lignite is subjected to heat and pressure
• Peat moss must be spread on the topsoil

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Put the stages of Coal development in order from MOST RECENT to oldest

• peat, lignite, coal
• coal, lignite, peat
• lignite, coal, peat
• lignite, peat, coal

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What important nonrenewable natural resource from Virginia's Appalachian Plateau, are the yellow arrows pointing to 

• oil
• natural gas
• coal
• halite

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What type of rocks contain fossils and coal?

• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

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Which is the Easternmost province of Virginia where sand and gravel that are used in building construction can be found?

• Appalachian Plateau
• the Piedmont
• Blue Ridge
• Coastal Plain

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From looking at this graphic, and noting that coal is mined in the Appalachian Plateau, we can infer that this province 

• was once a swamp
• is underlain with igneous rock
• is the oldest rock on the East coast
• releases a great deal of heat

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What can we best infer from the fact that some places have fossils of marine remains?

• they are all coastal regions
• those places where once underwater
• Marine animals once lived on land
• the fossils were moved there by people

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Going in order from EAST to WEST what are the five Virginia Provinces?

• Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge
• Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, Piedmont
• Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
• Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau

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Which of Virginia's Physiographic Provinces has the youngest rocks?

• the Blue Ridge
• the Piedmont
• The Valley and Ridge
• The Coastal Plain

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Karst topography occurs where carbon dioxide dissolves in water to make an acid that dissolves limestone.  What are some features of the Karst topography in Virginia's Valley and Ridge region

• mountains and valleys
• sink holes and caverns
• quicksand and rolling hills
• lakes and glaciers

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What type of rock is common in the Valley and Ridge region  and is the rock needed to create Karst topography because it can be dissolved by the weak acid of Carbon Dioxide dissolved in water

• Sandstone
• Granite
• Basalt
• Limestone

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What resource is mined in large quantities in the Virginia Piedmont region

• coal
• kyanite
• ocean water
• sulfur

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The Valley and Ridge region has caverns, sinkholes and underground streams.  These features are characteristic of 

• igneous bedrock
• Karst topography
• ancient metamorphic rock
• the Coastal Plains

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This Cavern is an example of Karst topography.  As such it is most likely located in what Physiographic Province of Virginia

• Piedmont 
• Coastal Plain
• Valley and Ridge
• Blue Ridge

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This area of long parallel ridges located just EAST of the Appalachian Plateau is known as the 

• Piedmont Region
• Valley and Ridge Region
• Coastal Plain
• Blue Ridge Mountains

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This region is underlain by ancient 1.2 billion year old igneous bedrock.   It is known as the 

• Blue Ridge Region
• Valley and Ridge Region
• Piedmont
• Coastal Plain

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The Chesapeake Bay is a(n)-

• estuary
• reservoir
• ocean front
• continental slope

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What 2 things make a good index fossil?

• Good looks and a great smile
• widespread and on Earth of a short time
• widespread and on Earth for a long time
• only found in Clinton Twp and in every rock layer

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Letter "F" is a....

• inclusion
• intrusion
• fault
• unconformity 

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Mass extinctions occurred at the end of both the ______________ and the _______________ Eras.

• Paleozoic and Cenozoic

• Cenozoic and Mesozoic

• Paleozoic and Mesozoic

• None of the above

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According to the fossil record, when did life first appear on Earth?

• 35,000 years ago

• 3.5-3.8 billion years ago

• 350,000 years ago

• 350 years ago

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Based from the diagram of geologic time scale, which is the largest among the time units?

• Eons

• Eras

• Period

• Epoch

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Based from the diagram, which is the smaller divisions of geologic time scale?

• Eons

• Eras

• Period

• Epoch