Geology Final Review

Where do most earthquakes occur?

• Volcanoes
• Tectonic plate boundaries
• Oceans
• Mountains

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Geologists use the ... test to determine the hardness of a mineral.

• Vickers
• Brinell
• Rockwell
• Scratch

A rock may contain organic material? True or False?

• Maybe
• True
• False
• Unsure

Which of these is not part of Earth’s crust?

• Mantle
• Outer core
• Inner core
• Atmosphere

How old is the Earth?

• 100 billion years
• 1 million years
• 10,000 years
• 4.54 billion years

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Earth's continents were once joined as a single massive supercontinent called _____.

• Pangaea
• Atlantis
• Laurasia
• Gondwana

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What comes out of a volcano?

• Magma and Steam

• Lava

• Rocks and ash
• Water and fire

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Which state of matter is the earth's inner core?

• plasma

• liquid

• solid

• gas

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Which scientist is credited with the Theory of Plate Tectonics (modern version of the Theory of Continental Drift)?

• Alfred Wegener

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Lyell

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What is geology?

• the study of rocks

• the study of history

• the study of maps

• the study of earth

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