General Geology 1
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The point in the bedrock at which an earthquake seems to center is known as its
anticline
epicenter
focus
fault
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Diatrophism refers to which of one of the following? The
rising and sinking of the earth's surface
formation of geysers
erosion caused by wind
movement of clouds
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The fraction of the solid part of the earth that lies beneath water and ice is
1/3
1/2
3/4
5/6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The surface of the solid part of the earth consists essentially of huge blocks of rock which sometimes break away and rise or sink. This action is called
volcanic action
folding
faulting
weathering
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Generally speaking, MOST of the world's volcanoes
lie in belts which are almost identical with the two great earthquake belts
are roughly at right angles to the earthquake belts
are in the equatorial regions
form no particular geographic pattern
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All but one of the following statements about artesian wells are true. The EXCEPTION is:
Artesian well water is usually much colder than ordinary well water.
The water in artesian wells is drawn from aquifers below an impervious layer.
Artesian well water is usually harder than ordinary well water.
The source of the water supply in an artesian well may be hundreds of miles from the well.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When oil spouts from a well as a gusher, it USUALLY does so because
of the pressure of water beneath the oil or of gas above the oil
air is pumped into the well
of the release of great heat
of the tremendous pressure of subsurface rock layers on the oil
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