Exam 2 - Geology - Review

Which of the following was NOT one of the sources of Earth's internal heat?

• decay of radioactive elements

• worldwide volcanism

• impact energy from asteroids and comets

• tidal forces

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6. Asthenosphere

• The asthenosphere is the semi-fluid layer of the Earth's mantle on which tectonic plates move.

• The asthenosphere is the solid outermost layer of the Earth.

• The asthenosphere is the Earth's core composed mainly of iron and nickel.

• The asthenosphere is the thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface.

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Photosynthesis of single celled plant organisms are the reason why there is

• so little CO₂ in our current atmosphere.

• CO₂ stored up in the rocks on the Earth's surface.

• so much O₂ in our current atmosphere.

• so much CO₂ in our current atmosphere.

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Half-life

• against time yields a negative exponential curve.

• is the time it takes for half of a substance to decay.

• is used to help date rocks.

• includes all of the above.

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Some of the solar energy that reaches the Earth is stored in _____

• plants as a part of photosynthesis

• coal and oil deposits

• water

• all of the above

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All systems within the Earth's spheres are _____ and _____ exchange matter and energy.

• closed; constantly

• open; constantly

• open; never

• closed; never

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The idea that the Earth's surface is made up of a series of lithospheric plates that ride on the circulation cells in the molten asthenosphere is known as _____

• Gondwanaland

• Continental Drift

• Plate Tectonics

• Seafloor Spreading

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The theory of Continental Drift says that all the continents had once existed together as a supercontinent, ____, and had since (~200 mya) drifted apart.

• Schoenland

• Pangea

• Gondwanaland

• Laurasia

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One example of a divergent plate boundary is the ____.

• Mariana Trench

• San Andreas Fault

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Anatolian Fault

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The San Andreas fault is at a _____ plate boundary.

• transform

• converging

• oceanic-oceanic

• diverging