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Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 37mins
Geology is the study of ________
Earth
Water
Soil
None of the above
____ deals with the application of geology for a construction of civil engineering project?
Mining geology
Engineering geology
Mineralogy
Economic geology
The study of origin of rock and its composition _________
Petrology
Volcanology
Geomorphology
Geochemistry
___ breaks down and loosens the surface minerals of rock.
Weathering
Erosion
Water
Land
Water takes up about 10% more spaces when it freezes ____?
Exfoliation
Frost wedging
Root wedging
Abrasion
___ results when rock formed at depth are exposed at the ground surface
Exfoliation
Root wedging
Burrowing
Decaying organisms
Human manually move or change rocks when they mine ____
None of the above
Biological activity
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
Honeycomb weathering is formed from ___ of cement?
Dissolution
Hydration
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Larger and heavier rocks or gravels are rolled along the bed ____?
Traction
Saltation
Solution
Suspension
___ deposition are always formed at the base of foothills in abrupt drop in channel gradient?
Alluvial fan
Delta
flood plain
Estuary
The minerals can identify by our naked eye through visual identification is ____ properties
All the above
X-ray
Microscopic
Physical
The colour of a mineral powder obtained by rubbing a mineral by porcelain plate is ____
Streak
Form
Lustre
Colour
___ is the nature of shining on the surface of minerals
Habit
Fracture
Lustre
Streak
The definite direction or plane along which minerals break easily
Specific gravity
Fracture
Hardness
Cleavage
Volcanic eruption generates extensive lava flows, and solidification of lava forms ___ rocks
Extrusive
Intrusive
metamorphic
sedimentary
Acid rocks are also called as ____
Felsic rocks
Mafic rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
A process of accumulation of sediments at the site of deposition is ____
sedimentation
diagenesis
Lithification
erosion
Rocks are formed by mechanical accumulation of grains is ___ rocks
Non clastic
Metamorphic
Igneous
Clastic
Metamorphic rocks are formed from _________ rocks
None of the above
weathering
deposition
pre-existing
The word “Meta” is known for ____?
Change
No change
High
Low
Study on geological aspects of water with regard to occurrence, movement and interaction in rock?
Hydrogeology
Geophysics
Geochemistry
Structural geology
Study of minerals, ores and fossil fuels and their importance?
Meteorology
Astrogeology
Mining geology
Economic geology
Study of earth involves the methods and principles of physics
Volcanology
Geomorphology
Petrology
Geophysics
___ weathering involves breakdown of rocks and soils through direct contact of atmospheric conditions
Both (C) and (D)
Chemical
Mechanical
Physical
The mechanical scraping of rock surface by friction between rocks and moving particles __
Frost wedging
Abrasion
Biological activity
Exfoliation
Iron + oxygen = iron oxide is known what reaction ______
Hydrolysis
Oxidation
Dissolution
Exfoliation
Decaying organisms produce (humic acids) enhance ______
Chemical weathering
Exfoliation
Mechanical weathering
Physical weathering
Rocks sensitive to the presence of hydrogen in water trigger’s chemical reaction __
Dissolution
Hydrolysis
Oxidation
Frost wedging
___ landform where the mouth of river flows into an ocean, sea, lake or another river
Estuary
Oxbow Lake
Meander
Delta
The uppermost part of the earth is called as ___
inner core
Core
Crust
Mantle
___ is the resistance of a mineral to being scratched by another material
Habit
Streak
Lustre
Hardness
___ represents the ratio of weight of a mineral to the weight of equal volume of water.
Specific gravity
Colour
Fracture
Diaphaneity
___ is the degree to which light passes through a mineral
Colour
Fracture
Hardness
Diaphaneity
___ is a natural solid aggregate of minerals forming the crust of the earth
Water
Land
Soil
Rock
___ rock formed by direct cooling and solidification of hot molten lava or magma
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
None of the above
Igneous
Basic Igneous rocks are also called as ___
Felsic Rocks
Mafic Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Sedimentary rocks are formed by Chemical precipitation is ________
non-clastic
Clastic
Metamorphic rocks
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks are formed by ______
All the above
compaction
accumulation
consolidation
Agents of metamorphism ________
All the above
Shearing stress
Pressure
Temperature
In word metamorphic, the term ‘morph’ means ____
shape
change
lava
viscous
___ is the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces by natural forces.
Weathering
Compaction
Erosion
Deposition
Which type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath the Earth's surface?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Clastic
___ is the term for the layer of soil and rock that covers the Earth's surface.
Bedrock
Core
Mantle
Crust
Which type of rock is formed from the accumulation of organic material?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Clastic
___ is the process by which sediment is transported from one location to another.
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
___ is the term for the layering that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
Stratification
Metamorphism
Foliation
Crystallization
___ is the process by which rocks are transformed under heat and pressure?
Metamorphism
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Which type of rock is formed from the accumulation of sediment?
None of the above
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
___ is the term for the breaking down of rocks by chemical reactions?
Biological weathering
Physical weathering
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
___ is the term for the molten rock beneath the Earth's surface.
Lava
Basalt
Magma
Granite
___ is the process by which sedimentary rocks are formed from compacted sediments.
Metamorphism
Crystallization
Diagenesis
Weathering
Which type of rock is primarily formed from volcanic activity?
None of the above
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
___ is the term for the process of transporting sediments from one location to another.
Compaction
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
