Diagnostic Test 1 - D1 Flashcards
Which layer of the earth produce electrical currents that are responsible for the Earth’s magnetic field? *
inner core
outer core
lower mantle
upper mantle
outer core
Which line passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and roughly follows a 180 degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth? *
Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Tropic of Capricorn
IDL
Which of the following is associated with a convergent boundary where earthquakes are produced? *
Wadati-Benioff Zone
D’’ layer
Low Velocity Zone
Bullen Layer
Wadati-Benioff Zone
It refers to the slope of the stream’s channel. It
is the vertical drop of the stream over a horizontal distance. *
velocity
gradient
discharge
load
gradient
If the Earth warms, more area becomes arid
resulting in an increase in the amount of dust in the atmosphere, which reflects
solar radiation causing cooling. This is an example of: *
global warming
greenhouse effect
positive feedback
negative feedback
negative feedback
The cleavage of amphibole is: *
90°
60° and 120°
cubic
basal
60-120
This term refers to an easy qualitative way to judge the specific gravity of one mineral relative to another. This is done by holding a piece of the first mineral in one hand and holding an equal-sized piece of the second mineral in your other hand. *
Water Displacement Method
Heft Test
Gravity Balance
Density Bottles
Heft
Trilobites are members of which phylum? *
Arthropods
Mollusks
Echinoderms
Cnidarians
Anthropods
A dike, vein, fracture, or fault that cuts across the fabric of another rock body is younger than any other rock that it cuts across. This is a statement of: *
Law of Original Continuity
Law of Inclusion
Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Law of Superposition
Cross Cutting
It is the result of sedimentary deposition on an erosional surface formed on older igneous or metamorphic rock. *
nonconformity
disconformity
angular unconformity
paraconformity
Nonconformity
A fold in which the layers are younger as you move from the outer part of the fold toward the axial surface. *
syncline
anticline
monocline
dome
Syncline
A plot showing the record of ground motion caused by the passage of seismic waves. *
seismometer
seismograph
seismogram
travel time
Seismogram
These are depressions in moraines, till, or outwash deposits that form when an isolated stagnant block of ice melts. *
Kames
Drumlins
Outwash Plain
Kettles
Kettles
These are flat areas in an arid environment where sediment has been removed by wind or moving water down to very near the water table, and evaporite minerals crystallize at or near the ground surface. *
pediments
sabkhas
playas
hardpan
Sabkhas
A short wall constructed perpendicular to a coastline in order to trap sand along a beach. *
seawall
breakwater
groin
jetties
Groin
It is the largest contributor to the greenhouse effect, responsible for ~60% of the warming. *
water vapor
carbon dioxide
methane
nitrous oxide
Water Vapor
Which Greek letter is used as a numerical representation of the Wentworth Scale? *
alpha
gamma
pi
phi
Phi
This refers to the extent to which the
material has changed when compared with the starting material of the bedrock it was derived from.
*
sorting
roundness
sphericity
maturity
Maturity
Which isotope of potassium, decays partly by electron capture to an isotope of the gaseous element argon?
*
Potassium-39
Potassium-40
Potassium-41
Potassium-42
K-40
Which marine microfossil commonly
have silica skeletons and are roughly spherical, often
spiny organisms less than a millimeter across? They
are important in the dating of deep-marine deposits
because the skeletons survive in siliceous oozes deposited at depths below the CCD.
*
foraminifera
radiolaria
coccoliths
diatoms
Radiolaria
A hiatus is:
*
a period of erosion or nondeposition
a period of continuous deposition
a conformable sequence of sedimentary layers
a disconformity where sedimentary layers are parallel
a period of erosion or nondeposition
A ring-shaped disc, cold and dark region at the outer periphery of the Solar System. *
Oort Cloud
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
Heliosphere
Kuiper
The mantle comprises what percentage of the Earth’s volume? *
81%
82%
83%
84%
83
Complete the title of the publication of Charles Darwin in 1859, “On the Origin of Species by Means of”: *
Acquired Inheritance
Natural Selection
Environmental Adaptation
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
The Carboniferous Period is divided into: *
Devonian and Silurian
Pennsylvanian and Mississippian
Ordovician and Silurian
Devonian and Mississippian
Pensylvanian + Missisipian
Which of the following is NOT a period in the Paleozoic era? *
Triassic
Permian
Devonian
Silurian
Triassic
The average density of the continental crust is: *
2.7 g/cc
2.8 g/cc
2.9 g/cc
3.0 g/cc
2.7
Alexander du Toit named the northern part of Pangaea as Laurasia. It consisted of the following present-day landmasses, EXCEPT: *
North America
Greenland
India
Europe
India
Which of the following is true about marine transgression? *
sea level fell with respect to the land
facies becomes younger in a landward direction
shoreline migrated seaward
nearshore facies were superposed over the offshore facies
facies becomes younger in a landward direction
Which of the following best describes the Walther’s Law? *
>Even though the rates and intensities of change have varied in the past, the laws of nature have remained the same.
>The facies seen in a conformable vertical sequence will also replace one another laterally.
>Fossil assemblages succeed one another through time in a regular and determinable order.
>The geologic record is an accurate chronicle of ancient events, but at any single location, it has discontinuities or unconformities representing times of nondeposition, erosion, or both.
The facies seen in a conformable vertical sequence will also replace one another
laterally.
A varve is a: *
fluvial deposit
desert deposit
glacial deposit
beach deposit
glacial deposit
The Perissodactyla is an order of mammals that includes: *
dogs and cats
horses and rhinoceroses
whales and elephants
rodents and rabbits
horses and rhinoceroses
Who first proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics?
*
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Who expounded the geographical cycle theory?
*
Alfred Wegener
William Morris Davis
Charles Darwin
James Hutton
William Morris Davis
What are the occasional hills on a peneplain called?
*
monadnocks
buttes
mesas
plateaus
monadnocks
What term describes the process where small disturbances can lead a system away from its old equilibrium state towards a new one?
*
static equilibrium
stable equilibrium
unstable equilibrium
steady-state equilibrium
unstable equilibrium
Which feature is described as lens-shaped masses seated in anticlinal crests and synclinal troughs?
*
phacolith
laccolith
bysmalith
lopolith
phacolith
The term Philippine Mobile Belt was first defined by which author? *
Hutchison
Aurelio
Gervasio
Rangin
Gervasio
The Aroroy Diorite is an intrusive body found in:
*
Cebu
Panay
Mindoro
Masbate
Masbate
Bud Dajo is an active volcano in:
*
Sulu
Zamboanga
Babuyan Island
Sorsogon
Sulu
The Philippine Fault was designated by various terms by different authors. One of which is Repetti, who named this fault as:
*
Visayan Rift
Visayan Fault
Master Fault
Master Rift
Master Fault
The Tablas Lineament is characterized by what type of displacement?
*
reverse faulting
normal faulting
left-lateral
right-lateral
Right-Lateral
Which of the following significant events happened 5 Ma ago?
*
Luzon arc came into collision with Taiwan
re-orientation of spreading in South China Sea
subduction of proto-South China Sea
subduction of the Northern New Guinea Plate
Luzon arc came into collision with Taiwan
How many Sustainable Development Goals are there? *
15
16
17
18
17
Bronze is an alloy of which metals? *
Zinc and Copper
Copper and Tin
Copper and Nickel
Zinc and Iron
Copper + Tin
Which of the following international treaties reduces the emissions of
Greenhouse Gases? *
Montreal Protocol
Paris Agreement
Kyoto Protocol
Vienna Convention
Kyoto Protocol
Avogadro’s number is the number of atoms in one gram atom which is? *
6.023 x 10^32
6.203 x 10^23
6.023 x 10^23
6.230 x 10^32
6.023 x 10^23
What is the thickness of the outer core?
*
1,270 km
2,850 km
2,200 km
3,470 km
2200
A layer of the atmosphere that is located between about 80 and 700
kilometers (50 and 440 miles) above Earth’s surface.
*
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Exosphere
Thermosphere
Thermosphere
Which of the following refers to water that is trapped during the
formation of sedimentary deposits? *
Connate water
Meteoric Water
Magmatic water
Juvenile water
Connate Water
