X. Question (276-300) Flashcards

1
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________________15. Varieties of elements distinguished by the number of neutrons

A

Isotopes

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2
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________________16. A polygenetic rock composed of microcrystalline quartz and chalcedony

A

Chert

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2
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________________17. The animals of any place of time that lived together

A

Fauna

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2
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________________18. .Group name of mollusk rotated to the chambered nautilus. Mezosoic fossils are found in Mindoro

A

Ammonites

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3
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________________19. .A few hills, erosion remnants standing on an almost level plain

A

Buttes

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4
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________________2. Subsurface erosion process by current forming submarine canyons

A

Turbidity currents

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5
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________________20. .A Hawaiian term for basic lava flows typified by rough jagged and clinkery surface

A

A’a

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6
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________________3. A rise from the ocean floor between two continents

A

Mid-ocean ridge

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7
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________________4. The larger grooves in fault, plane parallel to the displacement

A

Slickensides

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8
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________________5. Parallel grooves and scratches along fault plane

A

Striations

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9
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________________6. The flotational balance among segments of the lithosphere

A

Isostasy

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10
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________________8. A test well drilled without any geologic studies in the hope of discovering a petroleum/oil pool

A

Wildcat well

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10
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________________7. Space or spaces produced by expanding vapors in lava flows

A

Vesicles

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11
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________________9. The source and true center of an earthquake

A

Focus

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12
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_________________ is an interstitial water that was deposited and buried with the rock and has been out of contact with the atmosphere for an appreciable part of a geologic period.

a) recharge
b) connate water
c) aquifuge
d) well yield

A

b) connate water

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13
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_________________ is the measure of the amount of water that can be transmitted horizontally through a unit width by the full saturated thickness of the aquifer under a hydraulic gradient of 1.

a) Storativity
b) Storage coefficient
c) Hydraulic conductivity
d) Transmissivity

A

d) Transmissivity

14
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_________________ means ‘ancient life’.

a. Paleozoic
c. Cenozoic
b. Mesozoic
d. Precambrian

A

a. Paleozoic

15
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___________________ The evapotransporation that would occur under given climatic conditions if there were unlimited soil moisture.

a. Evaporation
b. Evapotranspiration, potential
c. Evapotranspiration
d. Evapotraspiration, Actual

A

b) Evapotranspiration, potential

16
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___________________1. A tentative explanation of a phenomena that is tested for validity by repeated observations and experimentations.

A

Hypothesis

17
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___________________1. Minerals that yield information as to the temperature of their formation.

A

Geothermometers

18
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___________________10. A fracture along which adjacent blocks of rock moved relative to each other.

19
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___________________10. The rock enclosing the deposit.

A

Country rock

20
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___________________11. Carbonates converted to silicates as a result of contact metasomatism.

21
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___________________12. Quarz that form below 573C.

22
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___________________13. Internal metamorphic effects upon the margins of the intrusive.

A

Contact Metamorphism