What are the basic differences between the disciplines of physical and historical geology?
historical geology involves the study of rock strata, fossils, and geologic events, utilizing the geologic time scale as a reference; physical geology includes the study of how rocks form and of how erosion shapes the land surface
________ was the highly influential, ancient Greek philosopher noted for his writings and teachings on natural philosophy and on the workings of Earth.
Aristotle
Compared to the age of Earth accepted as correct today, how did 17th and 18th century proponents of catastrophism envision the Earth's age?
They believed Earth to be much younger than current estimates.
The ________ division of the geologic time scale is an era of the Phanerozoic eon.
Paleozoic
The ________ forms the relatively cool, brittle plates of plate tectonics.
lithosphere
________ is often paraphrased as "the present is the key to the past.
Uniformitarianism
________, a popular natural philosophy of the 17th and early 18th centuries, was based on a firm belief in a very short geologic history for Earth.
Catastrophism
The ________ proposes that the bodies of our solar system formed at essentially the same time from a rotating cloud of gases and dust.
Nebular hypothesis
The composition of the core of Earth is thought to be ________.
solid iron-nickel alloy
Active mountain belts are most likely to be found ________.
A)
along the margins of continents
B)
in the interior regions of continents
C)
scattered throughout continents
D)
along only the eastern margins of continents
Answer:
A
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The continental shelf is located ________.
A)
between the continental slope and continental rise
B)
between the continental rise and the abyssal plains
C)
seaward of the continental slope
D)
landward of the continental slope
Answer:
D
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The ________ is thought to be a liquid, metallic region in the Earth's interior.
A)
inner core
B)
lithosphere
C)
mantle
D)
outer core
Answer:
D
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The ________ is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
A)
crust
B)
outer core
C)
mantle
D)
inner core
Ans
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In 1980, ________ was the first Cascade Range volcano to erupt since Mt. Lassen, California, in 1915-16.
A)
Mt. Rainier
B)
Mt. Shasta
C)
Kilauea
D)
Mt. St. Helens
Answer:
D
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2)
Which type of basaltic lava flow has a fairly smooth, unfragmented, rop
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________ was a flora that was widely distributed throughout the once contiguous, late Paleozoic, Southern Hemisphere landmass.
A)
Granopteris
B)
Monastarious
C)
Glossopteris
D)
Mesosaurus
Answer:
C
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2)
In the early part of the 20th century, _______
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