A major oil company employs you as a geologist. You are given an unknown mineral and asked to determine what it is. Which of the following tests would provide a clue as to what the mineral is? Check all that would apply
Anna is using Moh's Hardness Scale to test some rock samples. Which rock sample would she find has the greatest hardness?
You hit a rock with a hammer and it splits in half. Where the rock split is extremely smooth and straight. This rock is said to have...
Compounds are made up of one or more...
Ned, your pet rock has larger grains and shiny flecks. When you ask Mrs. Fisher, she says that Ned used to be magma, but cooled slowly until he became what he is today. What type of rock is Ned?
While on a fieldtrip to the Frank Slide, Hayden finds a sedimentary rock containing sediments of various sizes. Which of the following rocks did Hayden probably find?
What type of rock forms from lava that cools quickly?
This picture is an example of a...
Soil is a mixture of weathered rock and...
Which type of rock would be most harmed by exposure to acid rain?
Mosses growing on the surface of rocks, producing pits on the rocks is an example of what type of weathering?
This picture of hoodoos is an example of what type of weathering?
The theory that the continents have moved from one super continent to their current location is called...
Plates that move apart at their boundaries are called...
When oceanic and continental plates collide, one plate is forced under the other. What term describes the areas where these plates overlap?
Geologists have tested the age of rock samples near mid-ocean ridges. How does the age of rocks near the continents compare to the age of rocks near the mid-ocean ridges?
Which of the following originates at the greatest depth beneath the earth's crust?
A volcano that is not currently erupting is called...
Many active volcanoes form around the edge of the Pacific Plate forming the...
Which of the following is the most dangerous effect of volcanoes?
Mountains are usually formed as a result of which type of boundary?
The lithosphere is made of what two layers?
Which of the following was sonar technology used to discover?
How did the scientific community respond to Alfred Wegener's theory for continental drift?
A scale of magnitudes used to measure earthquakes is called the...
As an engineer which type of seismic wave would you be most concerned about?
The picture above is an example of folded rock called...
The picture above shows mountains that were formed by...
Which of the following statements is true of the Himalayas?
Fossils are useful because ...(check all that apply)
What are tracks, burrows, and other fossilized evidence of animal activity known as?
All of the following conditions help to preserve fossils EXCEPT...
The largest division in the Geologic Time Scale is called the...
Dinosaurs were the dominant life form on earth in which Era of the Geologic Time Scale?
In which Era did humans appear on the Geologic Time Scale?
Which of the following is not used as a method of relative dating?
In which rock is petroleum most commonly found?
Which is a heavy, almost solid form of petroleum?
Which of the following statements about petroleum is not true.
Alfred Wegener based his theory of Continental Drift on three types of evidence. In you opinion, which type of evidence supported his ideas the best? Give reasons.
How does radio carbon dating tell scientists how old a sample is?
You have been given this rock rock sample to identify. What different properties would you examine to determine what type of rock the sample is. Name at least four different properites.
The two pictures above come from different mountain ranges in Canada. The first one is in the Rocky Mountains; the second is in the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec. Which mountain range is older and how do you know?