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Test 1

1. When a deep-sea trench is located next to a continent, where would you expect to find active volcanoes?

a. On the continent side of the trench.

2. Which of the following Mtn. ranges is the product of continent-continent convergence?

b. The Himalayas

3. New ocean crust is created at ___________

c. mid-ocean ridges

4. What drives plate tectonics?

d. Sinking of subducted slabs

5. Which of the following statements regarding the scientific method is true.

e. A theory is a hypothesis that has withstood many scientific tests.

6. Which of the following is NOT an advantage associated with considering more than one hypothesis?

f. It simplifies the scientific process.

7. The earth’s core is made up primarily of _____________

g. Iron

8. What caused the mass extinction 65 million years ago that ended the Age of dinosaurs?

h. Major bolide impact

9. Omit

10. Omit

11. Which of the following was NOT a reason for the slow acceptance of plate tectonics?

i. There was very little evidence linking geological provinces on different continents

12. What are “plates” of plate tectonics made up of?

j. Lithosphere

13. The fact that the volume of an object changes at a different rate than its surface area explains

k. Why small plants are less active than large plants

l. Why insects need to be small

m. Why the bones of large primates are much thicker

14. What mineral is limestone made of?

n. Calcite

15. The chemical formula (Mg, Fe)2 SiO4 describes which of the fallowing minerals?

o. Olivine

16. Which of the following statements about graphite and diamond is false?

p. Graphite and diamond have the same density.

17. Which of the following substances is not considered a mineral

q. Coal

18. Asbestos minerals with long length to breadth rations are dangerous when

r. They are formed by chain...