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UNIT 3B The Lithosphere

UNIT 3B The Lithosphere. Basketball Review. QUESTION 1. Who is considered to be the “Father of Modern Geology”? Harry Hess James Hutton Alfred Wegener Charles Lyell. QUESTION 2.

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UNIT 3B The Lithosphere

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  1. UNIT 3BThe Lithosphere Basketball Review

  2. QUESTION 1 • Who is considered to be the “Father of Modern Geology”? • Harry Hess • James Hutton • Alfred Wegener • Charles Lyell

  3. QUESTION 2 • What law or principle states un-deformed sedimentary rock layers are older on the bottom and younger on the top? • Law of Superposition • Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships • Principle of Original Horizontality • Principle of Unconformities

  4. QUESTION 3 • One varve represents how many years of sediment deposition in glacial lake beds? • 1 • 2 • 5 • 10

  5. QUESTION 4 • New oceanic crust is continuously formed at which of the following locations? • oceanic trenches • convergent plate boundaries • subduction zones • mid-ocean ridges

  6. QUESTION 5 • Oceanic crust mainly consists of which igneous rock? • granite • andesite • basalt • rhyolite

  7. QUESTION 6 • Continental crust mainly consists of which igneous rock? • granite • andesite • basalt • rhyolite

  8. QUESTION 7 • The San Andreas Fault in California occurs along which type of plate boundary? • convergent • divergent • transform • normal

  9. QUESTION 8 • What is the largest division of geologic time? • eon • era • period • epoch

  10. QUESTION 9 • Which element was found in abundant proportions in rock layers approximately 65 MYA providing evidence for an asteroid impact resulting in dinosaur extinction? • Iron • Sulfur • Iridium • Boron

  11. QUESTION 10 • Who formed the idea of sea-floor spreading? • Harry Hess • James Hutton • Alfred Wegener • Charles Lyell

  12. QUESTION 11 • The majority of Earth’s mass and volume are contained within which layer? • crust • mantle • outer core • inner core

  13. QUESTION 12 • The two elements making up the Earth’s core include • H and He • Si and O • Fe and Ni • Mg and Ir

  14. QUESTION 13 • The plastic, silly-putty like layer of the Earth on which the lithospheric plates are constantly in motion is called the • lithosphere • continental crust • oceanic crust • asthenosphere

  15. QUESTION 14 • The average speed of P-waves in Earth’s crust is • 1.4 km/s • 1.6 km/s • 4.1 km/s • 6.1 km/s

  16. QUESTION 15 • Which type of lava has a rope-like texture and looks like dripping candle wax once it cools? • Aa • Pahoehoe • Blocky • Pillow

  17. QUESTION 16 • Which type of lava has a brittle crust formed on top of underlying molten material? • Aa • Pahoehoe • Blocky • Pillow

  18. QUESTION 17 • Which type of volcano consists of mainly non-explosive eruptions? • Cinder cone • Composite volcano • Shield volcano • Stratovolcano

  19. QUESTION 18 • Which of the following is not considered to be a tectonic plate? • Pacific • Nazca • Arabian • Atlantic

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