Question 1 (2 points) Peat or organic rich shale are rich in ______________. Que

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Question 1 (2 points)

Peat or organic rich shale are rich in ______________.

Question 1 options:

Carbon

Oxygen

Nitrogen

All of the above

None of the above

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Question 2 (2 points)

You find a stack of sedimentary rocks. This stack consists of three beds of rock, with bed A on top, bed C on the bottom, and bed B in the middle. We know that Bed A is the youngest from the principle of _________________

Question 2 options:

cross cutting relationships

original horizontality

original lateral continuity

superposition.

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Question 3 (2 points)

Question 3 options:

Cross cutting relationships

Lateral Continuity

Original Horizontality

Superposition

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Question 4 (2 points)

A scientific theory ______________.

Question 4 options:

explains large numbers of facts

incorporates provisionally accepted hypotheses

has withstood much testing

All of the above

None of the above

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Question 5 (2 points)

____________ orbit the nucleus of an atom.

Question 5 options:

Electrons

Ions

Neutrons

Protons

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Question 6 (2 points)

Bedding is a characteristic commonly found in ___________ rocks.

Question 6 options:

Igneous

Metamorphic

Sedimentary

All of the above

None of the above

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Question 7 (2 points)

A type of chemical bonding in which the atoms gain or lose electrons and are attracted to each other if they have opposite charges is called:

Question 7 options:

covalent bonding

ionic bonding

metallic bonding

water bonding

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Question 8 (2 points)

An igneous intrusion penetrates into several layers of sedimentary rocks. Later, a mountain building event (orogeny) occurs, and erosion begins. Thirty million years of erosion remove the overlying sedimentary beds and cut an erosional surface into the old intrusive crystalline rocks. Then sea level rises and new sedimentary beds are deposited on top of this erosional surface. A ___________ has formed.

Question 8 options:

angular unconformity

conformity

disconformity

nonconformity

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Question 9 (2 points)

A depositional sequence is bounded by a ____________ above, and a ____________ below.

Question 9 options:

conformity, conformity

conformity, disconformity

disconformity, conformity

disconformity, disconformity

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Question 10 (2 points)

Numerical age dating does NOT involve the use of ______________.

Question 10 options:

counting tree rings

counting layers of ice drilled from glaciers

the principle of lateral continuity

radioactive isotopes

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Carbon

Oxygen

Nitrogen

All of the above

None of the above

Explanation / Answer

question 1 : Carbon

question 2 : superposition

question 3 : original horizontality

question 4 : All of the above

question 5 : Electrons

question 6 : Sedimentary

question 7 :ionic bonding

question 8 : nonconformity

question 9 : disconformity , disconformity

question 10 :  counting layers of ice drilled from glaciers

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