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What is permafrost?
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Permanently frosty water surface
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ground frozen for 2 or more years
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a seasonal event: whenever the temperature drops below 0C
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a stabilizing refrigeration technique for oil exploration at high latitudes
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What causes glaciers to flow?
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magnetism
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centripetal force
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tectonic force
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gravity
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geothermal heat
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90% of Earthquake's epicenters located at
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Which of the following is NOT true of P-waves?
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Result from compression of material in direction of travel
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Travel the fastest, first wave to be recorded on a seismograph
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Similar to sound waves
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Travel through solids only
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Which of the following is NOT a line of evidence for the theory of plate tectonics?
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fossil/assemblages across oceans
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seismic waves
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continental fit
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glacial striation at low latitudes (today)
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paleographic reconstructions
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Deep earthquakes form at which type of boundary
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convergent
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divergent
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transform
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none of the above
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Metamorphic rocks can result due to what processes?
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exposure to high temperature
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exposure to water
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exposure to high pressure
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exposure to chemically active fluids
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Fracture zones occur as a result of which type of boundary
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tectonic
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divergent
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transform
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none of these
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The photosynthetic rate and atmospheric temperature feedback is:
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Rank the size of terrestrial carbon cycle reservoir:
1st [blank_start]-[blank_end]
2nd [blank_start]-[blank_end]
3rd [blank_start]-[blank_end]
4th [blank_start]-[blank_end]
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Sedimentary Rocks
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Soil and Sediments
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Plants
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Consumers
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Metamorphic Rocks
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Passive Margins
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Weathering of sedimentary rocks formed from organic matter
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Match with the appropriate depth:
Crust [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Asthenosphere [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Mantle [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Outer Core [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Inner Core [blank_start]-[blank_end]
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5-100km
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100-200km
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200-3,000 km
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3,000–5,000 km
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5,000–6,000 km
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7,000-10,000 km
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1,000-5,000 km
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50-5,000km
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4,000-10,00km
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200-700km
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basalt
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Granite
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Metamorphic Rock
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Sedimentary Rock
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Carbon
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Lead
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2.9g/cm3
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4.0g/cm3
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5.7g/cm3
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2.7g/cm3
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10.4g/cm3
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1.5g/cm3
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7-10km
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25-70km
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<200 million years
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>4 billion years
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The accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter is the definition of which astronomical process?
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aggregation
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accretion
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condensation
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none of the above
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During the formation of the moon, the iron core of the impactor was incorporated into the Earth's core
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The group of elements and chemical compounds with low boiling points that are associated with a planet's or moon's crust or atmosphere are:
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The core is predominantly composed of
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carbon
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nickel
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granite
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hydrogen
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iron
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silver
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The geomagnetic field is generated by
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Magnetic stripes on the ocean floor are evidence of:
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carbon cycling
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magnetic field reversal
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earthquakes
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transforming plate boundaries
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diverging plate boundaries
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converging plate boundaries
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carbon dating
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Potassium & Argon dating
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The crust closest to the divergent plate boundary will be [blank_start]newer,[blank_end] where the crust further away will be [blank_start]older[blank_end].
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younger
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older
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younger
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older
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Which of the following are true due to paleomagnetism
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Rocks at the equator will have a low angle
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Rocks at the equator will form quicker
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can determine the distance from the equator
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steep angle at the poles
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Ablation at the surface is a leading cause of mass loss in which ice sheet?
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The photosynthetic rate and atmospheric carbon dioxide feedback is
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The carbon 13 and carbon 12 isotopic ratio is used to
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determine the sulfur content of fossils
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estimate atmospheric oxygen levels in the past
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estimate rate of carbon burial in the past
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determine the age of bones in your body
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Which statement is TRUE about the origin of life on Earth
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life could not have been delivered from outside of the Earth as there is no evidence for organic compounds from space
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the origin of life could not have occurred at 100 degrees C as it is too hot for any kind of life to survive.
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Theory and experiments demonstrate that organic compounds can be created from inorganic compounds via a chemical reaction.
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the earliest life on the earth was probably some small plants
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Which of the following are types of geologic evidence used to study the rise of atmospheric O2
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paleosols
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detritral pyrite
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banded iron formations
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detrital uranium
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all of the above
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Complete the residence time formula
[blank_start]Reservoir size[blank_end]
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[blank_start]output (or input)[blank_end]
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Reservoir size
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output (or input)
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Complete the equation for ocean acidification:
[blank_start]CO2[blank_end] + [blank_start]H20[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]H2CO3[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]HCO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]H+[blank_end] ↔[blank_start]CO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]2H+[blank_end]
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CO2
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H20
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H2CO3
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HCO3
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H+
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CO3
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2H+
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Which of the following are used to calculate carbon flux?
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Respiration
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photosynthesis
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burial
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radioactive isotopes
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magnetic strips
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decay
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weathering
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oxygen minimum zone
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Coriolis effect
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Which was the first oxygenic photosynthetic organism was the
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eukaryote
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cyanobacteria
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hematite
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methanogens
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single-celled fungi
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Label the rock cycle
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Igneous Rocks
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Sediments
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Sedimentary Rocks
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Metamorphic Rocks
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Complete the equation for silicate weathering
[blank_start]CaSiO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]2H20[blank_end] + [blank_start]2CO2[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]Ca[blank_end] + [blank_start]2HCO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]SiO2[blank_end] + [blank_start]H20[blank_end]
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CaSiO3
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2H20
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2CO2
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Ca
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2HCO3
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SiO2
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H20
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Carbonate precipitation
[blank_start]Ca[blank_end] + [blank_start]2HCO3[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]CaCO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]H2O[blank_end] + [blank_start]CO2[blank_end]
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Complete the buffer reaction:
[blank_start]CO2[blank_end] + [blank_start]CO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]H2O[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]2HCO3[blank_end]
A buffer reaction will cause a [blank_start]not net change[blank_end] in pH in the ocean.
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CO2
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CO3
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H2O
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2HCO3
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no net change
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positive change
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negative change