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ESYS 102: Midterm 2

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Quiz on ESYS 102: Midterm 2, created by Sylas Eckhart on 16/02/2020.
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Question 1

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What is permafrost?
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  • Permanently frosty water surface
  • ground frozen for 2 or more years
  • a seasonal event: whenever the temperature drops below 0C
  • a stabilizing refrigeration technique for oil exploration at high latitudes

Question 2

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What causes glaciers to flow?
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  • magnetism
  • centripetal force
  • tectonic force
  • gravity
  • geothermal heat

Question 3

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90% of Earthquake's epicenters located at
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  • the center of tectonic plates
  • tectonic plate boundaries

Question 4

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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
  • Travel the fastest, first wave to be recorded on a seismograph
  • Similar to sound waves
  • Travel through solids only

Question 5

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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
  • seismic waves
  • continental fit
  • glacial striation at low latitudes (today)
  • paleographic reconstructions

Question 6

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Deep earthquakes form at which type of boundary
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  • convergent
  • divergent
  • transform
  • none of the above

Question 7

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Metamorphic rocks can result due to what processes?
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  • exposure to high temperature
  • exposure to water
  • exposure to high pressure
  • exposure to chemically active fluids

Question 8

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Fracture zones occur as a result of which type of boundary
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  • tectonic
  • divergent
  • transform
  • none of these

Question 9

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The photosynthetic rate and atmospheric temperature feedback is:
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  • positive
  • negative

Question 10

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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
  • Soil and Sediments
  • Plants
  • Consumers
  • Metamorphic Rocks
  • Passive Margins

Question 11

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Weathering of sedimentary rocks formed from organic matter
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  • ultimately returns CO2 to the atmosphere
  • ensues oxidation
  • is a fast process

Question 12

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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
  • 100-200km
  • 200-3,000 km
  • 3,000–5,000 km
  • 5,000–6,000 km
  • 7,000-10,000 km
  • 1,000-5,000 km
  • 50-5,000km
  • 4,000-10,00km
  • 200-700km

Question 13

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Complete the table
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  • basalt
  • Granite
  • Metamorphic Rock
  • Sedimentary Rock
  • Carbon
  • Lead
  • 2.9g/cm3
  • 4.0g/cm3
  • 5.7g/cm3
  • 2.7g/cm3
  • 10.4g/cm3
  • 1.5g/cm3
  • 7-10km
  • 25-70km
  • <200 million years
  • >4 billion years

Question 14

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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
  • accretion
  • condensation
  • none of the above

Question 15

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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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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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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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  • refractory substances
  • water, methane, and ammonia
  • volatiles

Question 17

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Complete the table
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  • fastest
  • second fastest
  • third fastest
  • slowest
  • Solid & liquid
  • Solid only
  • Earth's Surface
  • Pushes & Pulls
  • shear
  • Up and down, forward and back
  • side to side

Question 18

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The core is predominantly composed of
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  • carbon
  • nickel
  • granite
  • hydrogen
  • iron
  • silver

Question 19

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The geomagnetic field is generated by
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  • solar radiation
  • moon's gravitation pull
  • greenhouse gases
  • convection in the core
  • deep ocean currents
  • diverging plate boundaries

Question 20

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Magnetic stripes on the ocean floor are evidence of:
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  • carbon cycling
  • magnetic field reversal
  • earthquakes
  • transforming plate boundaries
  • diverging plate boundaries
  • converging plate boundaries
  • carbon dating
  • Potassium & Argon dating

Question 21

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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
  • older
  • younger
  • older

Question 22

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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
  • Rocks at the equator will form quicker
  • can determine the distance from the equator
  • steep angle at the poles

Question 23

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Ablation at the surface is a leading cause of mass loss in which ice sheet?
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  • Antarctica
  • Greenland

Question 24

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The photosynthetic rate and atmospheric carbon dioxide feedback is
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  • negative
  • positive

Question 25

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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
  • estimate atmospheric oxygen levels in the past
  • estimate rate of carbon burial in the past
  • determine the age of bones in your body

Question 26

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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
  • the origin of life could not have occurred at 100 degrees C as it is too hot for any kind of life to survive.
  • Theory and experiments demonstrate that organic compounds can be created from inorganic compounds via a chemical reaction.
  • the earliest life on the earth was probably some small plants

Question 27

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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
  • detritral pyrite
  • banded iron formations
  • detrital uranium
  • all of the above

Question 28

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Complete the residence time formula [blank_start]Reservoir size[blank_end] __________________ [blank_start]output (or input)[blank_end]
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  • Reservoir size
  • output (or input)

Question 29

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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
  • H20
  • H2CO3
  • HCO3
  • H+
  • CO3
  • 2H+

Question 30

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Which of the following are used to calculate carbon flux?
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  • Respiration
  • photosynthesis
  • burial
  • radioactive isotopes
  • magnetic strips
  • decay
  • weathering
  • oxygen minimum zone
  • Coriolis effect

Question 31

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Which was the first oxygenic photosynthetic organism was the
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  • eukaryote
  • cyanobacteria
  • hematite
  • methanogens
  • single-celled fungi

Question 32

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Label the rock cycle
Image:
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  • Igneous Rocks
  • Sediments
  • Sedimentary Rocks
  • Metamorphic Rocks

Question 33

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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
  • 2H20
  • 2CO2
  • Ca
  • 2HCO3
  • SiO2
  • H20

Question 34

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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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  • Ca
  • 2HCO3
  • CaCO3
  • H2O
  • CO2

Question 35

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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
  • CO3
  • H2O
  • 2HCO3
  • no net change
  • positive change
  • negative change
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