Geology Exam: Match The Following! Trivia Quiz 1

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Which of the following lists the rocks in the order of increasing grain size and increasing grade of metamorphism?

Schist, slate, phyllite

Slate, phyllite, schist

Slate, schist, phyllite

How do the strength and cohesion of clay-rich regolith or soil change with the addition of water?

Water reduces the strength of clays but raises the cohesion of the soil

Water increases the strength and cohesion

Water lowers the strength and cohesion

Which mass wasting process has the slowest rate of movement?

Rock avalanche

Solifluction

Creep

Which of the following statements concerning mudflows is not true?

In hilly areas, mudflows move down the canyons and stream valleys

Mudflows deposit talus slopes

Mudflows can move and carry very large boulders and other coarse debris

At the head of a delta, the major channel splits into smaller channels that follow different paths to the sea. These smaller channels are known as

Exotributaries

Distributaries

Contributaries

are components of the hydrologic cycle that release water vapor directly to the atmosphere.

Runoff and infiltration

Evaporation and transpiration

Precipitation and runoff

Volcanic bombs originate

As laser-guided, granite blocks launched from a supersonic jet

As blocks of volcanic rock ejected from an erupting volcanic crater

As erupted magma blobs that partly congeal before falling to the ground

tend to increase the explosive potential of a magma body beneath a volcano.

High viscosity and dissolved gas

High viscosity; low dissolved gas content

Low silica content, low viscosity

Which one of the following statements concerning volcanic blocks and bombs is true?

Blocks are broken fragments of solid rocks; bombs have smaller sizes than lapilli

Bombs are guided to Earth by laser beams; blocks fall anywhere

Bombs are ejected as magma lumps; blocks are ejected as solid fragments

Which type of volcanism is typical of mid-oceanic ridge systems?

Submarine, basaltic lava flows

Fissure eruptions; flood basalts fields

Explosive; rhyolitic, pyroclastic flows

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