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EAOS111 PASS Exam Session Quiz
EAOS111 PASS Exam Session Quiz
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1
Neritic sediments are those which originate from..
Volcanoes
Space
Continents
Oceans
2
The Coriolis effect deflects motion to the....
Right in the Southern Hemisphere
Right in the Northern Hemisphere
Left at the equator
Left in the Northern Hemisphere
3
Does nutrient content in the ocean increase or decrease with depth?
Increase
Decrease
4
There is no liquid water on mars because.... (2 Answers)
Close To The Sun (Hot!)
Thick Atmosphere
Weak Gravitational Field
Thin Atmosphere
5
Which is more dense?
Oceanic Crust
Continental Crust
6
The gradient of a stream _____________ downstream.
Increases
Decreases
7
Earth's magnetic field is controlled by its rotation and the...
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Inner core
Outer core
8
Achondrites are representative of what layer of the earth?
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
Crust
9
Which of these is an example of an organism found within Phylum Echinodermata?
Sponge
Mollusc
Starfish
Cephalopods
10
What type of river is this?
Plaited
Wandering
Braided
Meandering
11
The MOHO is....
The boundary between the Outer Core and Inner Core
The boundary between the Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
The boundary between the Crust and Mantle
The boundary between the Mantle and the Outer Core
12
True or false: P waves can travel through liquid
False
True
13
La Nina causes...
Higher temperatures in Australia/Indonesia
Increased rainfall in South America
Higher Temperatures in South America
Droughts in Australia/ indonesia
14
Which of these factors which affect climate can be an antropogenic (human) factor?
Greenhouse gas fluctuations
Opening and closing of oceanographic gateways
Uplift and weathering
Sea level rise and fall
15
What type of plate boundary produces the most hazards?
Divergent plate boundaries
Transform plate boundaries
Convergent plate boundaries
16
In the marine food web....
Big organisms depend on small organisms
Big and small organisms depend on each other equally
Small organisms depend on big organisms
17
What is discharge?
The distance the water travels in a given amount of time
The amount of sediment being transported within the water
The volume of water to pass a given point per unit of time
width x average depth
18
What type of faults are found at subduction zones?
Normal Fault
Reverse Fault
Strike-Slip Fault
19
Changing the temperature of water can also change....
Solubility of gases
Density
All of the above
Heat capacity
20
Which has a lower freezing temperature, seawater or freshwater?
Seawater
Freshwater
21
Which has more complex internal walls, Nautiloids or Ammonoids?
Ammonoids
Nautiloids
22
Which of these, if melted, will influence sea levels?
Sea ice
Ice sheets
Both
23
Which Phylum do humans belong to ?
Phylum Chordata
Phylum Arthropoda
Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Porifera
24
What type of fault is this?
Normal fault
Reverse fault
Strike-Slip fault
25
Which geological period was the first to have multi-cellular organisms?
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Pre-Cambrian
26
Is the ocean a sink or source of CO
2
?
Source
Sink
27
What is the equation for seismic moment?
Mo=ALD
Mo=μWD
Mo=LWD
Mo=μLWD
28
What drives plate tectonics?
Weathering
Mid Ocean Ridges
Geodetics
Mantle convection
29
Soil consists of.....
Minerals and weathered rock fragments
Organic matter
All of the above
Water and gases
30
Where are carbonate shells preserved?
At the CCD
Cool, deep ocean
Warm, shallow ocean
31
Where is the Photic Zone?
The ≈ 200m - 1000m (depth) section of the ocean
The ≈ 4000m - 10,000m (depth) section of the ocean
The ≈ 1000m - 4000m (depth) section of the ocean
The first ≈ 100m (depth) of the ocean
32
During which geological period did Gondwana break apart, opening the Southern Ocean?
Miocene
Triassic
Oligocene
Eocene
33
Which waves are faster?
P waves
S waves
34
Higher biodiversity is generally found at...
Western basins, low latitudes
Eastern basins, low latitudes
Eastern basins, high latitudes
Western basins, high latitudes
35
The total amount of particles of all sizes that can be carried by a stream is its.......
capacity
containability
competence
compliance
36
True or False: Hydrolysis is where Minerals dissolve in water
False
True
37
Streams with no base flow are called....
Non-phemeral
Ephemeral
Eeperennial
Perennial
38
Which of these is a feature of a temperate glacier?
No outwash plain
Slow flow
Below pressure melting point
Much basal sliding
39
The presence of craters on the moon indicates that the moon has......
Active Plate Tectonics
No Atmosphere
No Gravity
Martians
40
Which mass extinction event caused the greatest number of species to go extinct?
Devonian
Ordovician-Silurian
Permian-Triassic (250 mya)
K-Pg (66 mya)
41
Sillicious ooze is made up of...
foraminifera, coccolithophores
diatoms, foraminifera
diatoms, radiolarians
coccolithophores, radiolarians
42
The most likely theory for the origin of the moon is?
Planetary Twin
Giant Impact
Capture
Aliens
43
Venus' CO
2
levels in the atmosphere have caused a ....
Runaway Glasshouse effect
Runaway Gas house effect
Runaway Ice house effect
Runaway Greenhouse effect
44
If the density of water is dependent on temperature, which is more dense : Ice or Liquid Water?
Ice
Liquid Water
45
Where does glacial ice accumulate?
Regions where winter snowfall exceeds summer melt
Regions where summer melt exceeds winter snowfall
Regions where summer snowfall exceeds winter melt
Cold places
46
True or false: El Nino is the cold phase of the ENSO
True
False
47
Neap Tides occur when ....
The moon, sun and earth are 90 degrees to each other
The moon, sun and earth are all aligned
48
What element was found in rocks which gives clues to what happened during the K-Pg extinction?
Uranium
Radon
Mercury
Iridium
49
Where is deep water formed?
Close to the equator
Low latitudes
Low longitudes
Close to the poles
50
New Zealand is an example of a....
Convergent plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Complex plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
51
In a soil profile, which horizon contains the organic rich humus?
B Horizon
O Horizon
A Horizon
C Horizon
52
During which major extinction event did the trilobites go extinct?
Ordovician-Silurian (450 mya)
Permian-Triassic (250 mya)
Cretaceous-Tertiary (65 mya)
Late Devonian (360 mya)
53
What are the 4 layers of the Atmosphere?
Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere
Thermometersphere, Minisphere, Stratosphere, Geosphere
Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Splatosphere, Biosphere
Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere
54
Where is most marine sediments found?
Deep ocean floor
Continental shelves
Continental slopes
Continental rises
55
Halite is a type of...
Authigenic Sediment
Volcanogenic Sediment
Terrigenous Sediment
Biogenic Sediment
