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