Deck 2: Geological Terminology and Concepts: Part B

Question 1

Small pieces of rock moved from one part to other by wind and water, glacier is called as

A)erosion
B)rock flow
C)weathering
D)cementation

Answer 1

weathering

Question 2

naturally occurring, inorganic substance that does not have orderly arrangement of atoms is called as

A)lava
B)sediment
C)magma
D)meeraloid

Answer 2

meeraloid

Question 3

Small pieces of rocks are called as

A)pebbles
B)particles
C)sediments
D)chips

Answer 3

sediments

Question 4

Igneous rock changes to metamorphic rock by process of

A)magma cooling
B)compaction
C)heat & pressure
D)weathering and erosion

Question 5

The method of rock forming is called as

A)weathering cycle
B)rock cycle
C)magma cycle
D)rock formation

Question 6

Which classification of rock is not found in rock cycle ?

A)cemented rock
B)metamorphic rock
C)semdimentary rock
D)igneous rock

Question 7

Igneous rocks are formed by

A)weathering and erosion
B)heat and pressure
C)compaction and cementation
D)cooling of magma

Question 8

Large inverted mushroom-shaped intrusions that sag down in the middle due to dense rocks are called as

A)laccoliths
B)lopoliths
C)balnoliths
D)dikes

Question 9

How thick is the crust of the earth ?

A)about 4 miles
B)about 4 km
C)about 40 km
D)about 400 km

Question 10

What drives the internal heat of earth ?

A)volcanoes
B)radioactive elements
C)solar energy
D)ocean hides

Question 11

Which will be the parental rock for metamorphic rock ?

A)sedimentary
B)igneous
C)metamorphic
D)all of these

Question 12

Type of texture formed due to rapid cooling is

A)aphanitic
B)phaneritic
C)course grained
D)none of these

Question 13

Crust and lithosphere are having same meaning.

A)true
B)false
C)none
D)none.

Question 14

The curst of earth is static and stable.

A)true
B)false
C)none
D)none.

Question 15

The earth's external heat engine is not responsible for

A)climate
B)erosion
C)tides
D)winds

Question 16

The lithosphere is approximately thick.

A)50-100 km
B)100-200 km
C)5-10 km
D)1-2 km

Question 17

The element which is having highest volume per cent in the continental crust of earth is

A)aluminium
B)oxygen
C)iron
D)sodium

Question 18

What is the most common structural element of group silicate mineral ?

A)a silicon ? aluminium tetrahedron
B)a silicon ? nitrogen tetrahedron
C)a silicon ? oxygen tetrahedron
D)a silicon ? oxygen octahedron

Question 19

Diamond is having hardness number

A)10
B)7
C)1
D)2

Question 20

Plutonic type of rocks generally shows

A)fine grained texture
B)course grained texture
C)both b
D)none

Question 21

The study of rock deformation and geometry is known as

A)structural geology
B)geophysics
C)engineering geology
D)petrology

Question 22

Gatens shows lusture.

A)sub-metallic
B)metallic
C)viterious
D)pall

Question 23

Clacite shows sets of cleavage.

A)one set
B)two set
C)three set
D)four set

Question 24

The light coloured minerals shows lesser specific gravity than dark coloured minerals.