What does the term Lewisian Complex refer to?

a mountain range named for Meriwether Lewis

a series of valleys in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean

Where is the world’s highest plateau located?

southeastern Peru and western Bolivia

In geology, what is a meander?

extreme bend in a river or stream

The Solid Earth Quiz Quiz

8.

What section of the North American continental shelf, lying off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, is a major international fishing ground formed by the meeting of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream?

Grand Banks

North Sea

Lake Michigan

Outer Banks

1.

What is the full name of “The Rand,” the ridge of gold-yielding rock in Gauteng province, South Africa?

2.

What is the theory that posits large-scale horizontal movements of continents that occur over long episodes of geologic time?

3.

In geology, what is a monadnock?

4.

What is another name for a drowned river valley?

5.

What instrument is used to measure the ground oscillations produced by an earthquake?

6.

What is the name of the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau?

7.

Who was the first person to describe and apply a scientific measuring technique for determining the size of the Earth?

8.

What section of the North American continental shelf, lying off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, is a major international fishing ground formed by the meeting of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream?

9.

What is the broad, relatively shallow submarine platform that forms a border to a continent called?

10.

What was England’s richest natural resource for most of the 19th and 20th centuries?

11.

Which theory, formulated during the 1960s, deals with the dynamics of the Earth’s outer shell, the lithosphere?

12.

What does the term Lewisian Complex refer to?

13.

What is the primary device, in navigation or surveying, for finding direction on the surface of the Earth?

14.

What term refers to any sudden disturbance within the Earth that makes the ground shake?

15.

What kind of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma?

16.

What type of spring issues water at temperatures substantially higher than the surrounding air temperature?

17.

Which of these terms describes the rhythmic motion of water in lakes that is sometimes induced by earthquakes?

18.

What is the name of a fracture in the Earth’s crust where the rocks on either side are displaced relative to one another?

19.

Who was the American geographer and geologist who founded the science of geomorphology?

20.

What is a narrow strip of land connecting two large land areas otherwise separated by the sea?

21.

What name is given to the flat land area that is composed of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits adjacent to a stream?

22.

What name is given to a bench or step that extends along the side of the valley and represents a former level of the valley floor?

23.

Granite is an example of which rock type?

24.

What is the name for a deposit of windblown sand and clay weakly cemented by calcite?

25.

What do geologists call a broad bowl-shaped volcanic crater?

26.

Where is the world’s highest plateau located?

27.

In geology, what is a meander?

28.

The San Andreas Fault is located in which U.S. state?

29.

What is an aquifer?

30.

In geology, what term is used to describe the lowering of a land surface by wind erosion?

31.

Where is the Kalahari Desert, a large basinlike plain, located?

Time

1. What is the full name of “The Rand,” the ridge of gold-yielding rock in Gauteng province, South Africa?

2. What is the theory that posits large-scale horizontal movements of continents that occur over long episodes of geologic time?

3. In geology, what is a monadnock?

4. What is another name for a drowned river valley?

5. What instrument is used to measure the ground oscillations produced by an earthquake?

6. What is the name of the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau?

7. Who was the first person to describe and apply a scientific measuring technique for determining the size of the Earth?

8. What section of the North American continental shelf, lying off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, is a major international fishing ground formed by the meeting of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream?

9. What is the broad, relatively shallow submarine platform that forms a border to a continent called?

10. What was England’s richest natural resource for most of the 19th and 20th centuries?

11. Which theory, formulated during the 1960s, deals with the dynamics of the Earth’s outer shell, the lithosphere?

12. What does the term Lewisian Complex refer to?

13. What is the primary device, in navigation or surveying, for finding direction on the surface of the Earth?

14. What term refers to any sudden disturbance within the Earth that makes the ground shake?

15. What kind of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma?

16. What type of spring issues water at temperatures substantially higher than the surrounding air temperature?

17. Which of these terms describes the rhythmic motion of water in lakes that is sometimes induced by earthquakes?

18. What is the name of a fracture in the Earth’s crust where the rocks on either side are displaced relative to one another?

19. Who was the American geographer and geologist who founded the science of geomorphology?

20. What is a narrow strip of land connecting two large land areas otherwise separated by the sea?

21. What name is given to the flat land area that is composed of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits adjacent to a stream?

22. What name is given to a bench or step that extends along the side of the valley and represents a former level of the valley floor?

23. Granite is an example of which rock type?

24. What is the name for a deposit of windblown sand and clay weakly cemented by calcite?

25. What do geologists call a broad bowl-shaped volcanic crater?

26. Where is the world’s highest plateau located?

27. In geology, what is a meander?

28. The San Andreas Fault is located in which U.S. state?

29. What is an aquifer?

30. In geology, what term is used to describe the lowering of a land surface by wind erosion?

31. Where is the Kalahari Desert, a large basinlike plain, located?

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1.

What is the full name of “The Rand,” the ridge of gold-yielding rock in Gauteng province, South Africa?

2.

What is the theory that posits large-scale horizontal movements of continents that occur over long episodes of geologic time?

3.

In geology, what is a monadnock?

4.

What is another name for a drowned river valley?

5.

What instrument is used to measure the ground oscillations produced by an earthquake?

6.

What is the name of the Swiss-born American geologist, geographer, and educator whose extensive meteorological observations led to the founding of the U.S. Weather Bureau?

7.

Who was the first person to describe and apply a scientific measuring technique for determining the size of the Earth?

8.

What section of the North American continental shelf, lying off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, is a major international fishing ground formed by the meeting of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream?

9.

What is the broad, relatively shallow submarine platform that forms a border to a continent called?

10.

What was England’s richest natural resource for most of the 19th and 20th centuries?

11.

Which theory, formulated during the 1960s, deals with the dynamics of the Earth’s outer shell, the lithosphere?

12.

What does the term Lewisian Complex refer to?

13.

What is the primary device, in navigation or surveying, for finding direction on the surface of the Earth?

14.

What term refers to any sudden disturbance within the Earth that makes the ground shake?

15.

What kind of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma?

16.

What type of spring issues water at temperatures substantially higher than the surrounding air temperature?

17.

Which of these terms describes the rhythmic motion of water in lakes that is sometimes induced by earthquakes?

18.

What is the name of a fracture in the Earth’s crust where the rocks on either side are displaced relative to one another?

19.

Who was the American geographer and geologist who founded the science of geomorphology?

20.

What is a narrow strip of land connecting two large land areas otherwise separated by the sea?

21.

What name is given to the flat land area that is composed of unconsolidated sedimentary deposits adjacent to a stream?

22.

What name is given to a bench or step that extends along the side of the valley and represents a former level of the valley floor?

23.

Granite is an example of which rock type?

24.

What is the name for a deposit of windblown sand and clay weakly cemented by calcite?

25.

What do geologists call a broad bowl-shaped volcanic crater?

26.

Where is the world’s highest plateau located?

27.

In geology, what is a meander?

28.

The San Andreas Fault is located in which U.S. state?

29.

What is an aquifer?

30.

In geology, what term is used to describe the lowering of a land surface by wind erosion?

31.

Where is the Kalahari Desert, a large basinlike plain, located?