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9,600 | NDQ_005584 | precambrian plate tectonics | evidence for the breakup of rodinia includes | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Large mountain ranges where continents came together., b. Large lava flows where continents rifted apart., c. Subduction zones where the continents rifted apart., d. All of these. | b |
9,601 | NDQ_005585 | precambrian plate tectonics | the breakup of rodinia may have triggered snowball earth. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,602 | NDQ_005586 | precambrian plate tectonics | precambrian plate tectonic processes after about 2 billion years after earth formed were | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. More like plate tectonics on Venus than on the modern Earth., b. More like plate tectonics on the Moon than on the modern Earth., c. Similar to modern plate tectonics., d. Much faster than modern plate tectonics. | c |
9,603 | NDQ_005587 | precambrian plate tectonics | only about 25% of the continental landmass present today was part of rodinia. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,604 | NDQ_005588 | precambrian plate tectonics | the supercontinent rodinia contained all of the continents on earth before 2 billion years ago. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,605 | NDQ_005589 | precambrian plate tectonics | the supercontinent of rodinia was complete when laurentia collided with rodinia. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,606 | NDQ_005590 | precambrian plate tectonics | after rodinia broke apart, oceans formed between the continents by the process | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Seafloor spreading., b. Subduction., c. Mountain building., d. Continental rifting. | a |
9,607 | NDQ_005641 | preventing hazardous waste problems | this country is currently the largest producer of hazardous waste. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. China, b. United States, c. Europe, d. Australia | b |
9,608 | NDQ_005642 | preventing hazardous waste problems | the government must oversee the superfund act because bo other organization is big enough to direct large corporations. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,609 | NDQ_005643 | preventing hazardous waste problems | the resource conservation and recovery act of 1976 requires | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Companies to keep track of hazardous material produced, b. Companies to keep track of hazardous waste disposed, c. That workers must be protected from hazardous materials, d. All of the above | a |
9,610 | NDQ_005644 | preventing hazardous waste problems | which of these is not hazardous? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Pesticides, b. Batteries, c. Vinegar, d. Gasoline | c |
9,611 | NDQ_005645 | preventing hazardous waste problems | it is okay to dispose hazardous material down the drain. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,612 | NDQ_005646 | preventing hazardous waste problems | china produces a tremendous amount of hazardous waste because | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The Chinese people have the highest standard of living on average., b. The Chinese produce many products for the developed nations., c. The Chinese use production standards that are so high they create toxic waste., d. None of these. | b |
9,613 | NDQ_005647 | preventing hazardous waste problems | new york, michigan and california are the only locations of superfund sites. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,614 | NDQ_005648 | preventing hazardous waste problems | it is easier and cheaper to clean up a toxic waste site than to prevent the site from being contaminated in the first place. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,615 | NDQ_005649 | preventing hazardous waste problems | who oversees the cleanup a superfund site if the responsible party cannot? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The state government., b. The federal government., c. The people who are most affected by the toxic waste., d. It will not be cleaned up. | b |
9,616 | NDQ_005650 | preventing hazardous waste problems | what can individuals do to lessen the creation of toxic waste problems? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Use materials that are not hazardous., b. Use small amounts of hazardous materials., c. Dispose of hazardous materials properly., d. All of these. | d |
9,617 | NDQ_005651 | principle of horizontality | sedimentary rocks are laid down | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Vertically, b. Diagonally, c. Horizontally, d. None of the above | c |
9,618 | NDQ_005652 | principle of horizontality | the classic location to see layer cake geology is | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The Grand Canyon, b. The Himalayas, c. Hawaii, d. The Central Valley | a |
9,619 | NDQ_005653 | principle of horizontality | a lake fills with sediment and then is buried and the sediment is lithified into sedimentary rock. the first sediment to fall to the lakebed will be | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. In the rocks that are on the top., b. Swept away by bottom currents., c. In rocks spread throughout the layers., d. In the rocks that are on the bottom. | d |
9,620 | NDQ_005654 | principle of horizontality | some volcanic rock types are laid down horizontally. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,621 | NDQ_005655 | principle of horizontality | if a group of sedimentary rocks is lying diagonally, they | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Were laid down diagonally., b. Were laid down vertically, but were tilted., c. Were laid down horizontally, but were tilted., d. Were laid down randomly, but were tilted. | c |
9,622 | NDQ_005656 | principle of horizontality | sedimentary rocks are useful for deciphering the geological history of an area. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,623 | NDQ_005657 | principle of horizontality | the grand canyon is a favorite location for geologists because | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. It has a tremendous amount of mineral resources., b. It exposes the geologic history of the region like a storybook., c. It is a fabulous site for fossils., d. All of the above | b |
9,624 | NDQ_005658 | principle of horizontality | deformation can | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Tilt a group of horizontal sedimentary layers to another position., b. Produce geologic structures such as folds., c. Cause earthquakes., d. All of the above | d |
9,625 | NDQ_005659 | principle of horizontality | the rocks at the bottom of the grand canyon do not have layers. they are sedimentary rocks that were laid down vertically. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,626 | NDQ_005660 | principle of horizontality | fossils found in the top layer of sedimentary rocks are the oldest. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,627 | NDQ_005661 | principle of uniformitarianism | the principle of uniformitarianism states that processes operate | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. In an unknowable manner., b. Randomly; past processes may or may not be similar to present processes., c. Differently in at present than they did in the past., d. The same way at present as they did in the past. | d |
9,628 | NDQ_005662 | principle of uniformitarianism | the idea of uniformitarianism was recognized by | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Harry Hess, b. Alfred Wegener, c. James Hutton, d. Jacques Cousteau | c |
9,629 | NDQ_005663 | principle of uniformitarianism | a rock that is made of sand of roughly the same size probably formed in | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. A sand dune, b. A deep sea environment., c. A coral reef environment., d. An ancient river. | a |
9,630 | NDQ_005664 | principle of uniformitarianism | geologists can identify that wind changed direction in ancient sandstone from | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Ripple marks., b. Very fine layering., c. Cross bedding., d. Devil’s holes. | c |
9,631 | NDQ_005665 | principle of uniformitarianism | ripple marks are caused by sand slumping down a dune face. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,632 | NDQ_005666 | principle of uniformitarianism | without the principle of uniformitarianism geologists could not understand earth history. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,633 | NDQ_005667 | principle of uniformitarianism | rocks can form in or on | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Volcanoes, b. Oceans, c. Rivers, d. All of the above | d |
9,634 | NDQ_005668 | principle of uniformitarianism | navajo sandstone formed from volcanic eruptions. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,635 | NDQ_005669 | principle of uniformitarianism | if cross-bedded sandstone forms in dunes today, it probably formed in dunes in the ancient past. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,636 | NDQ_005670 | principle of uniformitarianism | the idea that the present is the key to the past is called the principle of geology. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,637 | NDQ_005671 | principles of relative dating | original horizontality is when true | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Sediments are deposited fairly flat, horizontal layers., b. Sediments are deposited in continuous sheets that span across a body of water., c. Sedimentary rocks are layered one on top of another by age., d. All of the above | a |
9,638 | NDQ_005672 | principles of relative dating | according to nicholas steno, if a rock at the top of a mountain contains fossils of marine animals, that rock formed in the sea and was uplifted into a mountain. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,639 | NDQ_005673 | principles of relative dating | superpostion is when _______________________. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Sediments are deposited fairly flat, horizontal layers., b. Sediments are deposited in continuous sheets that span across a body of water., c. Sedimentary rocks are layered one on top of another by age., d. All of the above | c |
9,640 | NDQ_005674 | principles of relative dating | the oldest rocks are found ____________________ of a sequence. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. At the top, b. In the middle, c. At the bottom, d. None of the above | c |
9,641 | NDQ_005675 | principles of relative dating | if the same sedimentary rock layer is found on either side of a valley | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The rocks on one side were moved across by earthquake action., b. The rock formed in the same environment and the valley was cut into the rock later., c. The rocks look the same, but they are two separate rocks formed in two separate ways., d. There is something wrong, because this could never happen in nature. | b |
9,642 | NDQ_005676 | principles of relative dating | which of the following is true about fossils? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Some fossils types are never found together., b. Younger fossils display more modern features than older fossils., c. Fossil species with features that change distinctly and rapidly can be used to determine ages precisely., d. All of these. | d |
9,643 | NDQ_005677 | principles of relative dating | fossils of human ancestors have been found with dinosaur fossils. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,644 | NDQ_005678 | principles of relative dating | if an igneous dike cuts across metamorphic rock layers, | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. We know that the metamorphic rocks are older., b. We know that the igneous rock dike is older., c. We cannot know which formed first., d. We know that they both formed at the same time. | a |
9,645 | NDQ_005679 | principles of relative dating | in the grand canyon, | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The horizontal rock layers are sedimentary rocks that were deposited horizontally., b. The rock layers are found separated by valleys so they are laterally continuous., c. The Colorado River is younger than the rocks it cuts across., d. All of the above are true | d |
9,646 | NDQ_005680 | principles of relative dating | feathered dinosaurs preceded birds in the fossil record. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,647 | NDQ_005681 | processes of the water cycle | this drives the water cycle. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The ocean, b. The sun, c. The core, d. The air | b |
9,648 | NDQ_005682 | processes of the water cycle | when water changes from a liquid to a gas. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Precipitation, b. Condensation, c. Evaporation, d. Hydration | c |
9,649 | NDQ_005683 | processes of the water cycle | rain, sleet, hail, or snow are examples of this. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Precipitation, b. Condensation, c. Evaporation, d. Hydration | a |
9,650 | NDQ_005684 | processes of the water cycle | which of these is an example of sublimation? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Ice changing to water, b. Water changing to ice, c. Water vapor changing to a cloud, d. Snow changing into a gas | d |
9,651 | NDQ_005685 | processes of the water cycle | plants do this process where water vapor can go into the air through the leaves. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Sublimation, b. Condensation, c. Transpiration, d. Precipitation | c |
9,652 | NDQ_005686 | processes of the water cycle | another name for the water cycle is this. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Atmospheric cycle, b. Lithospheric cycle, c. Biospheric cycle, d. Hydrological cycle | d |
9,653 | NDQ_005687 | processes of the water cycle | the only reason plants can grow in arid regions is that there is a lot of water trapped in the soil. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,654 | NDQ_005688 | processes of the water cycle | when atmospheric temperature rises sea level __________ because __________. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Rises; ice caps and glaciers melt, b. Falls; ice caps and glaciers grow, c. Rises; ice caps and glaciers grow, d. Falls; ice caps and glaciers melt | a |
9,655 | NDQ_005689 | processes of the water cycle | water can be stored for future use in snow and ice. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,656 | NDQ_005690 | processes of the water cycle | as far back as the roman empire, humans diverted water to suit their own needs. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,657 | NDQ_005691 | protecting water from pollution | epa stands for | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Environmental Police Agency, b. Electric Protection Agency, c. Environmental Protection Agency, d. Engenious Policing Agency | c |
9,658 | NDQ_005692 | protecting water from pollution | water quality standards are set by __________, in accordance with the __________ act. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The EPA; Clean Water, b. State governments; Clean Environment, c. The federal government; Environmental Protection, d. Clean Water Association; Water Quality | a |
9,659 | NDQ_005693 | protecting water from pollution | the first step of treating wastewater is | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. De-oxidizing the wastes., b. Chemically purifying the water to be drinking water., c. Exposing the water to ultraviolet radiation for cleanliness., d. Removing the large and small particles. | d |
9,660 | NDQ_005694 | protecting water from pollution | which of these is a wastewater contaminant? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Suspended solids, b. Dissolved inorganic compounds, c. Bacteria, d. All of the above | d |
9,661 | NDQ_005695 | protecting water from pollution | some water is purified enough for spreading on grass and some water is purified enough for drinking. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,662 | NDQ_005696 | protecting water from pollution | water purification produces useable water by removing _____________. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Solids and particles, b. Bacteria, c. Sediments, d. A & B | b |
9,663 | NDQ_005697 | protecting water from pollution | repairing automobile or boat engine leaks right away helps to protect water. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,664 | NDQ_005698 | protecting water from pollution | when you take your dog to the park, you should leave its waste in place to act as fertilizer for nearby plants. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,665 | NDQ_005699 | protecting water from pollution | to keep water from being polluted, individuals can | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Be sure storm drains are kept clean., b. Repair engine leaks immediately., c. Use chemicals in the house and yard as little as possible and always following directions., d. All of these. | d |
9,666 | NDQ_005700 | protecting water from pollution | keeping pollutants from getting into the water system is better than cleaning the water up after it is polluted. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,667 | NDQ_005702 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | radioactive isotopes are __________ and spontaneously change by ____________. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Unstable; Adding or subtracting particles, b. Unstable; keeping their particles, c. Stable; Gaining or losing particles, d. Stable; keeping their particles | a |
9,668 | NDQ_005703 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | radioactive decay of an isotope leads to the formation of a ____________ product. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Unstable daughter, b. Stable parent, c. Unstable parent, d. Stable daughter | d |
9,669 | NDQ_005704 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | if a radioactive isotope loses an alpha particle its charge changes by | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The loss of two negatives., b. The loss of two positives., c. The addition of one positive., d. The loss of one negative. | b |
9,670 | NDQ_005705 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | if two half-lives have passed, this percent of the parent isotope remains. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. 100%, b. 50%, c. 25%, d. 12.5% | c |
9,671 | NDQ_005706 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | if 75% of the daughter is produced, this many half-lives have passed. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. 0, b. 1, c. 2, d. 3 | c |
9,672 | NDQ_005707 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | a half life is the time it takes for half of the parent isotopes to change into daughter isotopes. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,673 | NDQ_005708 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | radiometric decay | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Is exponential, b. Is constant, c. Plateaus, d. None of the above | a |
9,674 | NDQ_005709 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | this team of physicists discovered the spontaneous emission of particles that they called radioactivity. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Steno and Sutton, b. Pierre and Marie Curie, c. Watson and Crick, d. Darwin and Wallace | b |
9,675 | NDQ_005710 | radioactive decay as a measure of age | a radioactive isotope pair is only useful for as long as there is enough daughter to be able to count. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,676 | NDQ_005711 | radiometric dating | radiometric dating is used to estimate the age of a material by | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Counting the amount of parent isotope., b. Counting the amount of daughter isotope., c. Knowing or calculating the half life of parent to daughter., d. All of these. | d |
9,677 | NDQ_005712 | radiometric dating | radiometric dating only works for materials of these ages because | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Young materials; the amount of parent isotope gets too low to count., b. Old materials; the amount of daughter isotope gets too low to count., c. All ages; different isotope pairs have different half lives., d. None of these. | c |
9,678 | NDQ_005713 | radiometric dating | radiometric dating uses the rate of decay of unstable isotopes to calculate the absolute ages of fossils and rocks. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,679 | NDQ_005714 | radiometric dating | carbon-14 dating is used for dating human remains and artifacts because | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. The half life is right for dating materials of those ages., b. Human fossils and materials earlier humans used often contain carbon., c. The method is useful for materials that are between 100 and 50,000 years old., d. All of these. | d |
9,680 | NDQ_005715 | radiometric dating | carbon-14 decays to carbon-12 with a half-life of 5,730 years. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,681 | NDQ_005716 | radiometric dating | carbon dating measures when the organism died because only then does | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Carbon -14 decay to carbon-12., b. Carbon-14 decay to nitrogen-14, c. Carbon-12 decay to carbon-14., d. None of these. | b |
9,682 | NDQ_005717 | radiometric dating | in potassium-argon dating | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Potassium-40 decays to argon-40, b. The parent isotope as a half-life of 1.26 million years, c. The technique can be used only in organic materials, d. All of the above | a |
9,683 | NDQ_005718 | radiometric dating | which is a limitation of radiometric dating? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Radiometric dating can be done only on sedimentary rock and plant fossils., b. There must be carbon-12 in the material., c. Both the amount of parent and daughter must be measureable., d. All of the above. | c |
9,684 | NDQ_005719 | radiometric dating | potassium-argon and uranium-lead dating are useful for very young materials. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | b |
9,685 | NDQ_005720 | radiometric dating | uranium-lead has been used to calculate the ages of zircon crystals that are 4.4 billion years old. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,686 | NDQ_005721 | reducing air pollution | which of these is not one of the six major pollutants regulated by the clean air act? | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Lead, b. Carbon Monoxide, c. Carbon dioxide, d. Ozone | c |
9,687 | NDQ_005722 | reducing air pollution | a catalyst _______________ a chemical reaction. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Speeds up, b. Slows down, c. Keeps constant, d. None of the above | a |
9,688 | NDQ_005723 | reducing air pollution | catalytic converters | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Break down nitrous oxides, carbon monoxide, and VOCs., b. Break down pollutants the entire time the car is running., c. Make the car more fuel efficient., d. All of the above. | a |
9,689 | NDQ_005724 | reducing air pollution | in a hybrid vehicle, the car is powered by | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. An internal combustion engine., b. A battery that is charged by energy collected during braking., c. Electricity., d. A & B | d |
9,690 | NDQ_005725 | reducing air pollution | plug-in hybrids run for a longer time on electricity than regular hybrids. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,691 | NDQ_005726 | reducing air pollution | a fuel cell converts chemical energy into _____________. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Nuclear energy, b. Electrical energy, c. Solar energy, d. Hydrological Energy | b |
9,692 | NDQ_005727 | reducing air pollution | before being released from power plants, sulfur and nitric oxides | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Can be filtered out., b. Can be neutralized with bases., c. Can be broken down by catalysts., d. All of these. | c |
9,693 | NDQ_005728 | reducing air pollution | these help to remove particles and waste gases from exhaust using liquids or neutralizing materials. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Filters, b. Water treatment, c. Fans, d. Scrubbers | d |
9,694 | NDQ_005729 | reducing air pollution | in gasification, this rock is heated to extremely high temperature to create syngas, which is then filtered. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Granite, b. Coal, c. Limestone, d. Halite | b |
9,695 | NDQ_005730 | reducing air pollution | the six major pollutants have decreased by more than 50% since the clean air act of 1970 was implemented. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. True, b. False | a |
9,696 | NDQ_005731 | reducing ozone destruction | the initial ban on cfcs was done based on | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Measurements of ozone levels by the British Antarctic Survey., b. Skin cancer levels in people who lived in the far northern and southern latitudes., c. Calculations of what would happen when CFCs reached the stratosphere., d. None of these. | c |
9,697 | NDQ_005732 | reducing ozone destruction | cfcs stand for ___________. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Chlorofluorocarbon, b. Chlorineflourinecarbon, c. Carbofluorochloro, d. Carbochlorflouro | a |
9,698 | NDQ_005733 | reducing ozone destruction | cfcs that reach the stratosphere release chlorine atoms that destroy _________. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Carbon dioxide, b. Water, c. Oxygen, d. Ozone | d |
9,699 | NDQ_005734 | reducing ozone destruction | the united states and most scandinavian countries banned ________ that were found to contain cfcs. | null | null | Multiple Choice | a. Spray cans, b. Nail polish, c. Toilet Cleaner, d. Water | a |
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