Geosystems An Introduction To Physical Geography 10th Edition By Robert – Test Bank

Chapter 11 The Dynamic Planet
1) Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
A) plate tectonics – endogenic processes
B) volcanism – endogenic processes
C) radioactive decay heat – exogenic process
D) weathering – exogenic process
E) erosion – exogenic process
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.
2) Which of the following is an endogenic process?
A) weathering
B) stream deposition
C) volcanism
D) glacial erosion
E) wind erosion
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.
3) Which of the following is an exogenic process?
A) earthquakes
B) volcanism
C) flows of heat and materials in the mantle
D) weathering
E) radioactive decay
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.

4) The subfield of geography and geology concerned with the study of the origins, evolutions,
form, and spatial distribution of the Earth’s landforms is
A) geophysics.
B) lithology.
C) geomorphology.
D) pedology.
E) edaphology.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.
5) Which is the correct order of geologic time spans, from largest to smallest?
A) eon – era – period – epoch
B) epoch – period – era – eon
C) era -eon -epoch – period
D) epoch – era – period – eon
E) eon – epoch – period – era
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.
6) Which of the following is correct in regards to the geologic time scale?
A) An epoch is composed of one or more periods.
B) The largest defined unit is an eon or, according to some, a supereon.
C) An era is the smallest unit of geologic time.
D) Every period is composed of 2 epochs.
E) Boundaries between geologic time spans are based on equal interval divisions.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.

7) Boundaries between intervals of the geological time scale are determined by
A) dividing the time range of the interval by the number desired subdivisions, thereby creating
equal intervals between the divisions.
B) major events in the Earth’s history, such as major extinctions.
C) using a quantile method whereby the number of years in each subdivision is determined by
dividing the number of years by the desired number of classes.
D) climatic periods based on paleoclimatological reconstructions.
E) historical misunderstandings based on the principle of uniformitarianism; they remain as
relicts of this bygone scientific period.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.

Which of the following is correct regarding the geologic time scale?
A) The Jurassic period occurred during the Paleozoic era.
B) Over 87 percent of Earth’s history has elapsed during the more recent Cenozoic, Mesozoic,
and Paleozoic eras.
C) The bulk of Earth’s history has occurred during the Precambrian eon.
D) Modern humans live in the Tertiary period.
E) Flowering plants emerged in the Precambrian.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G3 Read and Interpret Graphs and Data.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.

The Precambrian Eon encompasses what percentage of Earth’s total history?
A) 0.04 %
B) 5%
C) 54.1%
D) 72.4%
E) 88.3%
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G3 Read and Interpret Graphs and Data.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.
10) The most recent epoch in the geologic time scale is the ________, though numerous
scientists agree we have entered a new epoch called the ________.
A) Pleistocene; Holocene
B) Pliocene; Pleistocene
C) Miocene; Pliocene
D) Oligocene; Miocene
E) Holocene; Anthropocene
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.
11) The principle that the same physical processes currently active in the environment were
operating throughout Earth’s history is known as
A) uniformitarianism.
B) catastrophism.
C) parallelism.
D) stasis.
E) ubiquity.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Chapter/Section: 11.1 Geologic Time and Change
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Geo Standard: N7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface.
Global Sci. LO: G7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections across Geography.
LO: 11.1 Discuss the time spans into which Earth’s geologic history is divided and explain the
principle of uniformitarianism.