Exploring Geology - Basic Processes amulyam quiZ answers

See All Answers in TABLE CLICK HERE 1 of 20: The wearing away of soil and rock by the action of streams, glaciers, waves, wind, underground water, and gravity.
A) Erosion (63%)
B) Deposition (20%)
C) Transportation (11%)
D) Lithification (6%)
Answer : A
2 of 20: The laying-down of rock-forming material by any natural agent.
A) Intrusion (10%)
B) Melting (21%)
C) Deposition (52%)
D) Metamorphism (16%)
Answer : C
3 of 20: Conversion of newly deposited sediment into a solid rock.
A) Erosion (9%)
B) Exhumation (27%)
C) Extrusion (21%)
D) Lithification (43%)
Answer : D
4 of 20: Process of exposing previously buried rock at the Earth's surface by removal (erosion) of the material on top of it.
A) Extrusion (23%)
B) Sedimentary Rock (39%)
C) Melting (14%)
D) Exhumation (54%)
Answer : D
5 of 20: Naturally occuring molten rock material generated and found within the Earth.
A) Sedimentary Rock (24%)
B) Lava (33%)
C) Magma (43%)
D) Igneous Rock (11%)
Answer : C
6 of 20: Lava is just Magma above the Earth's surface.
A) True (73%)
B) False (27%)
Answer : A
7 of 20: Rock formed by cooling and solidification of lava above the Earth's surface.
A) Intrusive Igneous Rock (17%)
B) Extrusive Igneous Rock (41%)
C) Lava (16%)
D) Metamorphic Rock (25%)
Answer : B
8 of 20: A layered rock resulting from the consolidation of sediment.
A) Sedimentary Rock (48%)
B) Extrusive Igneous Rock (21%)
C) Metamorphic Rock (24%)
D) Intrusive Igneous Rock (7%)
Answer : A
9 of 20: Destructive process by which rocks are changed on exposure to atmospheric agents at or near the Earth's surface with little or no transport of loosened or altered material.
A) Deposition (28%)
B) Weathering (56%)
C) Exhumation (10%)
D) Erosion (5%)
Answer : B
10 of 20: Solid fragmented material transported and deposited that forms in layers of loose, unconsolidated material.
A) Lithification (18%)
B) Metamorphic Rock (34%)
C) Magma (18%)
D) Sediment (51%)
Answer : D
11 of 20: Emission of magma onto the Earth's surface.
A) Erosion (10%)
B) Intrusion (15%)
C) Extrusion (48%)
D) Exhumation (27%)
Answer : C
12 of 20: Region with less than all of the voids between the dirt or rock filled.
A) Unsaturated Zone (36%)
B) Water Table (29%)
C) Saturated Zone (27%)
D) Run Off (8%)
Answer : A
13 of 20: Movement of water through the soil surface into the ground.
A) Baseflow (27%)
B) Infiltration (40%)
C) Run Off (24%)
D) Through Flow (8%)
Answer : B
14 of 20: Surface flow of water that appears after precipitation.
A) Infiltration (24%)
B) Run Off (36%)
C) Base Flow (29%)
D) Through Flow (11%)
Answer : B
15 of 20: Discharge of water to the atmosphere by plants.
A) Condensation (13%)
B) Precipitation (14%)
C) Evaporation (33%)
D) Transpiration (39%)
Answer : D
16 of 20: Flow of water in the saturated zone under the influence of gravity.
A) Precipitation (26%)
B) Run Off (20%)
C) Transpiration (21%)
D) Base Flow (32%)
Answer : D
17 of 20: Any or all forms of water particles that fall from the atmosphere.
A) Condensation (35%)
B) Evaporation (25%)
C) Transpiration (22%)
D) Precipitation (19%)
Answer : D
18 of 20: Process by which water vapor becomes a liquid.
A) Condensation (50%)
B) Transpiration (21%)
C) Infiltration (14%)
D) Precipitation (15%)
Answer : A
19 of 20: Process by which water goes from a liquid to a gas.
A) Transpiration (11%)
B) Evaporation (55%)
C) Precipitation (22%)
D) Condensation (12%)
Answer : B
20 of 20: Boundary between unsaturated and saturated zones.
A) Water Boundary (35%)
B) Flow Line (29%)
C) Saturated Line (22%)
D) Water Table (54%)
Answer : D

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All Answers in table

SNO	ANSWER
1	A
2	C
3	D
4	D
5	C
6	A
7	B
8	A
9	B
10	D
11	C
12	A
13	B
14	B
15	D
16	D
17	D
18	A
19	B
20	D
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