1. Which of the following statements concerning slate is not true?

A) forms from shales and mudstones

B) has abundant, coarse-grained mica
C) rock cleavage is common
D) sedimentary features may be visible
2. Which term best describes an accumulation of angular rock fragments at the base of a steep,
bedrock
slope or cliff?
A) trellis slope
B) taliche slope
C) tellus slope
D) talus slope
3. ________ is a nonfoliated rock formed by contact metamorphism of a shale or mudstone.
A) Schist
B) Marble
C) Gneiss
D) Hornfels
4. What two, metamorphic rocks are composed predominantly of single minerals?
A) mica schist and granitic gneiss
B) fault breccia and graphitic schist
C) garnet schist and hornfels
D) marble and quartzite
5. A thrust fault is best described as ________.
A) a steeply inclined, oblique-slip fault
B) a low-angle, reverse fault
C) a vertical, normal fault
D) a near vertical, strike-slip fault
6. A ________ fault has little or no vertical movements of the two blocks.
A) vertical stick slip
B) oblique slip
C) strike slip
D) dip slip
7. What two factors speed up rates of chemical reaction and weathering in rocks and soils?
A) low temperatures; very dry
B) low temperatures; very moist
C) high temperatures; very dry
D) warm temperatures; very moist
8. Rainshadow deserts are common in ________.
A) vast, dry, steppe lands like the Great Plains
B) north central Africa
C) the dry valleys of eastern California and Nevada
D) Europe north of the Alps
9.The geostrophic wind results from a balance between:
A) Coriolis force and centripetal force.
B) centripetal force, pressure gradient force, and Coriolis force.
C) pressure gradient force and Coriolis force.
D) pressure gradient force, Coriolis force, and friction.
10. Occluded fronts:
A)form as fast-moving cold fronts overtake slower warm fronts.
B)are usually found at the end of a cyclone's life cycle.
C)are characterized by cool/cold air on both sides of the boundary.
D)All of these statements apply.
11. Which of the following forces is insignificant for microscale circulations?
A)Pressure gradient force.
B)Coriolis force.
C)Centripetal force.
D)Gravity.
12. Hurricanes have warm cores because:
A)the release of vast amounts of latent heat in showers and thunderstorms
B)adiabatic heating through subsidence in the eye
C)both "a" and "b"