20 Questions
What was the name of the supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener in his Continental Drift Theory?
Pangaea
Which geological observation was NOT one of Alfred Wegener's principal observations supporting the Continental Drift Theory?
Alignment of magnetic fields in rocks
Which geological processes result in the building of structural and volcanic features like plateaus, rift valleys, and volcanic mountains?
Endogenic processes
Which era is known as the age of mammals according to the geological time scale?
Cenozoic Era
Which technique uses geological evidence to assign comparative ages to rocks?
Relative dating
What does geology study?
The evolution of the Earth, its materials, and the processes acting upon them
How is geological understanding obtained when no one was around to witness past events?
By using clues from what can be seen, measured, and inferred
What method can provide clues to the origin of rocks?
Geochemistry
Who explained the continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
What was the name of the single huge continent according to the continental drift theory?
Pangaea
What is the concept proposed by Wegener to explain the arrangement of continents and the distribution of fossils and mountain belts?
Supercontinent theory
Which geological observation was NOT one of Alfred Wegener's principal observations supporting the Continental Drift Theory?
Distribution of minerals
What is the largest unit of geological time on the geological time scale?
Eon
What are the endogenic geological processes that result in the building of structural and volcanic features like plateaus, rift valleys, and volcanic mountains?
Volcanic activity and tectonic processes
Which geological technique uses evidence to assign comparative ages to rocks?
Relative dating
What method can be used to find the ages of rocks, usually from the radioactive elements they contain?
Geochronology
Which Australian climatologist explained the continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
According to the continental drift theory, what were the earth's continents once bunched up together to form?
Pangaea and Thethys sea
Which geological process results in the building of structural and volcanic features like plateaus, rift valleys, and volcanic mountains?
Volcanism
What are the indirect methods that can provide clues for geological understanding?
Geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology
This quiz introduces the field of geology, an Earth science that studies the evolution of the earth, its materials, and the processes acting upon them. It emphasizes the inference-based understanding of geological events and the use of indirect methods to gather clues about the Earth's past.
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