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Quiz 4 Geology: 1. 2. Coal. 3. 4. 5

This document contains a 20 question quiz on geology. The questions cover topics like the formation of metamorphic rocks, types of faults, percentages of fresh water on Earth, divisions of geological time, and the age of formations like the Niger Delta Basin. The document tests fundamental knowledge of concepts in geology.

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Quiz 4 Geology: 1. 2. Coal. 3. 4. 5

This document contains a 20 question quiz on geology. The questions cover topics like the formation of metamorphic rocks, types of faults, percentages of fresh water on Earth, divisions of geological time, and the age of formations like the Niger Delta Basin. The document tests fundamental knowledge of concepts in geology.

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QUIZ 4

GEOLOGY
1. The metamorphic rock formed from pure limestone is; ANS: MARBLE
2. Which coal is considered a metamorphic rock? : ANS: ANTHRACITE
COAL.
3. The colour BLUE in topographic maps reveal; ANS: WATER.
4. What percentage of the earth water is fresh water?: ANS; 3%
5. In geological studies, a fault in the earth surface, along which horizontal
movement has taken place is; ANS: STRIKE SLIP FAULT.
6. The thickness of the continental crust is about; 35-40km
7. Which geological concept is described by the saying; “the past is key to the
present”? ANS: THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORMITARIANISM.
8. A volcano which is composed of lava flows and pyroclastic materials, steep
sided and very tall, is: ANS: COMPOSITE VOLCANO
9. Lateral offset in drainage lines is commonly associated with ------------faults?
STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS
10. In a structural basin, the youngest strata is found where? ANS: AT THE
CENTRE OF THE BASIN.
11. Which of these geologic eras is the youngest in the geologic timescale?:
EOCENE, PALEOCENE AND HOLOCENE, ANS: NONE OF THE ABOVE
12. The range of Nigerian crude oils is between ------------?ANS: 27°- 40°API
13. What is the term given to the Spontaneous emission of visible light by a
substance when exposed to ultra violet light. ANS: FLUORESCENCE
14. The geological time scale us broken into --------------.
---------------------------and ---------------------ANS: ERA, PERIOD AND EPOCH
15. The YOUNGEST era on the geological time scale is: ANS: CENOZOIC ERA
16. The OLDEST era on the geological time scale is: ANS: PALEOZOIC ERA

17. The Jurassic and triassic periods belong to what era: ANS: MESOZOIC ERA

18. The emergence of human being occurred in which era of the geologic
timescale; ANS: CENOZOIC

19. The emergence of large plants occurred in which period of the geologic
timescale; ANS: SILURIAN

20. When we say NIGER DELTA BASIN belong to the TERTIARY period, this
means: ANS: THIS MEANS THE BASIN IS ABOUT 6 TO 65 MILLION YEARS
OLD

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