PHSC/210 PHSC210 PHSC 210 Week 5 Quiz

Which of the following scientists is a good example of a catastrophist?

14C has a half-life of ____________ years.

Choose the composite volcano

Rocks exhibit the greatest amount of _____ strength.

What type of fossil is formed by the preservation of skeletal parts of the organism?

Choose the false statement regarding the events of the eruption of Mount St. Helens

A crystal is sampled for radiometric dating. There is 12.5% parent and 87.5% daughter in the crystal Assuming that the system has remained closed, how many half-lives has the parent undergone?

You are flying over California and notice a fault offsetting the rows of trees in an orange orchard.  The far side of the orchard (on the other side of the fault) has moved to the left.  You would likely be looking at a(n)

Young-Earth creationists have found measureable amounts of Carbon-14 in which of the following?

An instrument used to measure and record the magnitude of an earthquake is called a(n)

All of the following happened during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens except

Uniformitarianism can be summed up as:

If you are flying over a mountain and see sedimentary layers making an outline in the shape of an overturned cereal bowl, the feature would be called a(n)

In what types of fault does the hanging wall move at a low angle over the foot wall?

Which form of radioactive decay involves a nucleus ejecting two protons and two neutrons from its nucleus?

The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and the events thereafter demonstrated

The movement of a slinky® best represents

The most dangerous type of volcano on earth is typically the

Man has never drilled or dug a hole that penetrates all the way through the earth’s crust.

Objects are often thrown up into the air during Mercalli I earthquakes.

A slinky vibrates in a similar way to an “S” wave.

The two types of body waves are “P” and “S.”

Anthropologists are scientists who study fossils.

When sediments are first formed, they are deposited in roughly horizontal sheets.

Name and describe three of Dr. Steve Austin’s contributions to earth science following his study of the Mt. St. Helens eruption.  Don’t simply copy from the book.  Your answers must be at least one paragraph in length.