What is the accepted age of the Earth?

A) 10,000 years
B) 1 million years
C) 4.6 million years
D) 4.6 billion years


Answer: C

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The deepest well that has ever been drilled on the earth is ________ deep, about 1/500th of the radius of the earth

A) 40.5 km B) 31.4 km C) 12.3 km D) 20.7 km

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The Basin and Range Province of the American southwest is known for containing regions that display each stand of landscape evolution in an arid climate

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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How did the Red Sea, shown between Arabia and Africa in this figure, form?



A) Subduction of Arabia beneath Africa
B) Subduction of Africa beneath Arabia
C) A continental collision
D) Continental rifting followed by seafloor spreading
E) Transform faulting followed by a continental collision

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Transform boundaries

A) involve no destruction or creation of new crust. B) occur near subduction zones. C) involve destruction of crust as one plate slips beneath another. D) involve creation of crust as two plates collide.

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