What type of fault results in younger rock lying beneath older rock?

What is the general term that geologists assign to any process that involves a deformation that changes the Earth’s surface?

What is the scientific principle under which sediments are assumed to be deposited in flat-lying layers?

Which region in the following diagram corresponds to ultraviolet (UV) radiation?

Which of the following is not a source of information about Earth’s mantle?

Where do short-period comets (those with an orbital period of 200 years or less) originate?

Which of the following statements is true about the Earth’s crust?   I. It “floats” on the mantle.   II. It constitutes less than 1% of the Earth’s mass.   III. It has an average density of 2.8 g/cm3.

Under the proto-planet nebular model, why are the four inner planets terrestrial (rocky) instead of gas giants?

A river with a very slight gradient, levees, and numerous oxbow lakes is in which stage of its lifecycle?

What is the name assigned to a time break in the rock record?