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eee GEOLOGY 1114 LAB MIDTERM EXAM: Form B Spring 2011 Write all answers on the separate answer sheet provided. Make sure to indicate on the answer sheet which exam form you have received. Though both answer sheet and exams will be collected, only answers given on the answer sheet will be graded, Cheating will not be tolerated. Failure to follow these rules will result in a grade of zero L. states that strata extend laterally in all directions until! they thin out or reach the edge of their deposition. (1 point) a. Law of Original Horizontality b. Law of Lateral Continuity c. Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships d. Law of Superposition The rate of decay of parent isotopes to daughter isotopes can be expressed in terms of which is the time it takes for half of the parent atoms in a sample to decay to stable daughter atoms. (1 point) a, Half-Life b. T% ec. Carbon Dating d. Both A and B A normal fault shows which type of stress? (1 point) a. Tension b. Compression c. Shear d. Flux What is the age of the Earth? (1 point) a. 3.5 Billion years b. 4.5 Billion years c. 5000 years d. 100 Million years The mass of an object is 7 grams. The volume of the same object is 2 cm’, What is the density of the object? (1 point) a. 3.5 g/om? b. 03 om’/g c. 35 g/cm d. 0.03 em*/g The oceanic plates are primarily composed of 71 point) a, Basalt b. Gabbro ce. Granite d. Andesite