Rutgers University, Newark

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1. Tabulate corals tend to live:
a. In rivers
b. Solitary
c. None of the above
d. In Colonies
e. On the beach
2. The half-life of U238 is 4500 M.y. and its stable daughter isotope is Pb206. If you start
with 1000 atoms of U238, how many U238 atoms of U238 decayed after 2 half lives?
a. 100 atoms
b. 1500 atoms
c. 750 atoms
d. 500 atoms
3. What type of environment would a fossiliferous limestone form in?
a. Arid desert
b. Running stream
c. Cold, deep marine
d. Stagnant swamp
e. Warm, shallow marine
4. Brachiopods are:
a. Sphere shaped
b. Spiral shaped
c. Asymmetrical
d. Bilaterally symmetrical
e. Cone shaped
5. In an upright fold the axial plane is
a. Inclined
b. No answer choice is correct
c. Recumbent
d. Vertical
6. Name the Geological
a. Syncline
b. PLUNGING SYNCLINE
(refer to axis symbol chart
below)
c. Monocline
d. Basin
e. Anticline
7. You have the following strike and
dip symbol representing a feature given to you What is the dip?