Determine whether each of the statements below is true or false.
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1 | | All materials used by humankind are ultimately derived from geological processes.
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2 | | A rudimentary knowledge of geological processes can be useful in your life.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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3 | | Earth is the only planet on which geological processes occur.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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4 | | Geologists only care about extracting natural resources from the Earth.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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5 | | Geologists are employed in a broad spectrum of professional fields.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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6 | | Geology is the only natural science field that is concerned with environmental processes on geologic time scales.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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7 | | Geologists understand how earthquakes are generated, but cannot predict when they will occur.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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8 | | Geologists understand how volcanoes erupt, but cannot predict when they will erupt.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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9 | | All geologists are in favor of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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10 | | Geologists are concerned with conservation of natural resources.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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11 | | Among professionals in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Geology, geologists are the lowest paid.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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12 | | Earth's continents are constantly in motion.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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13 | | When geologists speak of the "lithosphere", they really mean "crust".
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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14 | | Earth's inner core is molten.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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15 | | Large damaging earthquakes may occur anywhere on Earth at any time without warning.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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16 | | Volcanic activity is common at divergent plate boundaries.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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17 | | Volcanic activity is common at convergent plate boundaries.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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18 | | Volcanic activity is common at transform plate boundaries.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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19 | | Earth has changed very little since its formation 4.5 billion years ago.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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20 | | Most geologists grow beards, wear hiking boots, blue jeans, and flannel shirts, and carry rock hammers.
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| | A) | TRUE |
| | B) | FALSE |
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