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Catalonia PAU Geology & Env Sci Practice Questions - Catalonia PAU Geology and Environmental Sciences (Geologia i Ciències Ambientals - PAU Catalunya 2026) Exam

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Prepare with the Catalonia PAU Geology & Env Sci Practice Questions - Catalonia PAU Geology and Environmental Sciences (Geologia i Ciències Ambientals - PAU Catalunya 2026) Exam practice quiz. This question bank includes 100 questions covering geological, plate, along, rock, and river. Use it to review important concepts, identify knowledge gaps, and build confidence for the related exam, course, or assessment.

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Question 1
Which seismic body wave travels fastest through Earth's interior and can propagate through solid, liquid, and gaseous media?
Primary (P) waves
Secondary (S) waves
Rayleigh surface waves
Love surface waves
Question 2
In the mechanical layer model of Earth's interior, how is the lithosphere distinguished from the underlying asthenosphere?
The lithosphere is composed of liquid iron, while the asthenosphere consists of solid mantle rock.
The lithosphere is rigid and brittle, comprising the crust and uppermost mantle, while the asthenosphere is ductile upper mantle.
The lithosphere extends from the lower mantle to the outer core, while the asthenosphere forms the continental crust.
The lithosphere is non-tectonic, while the asthenosphere forms Earth's magnetic core.
Question 3
What type of plate boundary is characterized by two tectonic plates moving laterally past one another along horizontal strike-slip faults?
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
Question 4
What causes the abrupt increase in seismic wave velocity known as the Mohorovičić (Moho) discontinuity?
The transition from solid lower mantle to liquid outer core.
The boundary between the atmosphere and lithosphere.
The change from liquid outer core to solid inner core.
The compositional boundary between low-density crustal rocks and high-density mantle peridotite.
Question 5
Which mechanism is primarily responsible for generating calc-alkaline magmatism and explosive volcanism at island arc systems?
Flux melting of the mantle wedge triggered by dehydration of subducted oceanic crust.
Decompression melting of upwelling asthenospheric mantle beneath continental rifts.
Isothermal decompression along mid-ocean ridge transform offsets.
Conductive heating of continental lithosphere over a stationary mantle plume.

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Catalonia PAU Geology & Env Sci Practice Questions - Catalonia PAU Geology and Environmental Sciences (Geologia i Ciències Ambientals - PAU Catalunya 2026) Exam

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