Question 1 Volcanic eruptions can melt snow and ice and cause   pyroclastic flows    volcanic ash    Lahars    laccoliths 4 points   Question 2 The ___________ scale measures actual earthquake...

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Question 1

  1. Volcanic eruptions can melt snow and ice and cause
  

pyroclastic flows

  

volcanic ash

  

Lahars

  

laccoliths

4 points  

Question 2

  1. The ___________ scale measures actual earthquake damage
  

Richter

  

Fujita

  

Mercalli

  

Beaufort

4 points  

Question 3

  1. The slow release fo energy along a fault is called
  

an earthquake

  

slumping

  

fault creep

  

mercalli movement

4 points  

Question 4

  1. When water saturated ground is subjected to shaking by an earthquake it can produce
  

a fault scarp

  

liquefaction

  

shear cracks

  

ground subsidence

4 points  

Question 5

  1. Seismic waves with the highest velocity are called
  

P waves

  

S waves

  

surface waves

  

shadow waves

4 points  

Question 6

  1. The largest volcanoes are
  

Composite cones

  

Cinder cones

  

Shield

  

flank eruptions

4 points  

Question 7

  1. A continental volcanic arc would form along
  

A spreading center

  

A transform fault

  

An oceanic-continental subdution zone

  

An oceanic-oceanic subduction zone

4 points  

Question 8

  1. The portion of the Earth that is capable of plastic flow is called
  

The inner core

  

The lithosphere

  

The asthenosphere

  

A subduction zone

4 points  

Question 9

  1. The _____ wave shadow zone indicates that the outer core is liquid
  

subduction zone

  

P

  

B

  

Surface

4 points  

Question 10

  1. The Curie point is
  

Where magnetic minerals loose and regain their magnetism

  

Where magnetic poles reverse

  

Where partical rock melting occurs

  

Where seafloor spreads

4 points  

Question 11

  1. The Hawaiian Islands formed over
  

A spreading center

  

A hot spot

  

A subduction zone

  

a meteor impact

4 points  

Question 12

  1. "Basaltic magma, such as that erupting in Hawaii is usually caused by"
  

Decompression melting

  

partial melting during subduction

  

magmatic differentiation

  

magmatic assimilation

4 points  

Question 13

  1. "Sharp, jagged basalt lava is called"
  

Pahoehoe

  

Pyroclastic

  

Aa

  

Ropy

4 points  

Question 14

  1. The discovery of magnetic reversal strips in the ________ was considered proof of Continental Drift
  

lava flows

  

Atlas Mountains

  

seafloor

  

Alppalachain Mountains

4 points  

Question 15

  1. A large cooled mass of igneous rock is called
  

A dike

  

A sill

  

A laccolith

  

A batholith

4 points  

Question 16

  1. A large circular or oval depression formed during the explosive eruption of a volcano is called
  

a crater

  

a caldera

  

a volcanic rift

  

a cinder cone

4 points  

Question 17

  1. A Tsunami is produced by
  

An undersea earthquake

  

ground liquefaction

  

an ice shelf collapse

  

Seafloor subduction

4 points  

Question 18

  1. A rift valley forms along a
  

subduction zone

  

A spreading center

  

A transform fault

  

A magnetic reversal

4 points  

Question 19

  1. The concept of Continental Drift was proposed by Alfred Wegener. Wegener was a
  

Geologist

  

Paleontologist

  

Seismologist

  

Meteorologist

4 points  

Question 20

  1. Most volcaoes are found
  

In continental interiors

  

in sedimentary rock areas

  

under glaciers

  

At plate boundaries

4 points  

Question 21

  1. We can determine the epicenter of an earthquake from the arrival time of
  

P waves

  

S waves

  

surface waves

  

both P and S waves

4 points  

Question 22

  1. The greatest area of continuous volcanic eruption is at
  

The mid-ocean rift

  

tectonic zones

  

deep ocean trenches

  

continental interiors

4 points  

Question 23

  1. The focus and the epicenter of an earthquake are the same
  

TRUE

  

FALSE

4 points  

Question 24

  1. Earth's magnetic field originates in
  

the inner core

  

the oter core

  

the mantle

  

the lithosphere

4 points  

Question 25

  1. A deep ocean trench forms along
  

A spreading center

  

A transform fault

  

An coeanic-oceanic subduction zone

  

A continental-continental subduction zone

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