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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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