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Earth/Environmental Science Chapters 8-10
Test Description: Chapters 8, 9 10 Review
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1) What are 4 types of evidence supporting continental drift?
A
Continental shapes, matching fossils, rock types and structures, ancient climates
B
continental rock types, fossil structures, matching climates, ancient shapes
C
continental climates, ancient fossils, Pangaea, earthquake patterns
D
continental shapes, matching fossils, rock types and structures, paleomagnetism
2) What is a mantle plume?
A
geyser
B
Hot spot
C
intraplate volcanism
D
A mass of hotter-than-normal mantle material
3) What type of plate boundary adds lithosphere?
A
Tectonic
B
Transform fault boundary
C
Convergent boundary
D
Divergent boundary
4) What forms at convergent boundaries between continental and ocean crust?
A
Mountains
B
Volcanic mountain arcs
C
Volcanic island arcs
D
Continental volcanic arcs
5) What is a subduction zone and at what plate boundary does this occur?
A
Where a plate is subducted, occur at convergent boundaries
B
Where a plate is uplifted, occur at transform fault boundaries
C
Where a plate is uplifted, occur at convergent boundaries
D
Where a plate is subducted, occur at divergent boundaries
6) On the Richter scale, how many times bigger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 4?
A
10
B
1000
C
100
D
3
7) What type of surface wave does the energy run perpendicular to the rock?
A
longitudinal waves
B
p waves
C
transverse waves
D
s waves
8) What type of surface wave does the energy run parallel to the rock?
A
transverse waves
B
loongitudinal waves
C
s waves
D
p waves
9) An earthquake in the ocean can cause a destructive sea wave called a...
A
Tsunami
B
liquefaction
C
p and s waves
D
seismic waves
10) What causes subsidence and uplift?
A
Liquefaction
B
Earthquakes
C
Landslides
D
Tsunamis
11) What are the 4 types of evidence supporting plate tectonics?
A
Continental drift, plate boundaries, earthquake patterns, paleomagnetism
B
Paleomagnetism, earthquake patterns, ocean drilling, hot spots
C
Paleomagnetism, earthquake patterns, ocean drilling, intraplate volcanism
D
Rock types and structures, continental drilling, hot spots, earthquake patterns
12) What is a vent?
A
underground area of magma
B
steep depression in volcano
C
An opening in a volcano that lava comes out of
D
Tube magma comes out of
13) What is the difference between aa and pahoehoe?
A
aa- smoother and more viscous, pahoehoe- rough, jagged and less viscous
B
aa- rough, jagged, and more viscous, pahoehoe- smoother and less viscous
C
aa- rough, jagged and less viscous, pahoehoe- smoother and more viscous
D
aa- smoother and less viscous, pahoehoe- rough, jagged and more viscous
14) What are the factors affecting eruptions?
A
Dissolved gases and pyroclastic materials
B
Pyroclastic materials and magma
C
Viscousity and dissolved gases
D
Viscousity and pyroclastic materials
15) What is slab-pull?
A
Ocean drilling
B
Paleomagnetism
C
Movement by convection currents
D
As one side of a plate subducts, it pulls the rest with it
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