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1) What kind of fault is associated with tension stress?
A
Strike-slip
B
Transform
C
Normal
D
Reverse
2) What kind of rock forms from the accumulation of sediments?
A
Metamorphic rock
B
Sedimentary rock
C
Igneous rock
D
Crystal rock
3) What kind of boundary will result in the formation of a mountain?
A
Transform
B
Strike-slip
C
Divergent
D
Convergent
4) Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?
A
Slate
B
Oil
C
Coal
D
Natural Gas
5) A boundary where the two plates are moving apart.
A
Epicenter
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
D
Transform
6) How many seismograph stations are needed to determine the origin of an earthquake?
A
3
B
2
C
1
D
4
7) What is the name of the type of stress associated with a transform boundary?
A
Shearing
B
Compression
C
Tension
D
Epicenter
8) What is the type of boundary where two plates slowly grind past eachother?
A
Normal
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
D
Transform
9) Which of the following is NOT a means of classifying minerals?
A
Type of rock
B
Luster
C
Cleavage
D
Hardness
10) The type of rock that forms from cooling magma or lava.
A
Igneous
B
Marble
C
Sedimentary
D
Metamorphic
11) What is the Ring of Fire?
A
An area where there are a lot of seismographs
B
An area along the pacific ocean with a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity
C
An underwater mountain chain
D
A volcano chain in the Hawaiian Islands
12) Slate is formed when shale is exposed to intense heat and pressure. What kind of rock is slate?
A
Metamorphic
B
Igneous
C
Diamond
D
Sedimentary
13) What is included in the lithosphere?
A
Inner and outer core
B
Crust and uppermost part of mantle
C
Both types of crust
D
Lowermost part of mantle
14) Fossils fuels were formed from what?
A
Rocks exposed to intense heat and pressure
B
Sediments compacted and cemented over time
C
Melted rock
D
The remains of plants and animals
15) The slowest of all seismic waves
A
Surface waves
B
Body waves
C
S-waves
D
P-waves
16) If you are standing at the epicenter of an Earthquake, which of the following is true?
A
A volcano is about to erupt
B
You are right above the focus, or origin of the Earthquake
C
You are in a safe location
D
You are on a divergent plate boundary
17) Molten material on the Earth's surface
A
Chert
B
Lithosphere
C
Lava
D
Magma
18) Where do rift valleys form?
A
Divergent boundary under the water
B
Divergent boundary on land
C
Continental-continental convergent boundary
D
Continental-oceanic convergent boundary
19) What is plasticity?
A
Something this is like a solid and a liquid
B
Something that is a gas
C
Something that is a dense solid
D
A type of plastic mined from within the Earth
20) What causes the plates to move?
A
Plates are like bumper cars that don't move until another plate hits them
B
Convection currents in the mantle
C
Earthquakes cause plate movement
D
Volcanoes erupting cause plate movement
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