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Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes Review
Test Description: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes
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1) Which of the following is a geographic example of a transform fault boundary?
A
the Mariana Arc
B
the East African Rift Valley
C
the San Andreas Fault
D
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2) What type of volcano is fairly symmetrical and has both layers of lava and pyroclastic deposits?
A
a cinder cone
B
a pyroclastic
C
a shield
D
a composite cone
3) What is a volcanic bomb?
A
a tiny particle of ejected rock less that 64 mm in size
B
a pocket of gas that is released suddenly
C
a very violent volcanic explosion
D
a particle larger that is 64 mm in size ejected as glowing lava
4) The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called
A
volcanic stocks
B
pyroclastic materials
C
laccoliths
D
calderas
5) Most shield volcanoes have grown from the ocean floor to form
A
canyons
B
islands
C
tectonic plates
D
dikes
6) Which factors do not determine violence of a volcanic eruption?
A
size of the volcano
B
temperature
C
composition of magma
D
dissolved gases in magma
7) The place where an earthquake originates is its _____.
A
epicenter
B
focus
C
aftershock
D
magnitude
8) Alfred Wegener hypothesized that ___ was broken apart by the process of continental drift.
A
Richter
B
Gondwanaland
C
Pacific
D
Pangaea
9) Elastic ___ is the release of stored energy from rocks that are deformed by stress.
A
intensity
B
rebound
C
magnitude
D
convergent
10) Movements that follow a major earthquake often produce smaller earthquakes called ___.
A
foreshocks
B
divergent
C
seismic
D
aftershocks
11) What are factors that determine the damage to buildings and other structures?
A
design of the structure
B
intensity
C
size of the seismic waves
D
nature of the material a structure is sitting on
12) Earthquakes can cause ___ when gas and electric lines are cut.
A
rebound
B
magnitude
C
fires
D
aftershocks
13) An area along a fault where there has not been any earthquake activity in a long period of time is called a(n) ___ gap.
A
divergent
B
rebound
C
foreshock
D
seismic
14) The relatively soft, weak layer of rock below the lithosphere is the ___.
A
asthenosphere
B
core
C
crust
D
mantle
15) ___ is NOT produced by lithospheric plates interacting at convergent boundaries.
A
Mountain Ranges
B
continents
C
Volcanoes
D
Trenches
16) Where slabs of oceanic lithosphere are subjected under continental lithosphere, a ___ volcanic arc can form.
A
intensity
B
oceanic
C
seismic
D
continental
17) A(n) ___ lava flow resembles the twisted braids in rope as it cools and hardens.
A
lithosphere
B
Pahoehoe
C
AA
D
shield
18) At ___ boundaries, oceanic lithosphere plunges beneath an overriding lithospheric plate.
A
transform fault
B
divergent
C
pyroclastic material
D
convergent
19) The accumulation of fluid basaltic lava produces a(n) ___ volcano.
A
composite cone
B
shield
C
cinder cone
D
caldera
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