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Test Description: ST5B
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1) EARTHQUAKES SOMETIMES CAUSE MONSTROUS WAVES CALLED
A
FAULTS
B
EPICENTERS
C
FOCUSES
D
TSUNAMIS
2) A BREAK THAT APPEARS AT THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TWO MOVING MASSES OF ROCK
A
TSUNAMI
B
FAULT
C
EPICENTER
D
FOCUS
3) THE POINT UNDERGROUND WHERE AN EARTHQUAKE BEGINS IS CALLED THE
A
EPICENTER
B
FOCUS
C
FAULT
D
TSUNAMI
4) THE PLACE AT GROUND LEVEL THAT IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE IS KNOWN AS THE
A
FAULT
B
EARHQUAKE
C
EPICENTER
D
TSUNAMI
5) ANY TREMBLING OR SHAKING OF THE EARTH'S CRUST IS DEFINED AS AN
A
EPICENTER
B
FOCUS
C
FAULT
D
EARTHQUAKE
6) WHAT IS MAGMA THAT HAS REACHED THE EARTH'S SURFACE CALLED?
A
TEPHRA
B
LAVA
C
ASH
7) RUNNING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, THE _________ IS NAMED FOR ITS MANY VOLCANOES.
A
FUMAROLE
B
RING OF FIRE
8) SMALLER FRAGMENTS OF MOLTEN ROCKS THAT SOLIDIFY ALMOST INSTANTLY
A
LAVA
B
MAGMA
C
FUMAROLES
D
TEPHRA
9) A DEPRESSION FOUND AT THE TOP OF A VOLCANO IS CALLED A __________?
A
RING OF FIRE
B
TEPHRA
C
FUMAROLE
D
CRATER
10) HOLES OR CRACKS WHICH SERVE AS ESCAPE VENTS FOR UNDERGROUND GASES ARE CALLED__________?
A
FUMAROLES
B
CRATERS
C
TEPHRAS
11) SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH
A
ENTOMOLOGISTS
B
GEOGRAPHERS
C
GEOLOGISTS
12) THE PROCESS BY WHICH NEW SOIL IS FORMED AS ROCKS CRUMBLE AND BREAK INTO SMALLER PIECES
A
COMPACTION
B
WEATHERING
C
EROSION
D
SEDIMENTATION
13) THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE EARTH'S CRUST AND ITS MANTLE
A
MOHO OR MOHOROVICIC DISCONTINUITY
B
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
C
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
D
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
14) THE UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGES
A
MID-OCEANIC RIDGES
B
SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
C
OCEANIC MOUNTAINS
15) THE STUDY OF EARTHQUAKES
A
SEISMOLOGY
B
QUAKEOLOGY
C
GEOLOGY
16) WHAT IS THE THINNEST, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH?
A
CORE
B
CRUST
C
MANTLE
17) MANTLE
A
THE THINNEST, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH
B
INNERMOST REGION OF THE EARTH, DIVIDED INTO (LIQUID) OUTER CORE AND (SOLID) INNER CORE WHICH ARE MADE UP OF METAL
C
MIDDLE LAYER OF THE EARTH, MAKES UP THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR; MADE OF SOLID ROCK
18) CORE
A
INNERMOST REGION OF THE EARTH, DIVIDED INTO (LIQUID) OUTER CORE AND (SOLID) INNER CORE WHICH ARE MADE UP OF METAL
B
THE THINNEST, OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH
C
MIDDLE LAYER OF THE EARTH, MAKES UP THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR; MADE OF SOLID ROCK
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