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Living In An Active Zone
Test Description: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is a rift valley?
A
A steep sided volcano with a broad appearance
B
A valley with sides that slope sharply down to a river
C
A steep sided valley formed by plate movement
D
A large volcano with gentle slopes
2) What is a strato-volcano?
A
A large volcano with gentle slopes
B
A land slide of hot ash, rocks and gases
C
A large, steep sided volcano formed by layers of solidified lava
D
A volcano from a chain of mountains that run through several oceans
3) When did the devastating eruption of the LEDC: Sichuan, China occur?
A
23 May 2007
B
12 June 2008
C
9 June 2006
D
12 May 2008
4) A huge hollow in the Earth\'s surface as a result of a collapse of volcano... what is this?
A
subglacial lake
B
Caldera
C
Tephra
D
subduction zone
5) What is a tephra?
A
All the fragments that are thrown from a volcano during an eruption
B
A process or feature that occurs under an ice sheet or glacier
C
A synonym for earthquake aftershocks
D
A large volcano with steep sides
6) What is an island arc?
A
A group of islands formed by pyroclastic flow
B
A group of islands formed by the eruption of volcanoes
C
An island group formed by an earthquake
D
A geographical term for Iceland
7) Lahars are flows of volcanic ash and water or a mudslide. What are they caused?
A
When a pyroclastic flow loses control
B
When a strato volcano collapses
C
When rainwater mixes with loose volcanic ash
D
When a volcano erupts too quickly
8) What is a pyroclastic flow?
A
A flow of water froma river that burst its banks
B
A landslide of hot ash, rocks and gases from a violent volcanic eruption
C
When rainwater mixes with loose volcanic ash
D
When an earthquake causes magma to seep through plate boundaries
9) What does the Icelandic work \'jokulhaup\' mean?
A
Magnitude
B
Glacial outburst (causing a flood)
C
The violent eurption of a volcano
D
The word on warning signs
10) Which of these is an Icelandic earthquake?
A
Jokullhaup
B
Heklablinken
C
Grimsvotn
D
Hullstort
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