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Review Of Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis.
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Most of the largest eathquakes have occured near what type of plate boundaries?
a) Transform boundaries
b) Complex boundaries
c) Convegent boundaries
d) Divergent boundaries
What year and in whtat state did Mr. St. Helens erupt most recently?
a) 1981 in Washington
b) 1980 in Wasington
c) 1979 in Oregon
d) 1982 in Oregon
When and where did the Loma Prieta Quake occur
a) 1998 near Los Angelos CA..
b) 1895 near Santa Cruz , CA
c) 2009 in San Francisco, CA
d) 1989 on the San Andreas Fault, CA
What produced the loudest sound every recorded?
a) The Chilean earthquake of 1960
b) The eruption of Vesuvius in 1945
c) The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883
d) The Alaskan earthquake of 1964
Where was an island volcano created in the 1960's?
a) Near Java in the Indian Ocean
b) In the Caribbean
c) In the gulf of Mexico
d) Along the mid-Atlantic ridge near Iceland
When and where was the big Tsunami of 2011?
a) December near Sumatra
b) February near Chile
c) March near Japan
d) January near Hawaii
Where and when did the largest earthquake in modern history occur?
a) 1883 near Sumatra
b) 1960 near Chile
c) 1906 mear San Francisco
d) 2011 near Japan
When and where in Hawaii did its deadliest Tsunami hit?
a) Honolulu in 1935
b) Maui in 1921
c) Hilo in 1946
d) Kauai in 2011
What is the correct order of Earth's layers before the inner core?
a) Crust, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core, inner core.
b) Crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core
c) Crust, asthenosphere, lithosphere, mantle, outer core, inner core
d) None of the above
The earth has an active, moving crust broken into _____ tectonic plates
a) Five
b) Twelve
c) Fifteen
d) Eight
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