EPRO 1 D.U.T. Review

Question 1

The land between two normal faults may be uplifted to form a ______.

Accepted Answer

Fault-Block Mountain

Question 2

Crust under the ocean differs from crust under the continents in all of the follow ways EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

State of Matter

Question 3

The Earth (excluding oceans and atmosphere) can be described as _____.

Accepted Answer

Solid lithosphere, a hot convecting layer, to a solid core

Question 4

Which statement explains why the direction of waves change as the waves travel through Earth?

Accepted Answer

Different layers of the Earth have different densities

Question 5

Geologists know that wherever plate movement stores energy in rock along faults, ______

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes are likely

Question 6

What process is happening at the region labeled "A"?

Accepted Answer

Sea-floor spreading

Question 7

Why are earthquakes caused by rocks breaking?

Accepted Answer

The breaking rocks produce seismic vibrations

Question 8

Which of the following correctly sequences the Earth Layers from the most dense to least dense?

Accepted Answer

Core, Mantle, Oceanic Crust, Continental Crust

Question 9

In what way does this feature give evidence for volcanic eruptions being constructive process?

Accepted Answer

Cinders and cooled lava added new rock to the existing land

Question 10

Which of the following correctly sequences the layers of Earth, starting with Earth's Surface?

Accepted Answer

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

Question 11

What is causing the volcanoes to form along the edge of the continent?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic crust is pushed down, melted, and force upward

Question 12

What is the region called where plate "C" slides under plate "D"?

Accepted Answer

Subduction zone

Question 13

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic action not at a boundary. What is the cause?

Accepted Answer

The tectonic plate has a hot spot that allows magma to pass

Question 14

Which graph best represents the relationship between density & depth of material below surface

Accepted Answer

D

Question 15

What type of tectonic plate boundary has formed as shown in the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Convergent boundary

Question 16

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in constant motion is

Accepted Answer

Theory of plate tectonics

Question 17

The Earthquake wave that causes Earth's Surface to roll like an ocean wave forms when _____.

Accepted Answer

Both P and S waves reach Earth's surface

Question 18

Which statement describes the travel rates and travel times of P-waves and S-waves?

Accepted Answer

P-waves travel at a faster rate and take less time

Question 19

Earthquake waves that vibrate from side to side or up and down only through solids are called:

Accepted Answer

S waves

Question 20

If stress builds along a fault or plate boundary, and a tectonic shift occurred, what happens?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Question 21

The movement of the tectonic plates in the diagram is caused by _______.

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the asthenosphere

Question 22

What surface feature provides evidence of a very hot, molten mantle?

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes

Question 23

The point on Earth's surface where the greatest energy from the earthquake is felt is the _____

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

Question 24

According to the continental drift hypothesis, continents were once joined together and called

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 25

The seismic waves that can move through solid and liquid layers of Earth are the _____.

Accepted Answer

P-waves

Question 26

Which diagram shows the type of stress placed on rocks along the San Andreas Fault?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 27

The farther apart arrival times are at the seismograph station the ___ the epicenter is located

Accepted Answer

Farther Away

Question 28

Earthquake1 takes 5m 10sec to arrive Earthquake 2 takes 8m 10 sec to arrive, which is closer?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake 1

Question 29

According to the map, at which point is the epicenter of the earthquake located?

Accepted Answer

Point D

Question 30

Because they will easily magnetize, Earth's core is inferred to be composed of which metals?

Accepted Answer

Iron and Nickel

Question 31

The inner core and the outer core differ in that the _______.

Accepted Answer

Inner core is solid and the outer core is liquid

Question 32

The main rock types that make up continental and oceanic crust are ______

Accepted Answer

Granite and Basalt

Question 33

Which of the diagrams represents a transform plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

Diagram 1

Question 34

The Appalachian Mountains were made when rock layers were squeezed form opposite sides. Type?

Accepted Answer

Folded mountains

Question 35

According to the map, which of the following describes where volcanoes are most likely to form

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes form where tectonic plates meet other plates

Question 36

Underwater mountain ranges known as the mid-ocean ridge were created by _____.

Accepted Answer

Volcanic activity along divergent boundaries

Question 37

Scientists have inferred that Earth's magnetic field is caused by ______.

Accepted Answer

Movement in the outer core

Question 38

The elements silicon and oxygen make up most of Earth's ______.

Accepted Answer

Solid Crust

Question 39

Seismologists can locate and earthquake's ____ based on the different speeds of seismic waves

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

Question 40

The focus of an Earthquake differs from the epicenter in that ______

Accepted Answer

Focus is below Earth's surface, epicenter is on the surface

EPRO 1 D.U.T. Review

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EPRO 1 D.U.T. Review

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