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What type of plate boundary is shown?
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What type of plate boundary is shown?
complex
divergent
convergent
transform
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D
B
C
A
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Which type of stress is shown?
shearing
strike-slip
tension
compression
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A flow of volcanic ash and water
pyroclastic flow
lahar
fissure
tephra
5
Which landform would most likely be created when two oceanic plates converge (collide)?
A volcanic mountain range and a trench
mid-ocean ridge
folded mountains
A volcanic island arc and a trench
6
Which landform would likely be created when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge?
A volcanic island arc and a trench
A volcanic mountain range and a trench
mid-ocean ridge
folded moutains
7
Most earthquakes occur along or near the edges of the Earth's
Rivers
Plate boundaries
Oceans
8
How would rock at the center of the mid-ocean ridge compare to rock just outside the ridge?
The rock would be younger at the center and hotter
The rock would be older just outside the ridge and hotter
The rock would be older at the center and hotter
The rock would be younger just outside the ridge and hotter
9
Folded mountains are formed by
transform boundary
convergent boundary
strike-slip
divergent boundary
10
According to the diagram, the crust is moving due to
conduction
convection
magnetic fields
radiation
11
Put in order the three types of magma from lowest viscosity to highest viscosity.
Andesitic, Rhyolitic, Basaltic
Basaltic, Andesitic, Rhyolitic
Basaltic,Rhyolitic, Andesitic
Andesitic, Basaltic, Rhyolitic
12
Which station was closest to the epicenter?
Y
X
Z
13
The point where one plate dives beneath another plate. (forms trenches)
focus
epicenter
subduction zone
convection current
14
Clouds of tephra that travel at high speeds, are very hot, and contain poisonous gases -
lahar
pyroclastic flow
tephra
fissure
15
Which type of volcano is made of alternating layers of tephra and lava?
Composite
Hot Spot
Cinder
Shield
16
What type of volcano would be the least explosive?
Hot Spot
Composite
Shield
Cinder
17
Which of the following is not evidence of the Continental Drift Theory
Continent shapes match like huge puzzle pieces
Different fossils on different continents
Fossils of trees and animals in Antarctica
Same rock structures on different continents
18
Which seismic waves can travel through solids but not liquids?
Surface waves
S waves
P waves
Love waves
19
Which of these does the arrow indicate (show)?
a volcanic vent
a fault line
a magma chamber
a tectonic plate
20
Compared to Earth's oceanic crust, Earth's continental crust is -
thicker and more dense
thinner and less dense
thicker and less dense
thinner and more dense
21
Which seismic waves travel the fastest and can travel through solids and liquids?
S waves
P waves
Love waves
Surface waves
22
The point on the earth's surface that is directly above the focus (earthquake originates) -
hypocenter
Mercalli
seismic station
epicenter
23
Weak area in the ocean crust - magma flows through creating lines of volcanic islands (Hawaii)
hot spots
fissures
cinder cone
composite volcano
24
Mid-ocean ridges (sea floor spreading) are formed by what type of boundary?
divergent
transform
convergent
tension
25
How many seismic stations are needed to identify an earthquake epicenter?
3
4
2
1
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What type of a boundary would form a rift valley?
divergent
transform
uniform
convergent