Chapter 25 (Earth's Internal Processes) Review

Question 1

At which of the following boundaries are volcanoes formed?

Accepted Answer

Subduction Zones (Convergent)

Question 2

This scale measures the amplitude of a seismic wave and is objective

Accepted Answer

Richter Scale

Question 3

Volcanoes do NOT occur at which of the following locations?

Accepted Answer

Transform Plate Boundaries

Question 4

Which of the following methods of heat transfer explains how the continental plates move

Accepted Answer

Convection

Question 5

The plates float on this plastic-like layer of the earth

Accepted Answer

Asthenosphere

Question 6

Which of the following scientists first created the idea of the supercontinent pangaea

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegner

Question 7

Which of the following types of volcanoes is shown in the picture below

Accepted Answer

Shield

Question 8

Which of the following boundaries occurs at Mid Ocean Ridges?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 9

The following is the location on the surface directly above where an earthquake occurs

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

Question 10

A __________ is an area on the Earth's Surface where no seismic waves are recorded

Accepted Answer

Shadow Zone

Question 11

The San Andreas Fault is an example of which type of boundary

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 12

Which of the following types of waves cannot move through liquids?

Accepted Answer

Secondary (S) Waves

Question 13

Which of the following types of waves travels back and forth like a coiled spring?

Accepted Answer

P-Waves

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a piece of evidence Alfred Wegner used to prove his theory

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridges

Question 15

Increasing the amount of silica in lave will ________ its viscosity

Accepted Answer

Increase

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