Plate Tectonics, Deformation, and Earthquakes

Question 1

Strike-slip faults are usually caused by _________________________

Accepted Answer

Shear Stress

Question 2

Which of the following is a form of rifting?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)

Question 3

Reverse faults are usually caused by _______________________

Accepted Answer

Compressional Stress

Question 4

When tectonic plates are moving sideways relative to each other they form a _________________

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 5

Normal faults are usually caused by ______________________

Accepted Answer

Tensional Stress

Question 6

Alfred Wegener was a German scientist who proposed the hypothesis of ______________.

Accepted Answer

Continental Drift

Question 7

When rock layers fold without breaking they are undergoing ______________________

Accepted Answer

Ductile Strain

Question 8

Which of the following seismic waves is the fastest?

Accepted Answer

Primary (P) Waves

Question 9

Which of the following seismic waves is the slowest?

Accepted Answer

Surface Waves

Question 10

Folding is a form of ___________________________

Accepted Answer

Ductile Strain

Question 11

When tectonic plates are moving toward each other they form a _________________

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Question 12

When tectonic plates are moving away from each other they form a _________________

Accepted Answer

Sharknado made of Laser Beams, Divergent Boundary

Question 13

What happens to continental lithosphere when it becomes LESS massive (when it becomes LIGHTER)?

Accepted Answer

It rises up in elevation (Uplift)

Question 14

When rock layers break and move along a specific plane they are undergoing ___________________

Accepted Answer

Normal Faulting, Reverse or Thrust Faulting

Question 15

Deep ocean trenches form when:

Accepted Answer

Ocean Crust collides with Continental Crust, Ocean Crust collides with Oceanic Crust

Question 16

Which of the following does NOT support the hypothesis of seafloor spreading?

Accepted Answer

Impact Craters are found on many continents

Question 17

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

An Earthquake's epicenter is on the surface of Earth, An Earthquake's focus is usually in Earth's interior

Question 18

Folded mountain ranges usually form when:

Accepted Answer

Continental Crust collides with Continental Crust

Question 19

Which of the following mountain ranges formed as continental crust crashed into continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Himalayan Mountains

Question 20

Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic Lithosphere is mostly Mafic

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT evidence in support of continental drift (or plate tectonics in general)?

Accepted Answer

Meteorite Craters

Question 22

The group of plate boundaries that surrounds the Pacific Ocean is commonly known as

Accepted Answer

The Ring of Fire

Question 23

At which of the following plate boundaries would one probably find a strike-slip fault

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 24

Which of the following is true about earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Deep-Focus quakes occur less often than Shallow-Focus quakes, Deep-Focus quakes are less intense than Shallow-Focus quakes

Question 25

At which region are earthquakes most likely to happen?

Accepted Answer

Convergent Plate Boundaries, Transform Plate Boundaries

Question 26

The Moho is the boundary between the _____________________________-

Accepted Answer

Crust and Mantle

Question 27

Which of the following mountain ranges is an example of fault-block mountains?

Accepted Answer

Sierra Nevada Mountains, The Grand Tetons

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