Washington State History Chapter 2 Review

Question 1

Which of these types of energy sources is a fossil fuel?

Accepted Answer

coal

Question 2

Dry stream beds, cataracts, and prehistoric dry waterfall are part of which area of Washington?

Accepted Answer

Grand Coulee

Question 3

How thick was the ice sheet over Bellingham during the ice age?

Accepted Answer

5,000 Feet

Question 4

Which volcano(s) in Washington are currently active?

Accepted Answer

None of them

Question 5

What caused the creation of the Columbia Plateau?

Accepted Answer

fissures

Question 6

What is Washington's official fossil?

Accepted Answer

Columbia Mammoth

Question 7

The fossil of what type of animal was found in a cave near Dry Falls?

Accepted Answer

rhinoceros

Question 8

Where are fossils found that are similar in age and type to the ones found in Washington?

Accepted Answer

Southeast Asia

Question 9

Spokane gets it water from an underground source called a(n)

Accepted Answer

aquifer

Question 10

What was the farthest state to the East that got measurable ash from Mt. St. Helens?

Accepted Answer

Minnesota

Question 11

According to the book the eruption of Mt. St. Helens was equal to

Accepted Answer

21,000 Atomic bombs

Question 12

What type of rock is created by hardened lava?

Accepted Answer

igneous

Question 13

What is another name for the floods that created the Grand Coulee?

Accepted Answer

Bretz Floods

Question 14

What can you still see left over from the Great Floods?

Accepted Answer

Dry Falls

Question 15

This causes the earth to fold and crack.

Accepted Answer

Tectonic Forces

Question 16

Which was the best outfit/look in the Mt. St. Helens movie?

Accepted Answer

None of these

Question 17

What is the difference between magma and lava?

Accepted Answer

Magma molten rock inside the earth; lava is on the surface.

Question 18

What filled the Columbia River during the Bretz Floods?

Accepted Answer

A deluge

Question 19

The Ring of Fire includes these continents.

Accepted Answer

Asia, Australia, South America, North America

Question 20

Wind carried this mixture of dust and volcanic ash which was deposited in the Columbia Plateau.

Accepted Answer

loess

Question 21

The youngest mountains in the West are:

Accepted Answer

Olympic Mountains

Question 22

When did Mt. St. Helens erupt

Accepted Answer

May 18, 1980

Question 23

Which of our mountain ranges were once offshore islands?

Accepted Answer

The Olympics

Question 24

What are the huge boulders you can see in Eastern WA sitting in the middle of nowhere called?

Accepted Answer

erratics

Question 25

Which of these is not a volcano in Washington

Accepted Answer

Mt. Hood

Question 26

What was the name of the lake that was changed forever by Mt. St. Helens?

Accepted Answer

Spirit Lake

Question 27

Who would win between a volcano and an earthquake, and why?

Accepted Answer

A Volcano because it is too hot to handle., An Earthquake because it is the King of Rock and Roll.

Question 28

Which volcano is currently considered the most dangerous?

Accepted Answer

Mt. Rainier

Question 29

What is a lahar?

Accepted Answer

Mudflow filled with volcanic debris.

Question 30

What is NOT an effect of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

Mt. St. Helens was created.

Washington State History Chapter 2 Review

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Washington State History Chapter 2 Review

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