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ISP 203B Natural Hazards Exam 2 Review
ISP 203B Natural Hazards Exam 2 Review
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Test your knowledge about volcanoes and climate and discover their fascinating connection
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True or false: Methane has higher warming potential than CO2
True
False
2
Where are older inactive volcanoes typically located?
Farther from hotspots than active volcanoes
On hotspots
Underwater
Near hotspots
3
What do ice cores store that is important for climate change research?
Rocks
Carbon dioxide
CFC's
HFC's
4
Where do volcanic island arcs form?
Convergent boundaries
Hotspots
Divergent boundaries
Transform boundaries
5
Which factors are primarily responsible for the rise in sea levels?
Melting of ice sheets and glaciers, and changes in ocean currents
Melting of ice sheets and glaciers, expansion of water as it warms
Enhanced evaporation rates and the expansion of water as it warms
Increased rainfall and enhanced evaporation rates
6
True or false: Decompression melting occurs at divergent boundaries
True
False
7
What causes pyroclastic flow?
Lava flow
Earthquake
Rain
Eruption column collapse
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Where is magma generated?
Surface
Crust
Mantle
Core
9
True or false: Effusive eruptions are explosive
False
True
10
Which plate boundary rarely has volcanoes?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Hotspot
11
What is happening to the ice mass in Antarctica and Greenland, and how much of Earth's freshwater do they contain?
They are decreasing, 66%
They are decreasing, 1%
They are increasing, 10%
They are increasing, 33%
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What does albedo refer to?
Amount of light that is reflected off an object
Amount of heat that is reflected off an object
Amount of methane absorbed by an object
Amount of CO2 absorbed by an object
