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Unit Test 2 Geology Review
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1
Select the incorrect statement that describes a Earthquake.
Earthquakes can happen without you even feeling them
Measured by a Seismograph
shaking of earth’s crust caused by a release of energy
produces only P waves
2
Which volcano has pressure building up underneath it, then explodes in a fiery eruption?
Cinder Cone Volcano
Composite Volcano
Shield Volcano
Hot Spot
3
What is number 1 showing? (red dot on the fault line)
body wave
epicenter
seismograph
focus
4
Earthquakes can cause or create:
Aftershocks
Liquefaction
Liquefaction, Aftershocks, and Tsunamis
Tsunamis
5
What does the term subduction mean and which type of boundary has subduction?
One plate eventually slides beneath the other : Divergent Boundary
Two lithospheric plates that are moving apart : Divergent Boundary
Two lithospheric plates that are moving apart : Convergent Boundary
One plate eventually slides beneath the other : Convergent Boundary
6
Which type of Boundary forms Mid Ocean Ridges and Rift Valleys?
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Collision Boundary
7
What level on the Richter scale would cause serious damage to buildings?
3
8
5
2
8
Select the ONE statement about Seismographs that is not true:
-device that detects and records waves from Earthquakes
-can only detect large earthquakes, can't detect small ones 1-2 on Richter
-over 10,000 seismograph stations around the world
- measures seismic waves (P and S waves)
9
Which waves produced by Earthquake move fast and can go through anything? (liquids, solids, gases)
Body Waves
Surface Waves
P Waves
S waves
10
True or False: Hot spots move while the continental plates or oceanic plates stay in place.
True
False
11
Which types of Boundaries form volcanoes?
Convergent and Divergent Boundaries
Transform Boundary Only
Divergent Boundary Only
Convergent Boundary Only
12
Which type of Boundary Creates Mountain Ranges like the Himalayas?
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Collision Boundary
Convergent Boundary
13
What does a Richter Scale measure?
Doesn't measure anything, just a scale we use
measures how far a earthquake traveled
measures where a earthquake started or happened
measures energy released from Body Waves (P and S), Surface Waves
14
A Shield volcano can best be described as:
Formed from multiple eruptions where lava accumulates in layers
Broad base shape, low slope, with slow flowing lava coming out
Area of hot magma that rises to the surface
Cone shaped mound with a oval base
15
What kind of waves do Earthquakes produce?
P and S waves only
P, S, and Surface Waves
Surface waves only
Body Waves only
16
Which Boundary has two lithospheric plates that are moving apart?
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Collision Boundary
Convergent Boundary
17
Pick the sentence below that best describes Basaltic Magma.
Very LOW amounts of Silica
Flows slowly
Very HIGH amounts of Silica
Very Explosive
18
Which Boundary has two plates sliding past each other? (Which creates Faults)
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Collision Boundary
Transform Boundary
19
The Mariania Trench is the deepest trench in the Ocean. Which type of Boundary created it? Getting Deeper or shallower?
Convergent Boundary : Growing (Getting deeper)
Divergent Boundary: Growing (Getting deeper)
Divergent Boundary: Shrinking (Getting shallower)
Convergent Boundary : Shrinking (Getting shallower)
20
Which planet has over 1,600 active volcanoes?
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Moon
21
The Richter Scale goes up by a factor of ____ each time we increase a number (so going from a 3 to a 4)
10 times
1,000 times
2 times
5 times
22
This volcano is found in Italy, has erupted over 30 times, and buried the city of Pompeii in AD 79.
Mount St. Helens
Olympus Mons
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Tambora
23
The Strongest Earthquake ever recorded was a ____ on the Richter Scale.
8
9.5
10
9
24
What term causes the movement of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes
Convection currents
Volcanoes
Asthenosphere
25
True or False: Rhyolitic Magma is very high in Silica so therefore it doesn't flow very fast.
False
True
26
Which planets have volcanoes on them? (volcanoes can be active or inactive)
Venus
Mars and Venus
Moon
Mars
27
What is a Island Arc Chain?
Volcanic chain of islands formed by two ocean plates at subduction zone
Volcanic chain of islands formed by two continental plates at subduction
Volcanic chain of islands formed by two ocean plates at a collision zone
Volcanic chain of islands formed by two continental plates at a collision
28
The Hawaiian Islands were formed because of a ...
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Hot Spot
Divergent Boundary
29
Why doesn't the Earth look like Pangaea? What term is responsible for the movement of the plates?
Continental Drift
Fault Lines
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
30
Where are most of the world's volcanoes found?
Hot Spots
Pacific Ring of Fire
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
