1. (1 point) The location on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake is called the

Focus

Magnitude

Epicenter

  1. (1 point) The instrument that records earthquakes is called

A seismogram

A seismologist

A seismograph

  1. (1 point) In areas where the Earth’s surface is saturated with water, earthquakes can turn solid ground into a fluid through

Liquefaction

Tsunamis

Subsidence

  1. (1 point) What scale is most often used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake?

Richter scale

Moment magnitude scale

Tsunami scale

  1. (1 point) An earthquake in the ocean floor can cause a natural disaster known as

A P wave

An S wave

Tsunami

  1. (1 point) What is the weaker, hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of Earth’s rigid outer shell?

Crust

Outer core

Asthenosphere

  1. (1 point) Which type of tectonic plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward one another and one descends into the mantle below the other?

Oceanic-continental convergent

Divergent

Continental-continental convergent

  1. (1 point) Which of the following did Wegener NOT use as support of his theory of continental drift?

Fossil evidence

Paleomagnetism

The fit of South America and Africa

  1. (1 point) The most explosive volcanic eruptions are associated with

Cinder cones

Composite cones

Sills

  1. (1 point) The rock fragments, lava, ash, and other objects ejected from the vent of a volcano are called

Sills

Pahoehoes

Pyroclastic materials

  1. (1 point) Which type of lava is hotter?

Aa flows

Pahoehoe flows

Lapilli flows

  1. (1 point) What feature may form in an intraplate area over a rising plume of hot mantle material?

A hot spot

A dike

A subduction zone

Questions 13-14


Captionless Image

  1. (1 point) In the above image, which feature is shown at point #5?

A dike

A sill

A batholith

  1. (1 point) In the above image, which feature is shown at point #3?

A dike

A sill

A batholith

  1. (1 point) What type of mountains will form at an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary?

Volcanic mountains

Folded mountains

Fault-block mountains

  1. (1 point) Which of the following are generally not associated with convergent boundaries?

Volcanic mountains

Folded mountains

Fault-block mountains

Questions 17 & 18


Captionless Image

  1. (1 point) In the image above, which feature is represented at point C?

Accretionary wedge

Ocean trench

Continental volcanic arc

  1. (1 point) In the image above, which feature is represented at point E?

Accretionary wedge

Ocean trench

Continental volcanic arc



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Verified Answer :

1. The location on the Earth’s surface directly above the
earthquake is called the

Epicenter

2. The instrument that records earthquakes is called

A seismograph

3. In areas where the Earth’s surface is saturated with
water, earthquakes can turn solid ground into a fluid through

Liquefaction

4. What scale is most often used to describe the magnitude
of an earthquake?

Richter scale

5. An earthquake in the ocean floor can cause a natural
disaster known as

Tsunami

6. What is the weaker, hotter zone beneath the lithosphere
that allows for motion of Earth’s rigid outer shell?

Asthenosphere

7. Which type of tectonic plate boundary occurs when two
plates move toward one another and one descends into the mantle below the
other?

Oceanic-continental convergent

8. Which of the following did Wegener NOT use as support of
his theory of continental drift?

Fossil evidence

9. The most explosive volcanic eruptions are associated with

Composite cones

10. The rock fragments, lava, ash, and other objects ejected
from the vent of a volcano are called

Pyroclastic materials

11. Which type of lava is hotter?

Pahoehoe flows

12. What feature may form in an intraplate area over a
rising plume of hot mantle material?

A hot spot

Answer:

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Explanation:

1-Epcenter

2-A seismograph

3-Tsunami

4-Richter scale

5-Tsunami

6-Outer core

7- Continent-continent convergent,

8- Fossil evidence

9- Composite cones

10-Sills

11- Pahoehoeflows

12- Hot Spot

13-

14-

15-Volcanic mountains

16-Folded mountains

17-

18-