1.Water can cause chemical weathering by which process?


Hydrolysis


Organic acids


Oxidation


Ice wedging


3.ANALOGY -- Instrument: ____________as results: ________________.


seismogram; seismogram


seismograph; seismogram


seismograph; seismograph


seismogram; seismograph


5..

Which amusement park ride would have almost the same motion as a Rayleigh wave?


Tilt-a-whirl


Merry-go-round


Roller coaster


Ferris wheel


6.How is intensity VII described on the modified Mercalli scale?


It causes total destruction.


It causes few structures to remain standing.


It causes damage to ordinary buildings.


Very few people feel it.


7.Seismologists use computer triangulation software to determine the location of an earthquake’s epicenters.


True


False


9.

When joints are formed parallel to a rock’s surface, what is likely to occur?


Abrasion


Exfoliation


Chemical weathering


Ice wedging


10..

All of the following involve reshaping farmland to conserve soil EXCEPT______________.


crop rotation


contour plowing


terraces


contour/strip cropping


11.Why is the main island of Hawaii still volcanically active?


It remains above the hot spot.


It is still above the plate boundary.


It has moved away from the hot spot.


It moved away from the plate boundary.