Chapter 2: Earth and Tectonics Flashcards
Scientific investigations of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake led to the identification of which fault?
A) New Madrid
B) Denali
C) San Andreas
D) Eagle Bay
E) Woodstock
C) San Andreas
Which is not impacted by the Earth’s internal processes?
A) Mountain chains
B) Configurations of continents
C) Configurations of Ocean basins
D) They are all impacted by the internal processes
E) Chains of volcanoes
D) they are all impacted by the internal processes
What is the outer rock layer of Earth?
A) Outer core
B) Mantle
C) Crust
D) Moho
E) Land
C) crust
The lava lamp illustrates the important internal Earth process of
A) convection.
B) conduction.
C) convergence.
D) divergence.
E) transformation.
A) convection
[Blank] is responsible for several of the most devastating natural hazards, including earthquakes and volcanoes.
A) Climate change
B) Global warming
C) The jet stream
D) Location
E) Plate tectonics
E) plate tectonics
The Plate Tectonic Theory was not taken seriously until
A) the first recorded earthquake occurred.
B) seafloor spreading was discovered.
C) similar fossils were found in South America and Africa.
D) it was noticed there was congruity in the shapes of the continents.
E) It is still not taken seriously.
B) seafood spreading was discovered
The three basic type of plate boundaries are
A) Trick question: there are four types of plate boundaries.
B) Divergent, convergent, and thrust
C) Transform, convergent, and thrust
D) Divergent, convergent, and transform
E) Divergent, transform, and thrust
D) divergent, convergent, and transform
Mountain systems such as the Himalayans and Appalachians were formed through [blank] plate boundaries.
A) ocean-continent divergent
B) ocean-continent transform
C) ocean-continent convergent
D) continent-continent transform
E) continent-continent convergent
E) continent-continent convergent
A [blank] plate boundary is when two plates move away from each other and molten rock rises up to fill the gap.
A) Convergent subduction
B) Convergent collision
C) Divergent
D) Transform
E) This type of plate dynamics does not occur
C) divergent
When neither plate is dense enough to sink into the asthenosphere, the result is a [blank] plate boundary.
A) Convergent subduction
B) Convergent collision
C) Divergent
D) Transform
E) This type of plate dynamics does not occur
B) convergent collision
[Blank] plate boundaries are most common within oceanic crust, but a very well-known continental one is the San Andreas in California.
A) Convergent ocean-ocean subduction
B) Convergent collision
C) Divergent
D) Transform
E) Convergent ocean-continent subduction
D) transform
This world map figure shows blue circles and red triangles, which indicate the locations of [blank] and their locations correlate strongly with [blank].
A) mountain ranges; convergent plates
B) earthquakes & volcanoes; divergent plates
C) earthquakes & volcanoes; plate boundaries
D) mountain ranges; plate boundaries
E) earthquakes & volcanoes; convergent plates
C) earthquakes & volcanoes; plate boundaries
The general speed of plate movement per year is approximately equivalent to
A) rate of some people’s hair and fingernail growth
B) rate of some people’s growth in height
C) rate of average tree growth
D) rate of average grass growth in summer months
E) rate of Earth’s orbital speed
A) rate of some people’s hair and fingernail growth
The Hawaiian Islands were created from
A) transform fault
B) magnetic anomalies
C) continent-continent convergent plates
D) hot spots
E) All the answers are correct
D) hot spots
In the figure of the Age of the Ocean Floor, the distribution of age is consistent with
A) the theory of reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field
B) the theory of seafloor spreading
C) the hot spot theory
D) the theory of climate change
E) the Big Bang theory
B) the theory of seafloor spreading
The fossil evidence displayed in the figure supports the idea of
A) a supercontinent called Pangaea.
B) common species on each continent.
C) migration across the oceans.
D) Introduction of non-native species.
E) a supercontinent called Gondwanaland.
A) a supercontinent called Pangaea
Convergent collision of two plate boundaries create some of the highest topography in the world which in turn can lead to what natural hazards?
A) Tornadoes
B) Landslides
C) Volcanoes
D) Tsunamis
E) Drought
B) landslides
