Question 1

The San Andreas Fault occurs along this type of boundary

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Reverse

Question 2

Material that affects the "stickiness" of magma

Accepted Answer

Silica

Answer

Carbon dioxide

Answer

Sulphur

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Clay

Question 3

Came up with the idea of Continental Drift

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Answer

Harry Hess

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Albert Einstein

Answer

Harry Houdini

Question 4

Boundary where plates are moving toward each other

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Vertical

Answer

Divergent

Question 5

Boundary where plates are moving away from each other

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Compression

Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

Question 6

Type of boundary where plates slide sideways past each other

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Subduction

Question 7

Boundary where lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Compression

Answer

Convergent

Question 8

Type of boundary where magma pushes up, forming new crust

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Subduction

Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

Question 9

Type of boundary where one plate sinks under another plate

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Strike-slip

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 10

Type of boundary that can form mountain chains

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Strike-slip

Question 11

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of this type of boundary

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Strike-slip

Answer

Convergent

Question 12

Break in earth's crust along which rocks move

Accepted Answer

Fault

Answer

Epicenter

Answer

Focus

Answer

Footwall

Question 13

The place inside the earth where the energy in the earthquake is centered.

Accepted Answer

Focus

Answer

Hanging wall

Answer

Epicenter

Answer

Fault

Question 14

The point on the surface of Earth directly above the focus.

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

Answer

Focus

Answer

Fault

Answer

Equator

Question 15

What does the strength of an earthquake depend on?

Accepted Answer

how much stress has built up and the distance over which blocks of rock move

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how many layers of rock and the type of rock

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how much stress has built up and the amount of water in the ground

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how far away the surface is and the type of fault

Question 16

Which type of seismic wave cannot travel through liquid

Accepted Answer

S-Waves

Answer

P-Waves

Answer

All can

Answer

Surface Waves

Question 17

Which type of seismic wave does the most damage to structures and property?

Accepted Answer

Surface waves

Answer

All waves

Answer

P-waves

Answer

S-waves

Question 18

Which type of seismic waves has the slowest speed?

Accepted Answer

Surface waves

Answer

P-waves

Answer

Their speed cannot be calculated

Answer

S-waves

Question 19

Which type of seismic wave is the fastest?

Accepted Answer

P-Waves

Answer

S-Waves

Answer

Surface Waves

Answer

Tidal Waves

Question 20

What is the lithosphere made of?

Accepted Answer

The crust and the upper mantle

Answer

The lower mantle and the outer core

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The asthenosphere and the hydrosphere

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The outer core and the upper mantle

Question 21

The driving force behind plate tectonics

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

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Convection currents in the outer core

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Convection currents in the atmosphere

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Convection currents in the ocean

Question 22

Force that stretches rock

Accepted Answer

Tension

Answer

Compression

Answer

Converging

Answer

Shearing

Question 23

Force that pushes rock together

Accepted Answer

Compression

Answer

Shearing

Answer

Divergence

Answer

Tension

Question 24

Where folded mountains occur

Accepted Answer

at continental-continental collision zones

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along all collision zones

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at continental-oceanic collision zones

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at divergent zones

Question 25

What might indicate that a volcanic eruption is going to take place?

Accepted Answer

Rising temperatures in volcanic lakes

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Rising amounts of activity of sea birds along the coast

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Rising temperatures along the coastline of New York

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Long periods of inactivity in an earthquake zone

Question 26

The Hawaiian islands are an example of this -

Accepted Answer

a hot spot

Answer

a divergent boundary

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a transform boundary

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a convergent boundary

Question 27

Which type of volcano has eruptions that are low in silica?

Accepted Answer

shield volcanoes

Answer

oceanic volcanoes

Answer

stratocone volcanoes

Answer

composite volcanoes

Question 28

Why do composite volcanoes have violent eruptions?

Accepted Answer

Their magma is high in silica

Answer

Their magma is low in silica

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Their magma is high in water content

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Their magma has a low gas content

Question 29

What type of fault occurs at a transform boundary?

Accepted Answer

Strike-slip

Answer

Any type of fault

Answer

Normal

Answer

Reverse

Question 30

What type of mountains form along normal faults?

Accepted Answer

Fault Block Mountains

Answer

Volcanic Mountains

Answer

Dome Mountains

Answer

Folded Mountains

Question 31

What can be caused by an earthquake in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Tsunami

Answer

Drought

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Low tide

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Hurricane

Question 32

Which of the following is a theory?

Accepted Answer

Plate Tectonics

Answer

Continental Drift

Answer

Sea-Floor Spreading

Answer

Mountain Building

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