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Who is credited with developing the Continental Drift Theory?

A. Charles Darwin

B. Alfred Wegner

C. Alfred Hitchcock

D. Edward J. Tarbuck

Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates move apart, resulting in upwelling of material from the mantle to create new seafloor?

A. Transform

B. Convergent

C. Divergent

What type of plate boundary is as s oc iated with a s ubduction

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. A Trans form

. B Convergent

. C Divergent

Wegner suggest that a supercontinent he called Pangaea once existed. Name one such evidence that

confirms this as a possibility.

A. Fossils

B. Dinosaurs

C. Oxygen

The uppermost mantle, along with the overlying crust, behave as a strong rigid layer, known as?

A. Lithosphere

B. Anthosphere

C. Mesosphere

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What is the innermost part of the Earth called?

A. Lithosphere

B. Inner Core

C. Mantle

The composition of the Oceanic Crust is ?

A. Basalt

B. Loess

C. Shale

The outer core is a liquid layer. It is the convective flow of metallic

iron within this zone that generates the Earth’s what?

A. Balance

B. Heat

C. Magnetic Field

The zone between 104 degrees and 140 degrees distance from an earthquake

epicenter in which direct waves do not arrive because of refraction by Earth’s

core?

A. Magnetic Field

B. Shadow Zone

C. Time Zone

Between the lithosphere and the Mesosphere lies a “weak zone” that is partially melted due to temperature and pressure. The lithosphere is

able to move independently of this layer.

A. Tetrusphere

B. Asthenosphere

C. Cenosphere

Which volcano type is the largest in size?

A. Cone

B. Shield

C. Fault

Name a North American state that was formed by volcano activity.

A. California

B. Hawaii

C. Alaska

Geologist conclude that _______originates when essentially solid rock, located in the crust and

upper mantle melts.

A. An Explosion

B. Magma

C. Igneous Rocks

The greatest volume of volcanic material is extruded from fractures in the crust called?

A. Breaks

B. Dikes

C. Fissers

Structures that result from the emplacement of igneous material at depth are called plutons.

Plutons are generally classified according to their shape as tabular or what?

A. Spherical

B. Massive

C. Intrusive

The focus is the internal point in which the earthquake begins emitting

energy.

What is the external point called?

A. Sill

B. Point of Contact

C. Epicenter

Which body wave can travel through solid, liquid

and gas?

A. S-wave

B. P-wave

C. T-wave

There is a prec is e method for - predic ting s hort range

.occurrences

A. True

B. False

What magnitude scale measures the seismic wave based on amplitude?

A. Richter Scale

B. Seismology

C. Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale

This is triggered by an earthquake when the vibration of a quake sets an underwater

landslide into motion.

A. Monsoon

B. Tsunami

C. Tidal Wave

By far the largest intrusive igneous bodies are?

A. Plutons

B. Batholiths

C. Laccoliths

Igneous rocks form when ______ cools and solidifies in a process called

crystallization.

A. Quartz

B. Bauxite

C. Magma

Igneous rocks are c las s ified by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . the ir texture and

A. Color

B. Size

C. Mineral Composition

Felsic rocks are composed mostly of the- light colored silicate minerals potassium

feldspar and quartz and found in which ? part of the crust

A. Oceanic

B. Continental

C. Pacific

The rate of _______ of magma greatly influences the size of mineral

crystals in igneous rocks.

. A He ating

. B Cooling

. C Extrac tion

. D Accum ulation

Two most common types of folds are anticlines and ______.

A. Proclines

B. Synclines

C. Declines

Fractures in the crust along which appreciable

displacement has taken place is called _______.

A. Fissures

B. Faults

C. Focus

The concept of a floating crust in gravitational balance is called ________.

A. Isostacy

B. Harmony

C. Sedimentary

D. Lyostacy

Reverse and thrust faulting indicate that

______ forces are at work.

A. Elastical

B. Compressional

C. Gliding

The name for the process that collectively produces a mountain system is _______.

A. Coriolis Effect

B. Evolution

C. Orogenesis