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Geology MC

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  1. 1Where is the longest mountain range on Earth?
    1. AMid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge
    2. BAndes Mountains in South America
    3. CHimalayas in Indian
    4. DAppalachians in the eastern US
    5. EUrals in Russia
  2. 2Most mountains have not eroded to a flat plain over time because
    1. Athey are buried under thin veneer of soil
    2. Bnew mountains constantly emerge through rifts in the crystal material of oceans and continents.
    3. Cozone depletion has decreased the rate of erosion
    4. Dthe mantle has a constant supply of granitic material
    5. Emountains are reformed by tectonic uplift that is greater than or equal to the erosional forces
  3. 3Which of the following was used as evidence for plate tectonics?
    1. Atopographic profiles of the ocean floors
    2. Bmaps on rock magnetism
    3. Cdata classifying rocks by age
    4. Dsea floor spreading
    5. Eall of the above
  4. 4The magnetic patterns from seafloor data:
    1. Awere created by magnetite in lava flows
    2. Bare caused by hot spots
    3. Care indicators of past and future earthquake sites
    4. Dhave no one explanation accepted by scientists
    5. Ealways run perpendicular to the equator
  5. 5The continents of Eurasia and North America are currently moving apart at an average rate of
    1. A25 cm per century
    2. B50 mm per year
    3. C5 cm per year
    4. D5 cm per century
    5. E100 cm per decade
  6. 6Which of the following is an example of a continental convergent plate boundary?
    1. Athe East African Rift Valley
    2. Bthe San Andrea's Fault
    3. Cthe Atlantic east coast fall line
    4. DMount St. Helen's in the northwest US
    5. Ethe Himalayan Mountains
  7. 7The transform plate boundaries:
    1. Aform a new material at rates exceeding that of the divergent plate boundaries
    2. Bare the location of island arcs and hot spots
    3. Ccreated the Andes Mountains in South America
    4. Dare exemplified by the San Andreas fault
    5. Eare sites of major volcanic ranges
  8. 8What is always characteristics of a tectonic plate?
    1. Amade of basalt
    2. Bcomprised of crust and some mantle material
    3. Cmade of granite
    4. Dhas a thickness of at least 35 km
    5. Eall of the above
  9. 9Subduction zone regions are commonly the locations of:
    1. Aactive volcanoes
    2. Bthe disappearance of old plate material
    3. Cthe worlds highest mountains
    4. Dsevere earthquakes
    5. Eall of the above
  10. 10Which of the following would not be seen in the US?
    1. Achunks of land called terranes
    2. Ban old spreading “rift” plate boundary
    3. Ca “hot spot” with active volcanoes
    4. Da mountain range created from the collision of two continents
    5. Ea mountain range formed when molten rock pushed up sediments

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