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1The Japanese tsunami that we studied took place in:
- A2010
- B1997
- C2011
- D2014
2The three types of tectonic plat boundaries are converging, diverging, and transforming.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3The mountain chain along the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate is
- ARocky Mountains
- BAndes
- CHimalayas
- DSouthern Alps
4The mountain chain along the north american plate and the pacific plate is
- AAndes
- BHimalayas
- CSouthern Alps
- DThe Rocky Mountains
5The three types of earthquakes are converging, shield, and diverging.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6Alfred Wegener called the super continent [blank_start]___________[blank_end]
- APangaea
7The three most famous geologists were:
1.H[blank_start]________[blank_end] [blank_start]___________[blank_end]
2. [blank_start]__________[blank_end] T[blank_start]_________[blank_end]
3. Tuzo [blank_start]_____________[blank_end]- Aenry
- BHess
- CMarie
- Dharpe
- EWilson
8Tsunamis can travel at speeds of (maximum) 700 km per hour
- ATrue
- BFalse
9Tsunamis can reach heights of [blank_start]____[blank_end] close to shore
- A30m
10Volcanoes are mountains made up of magma.
- ATrue
- BFalse
11The two types of seismic waves are [blank_start]primary[blank_end] and [blank_start]secondary[blank_end]
- Aprimary
- Bsecondary
12The most destructive type of wave is called a rayleigh wave, and is when the two types of seismic waves meet.
- ATrue
- BFalse
13Earthquakes are measured using the [blank_start]richter scale.[blank_end]
- Arichter scale.
14The theory of continental drift was created by [blank_start]Alfred Wegener[blank_end]
- AAlfred Wegener
15You lose [blank_start]1[blank_end] degree celsius per 100 meters of elevation and then [blank_start]0.6[blank_end] degrees after the condensation line.
- A1
- B0.6
16The four eras in order have been:
1. [blank_start]Precambrian[blank_end]
2. [blank_start]Paleozoic[blank_end]
3. [blank_start]Mesozoic[blank_end]
4. [blank_start]Cenozoic[blank_end]- APrecambrian
- BPaleozoic
- CMesozoic
- DCenozoic
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- Grade 9 Geography Quiz on Geography Practice Test, created by Ashleigh Rose on 29/10/2019.
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