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1Where is the longest mountain range on Earth?
- AMid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge
- BAndes Mountains in South America
- CHimalayas in Indian
- DAppalachians in the eastern US
- EUrals in Russia
2Most mountains have not eroded to a flat plain over time because
- Athey are buried under thin veneer of soil
- Bnew mountains constantly emerge through rifts in the crystal material of oceans and continents.
- Cozone depletion has decreased the rate of erosion
- Dthe mantle has a constant supply of granitic material
- Emountains are reformed by tectonic uplift that is greater than or equal to the erosional forces
3Which of the following was used as evidence for plate tectonics?
- Atopographic profiles of the ocean floors
- Bmaps on rock magnetism
- Cdata classifying rocks by age
- Dsea floor spreading
- Eall of the above
4The magnetic patterns from seafloor data:
- Awere created by magnetite in lava flows
- Bare caused by hot spots
- Care indicators of past and future earthquake sites
- Dhave no one explanation accepted by scientists
- Ealways run perpendicular to the equator
5The continents of Eurasia and North America are currently moving apart at an average rate of
- A25 cm per century
- B50 mm per year
- C5 cm per year
- D5 cm per century
- E100 cm per decade
6Which of the following is an example of a continental convergent plate boundary?
- Athe East African Rift Valley
- Bthe San Andrea's Fault
- Cthe Atlantic east coast fall line
- DMount St. Helen's in the northwest US
- Ethe Himalayan Mountains
7The transform plate boundaries:
- Aform a new material at rates exceeding that of the divergent plate boundaries
- Bare the location of island arcs and hot spots
- Ccreated the Andes Mountains in South America
- Dare exemplified by the San Andreas fault
- Eare sites of major volcanic ranges
8What is always characteristics of a tectonic plate?
- Amade of basalt
- Bcomprised of crust and some mantle material
- Cmade of granite
- Dhas a thickness of at least 35 km
- Eall of the above
9Subduction zone regions are commonly the locations of:
- Aactive volcanoes
- Bthe disappearance of old plate material
- Cthe worlds highest mountains
- Dsevere earthquakes
- Eall of the above
10Which of the following would not be seen in the US?
- Achunks of land called terranes
- Ban old spreading “rift” plate boundary
- Ca “hot spot” with active volcanoes
- Da mountain range created from the collision of two continents
- Ea mountain range formed when molten rock pushed up sediments
11Which of the following describes earthquakes?
- Aearthquakes are an abrupt release of energy
- BPrediction of earthquakes is an established science, which gives global citizens a chance to evacuate ahead of time
- Cearthquakes have never occurred in the middle of the US
- Dno earthquake has been measured higher than 7 on the Richter scale
- Eall earthquakes happen within one km of the earth’s surface
12What evidence convinced most scientists to accept the theory of plate tectonics?
- Aocean topology
- Bmagnetism of the ocean basin rocks
- Cdiscovery of the Mid-Atlantic Rift zone
- Dradiometric dating of the basaltic rocks
- Eall of the above
13How often does the oceanic plate material of the earth renew itself - in other words - how long to go through one replacement cycle?
- Aevery 100 million years
- Bevery 200 million years
- Cevery 1000 years
- Devery 100,000 years
- Ethe oceanic plate material never renews itself
14What is the force that moves continents and tectonic plates?
- Aconvection cells
- Bmantle convection
- Cradioactive decay
- Dheat energy left from the great bombardment
- Eall of the above
15What would be an architectural specification for a skyscraper built in an earthquake-prone region?
- Arigid and strong
- Bflexible with shock preservers
- Csoft and malleable
- Dcorner angles locked to 90 degrees
- Ecovered with rubber insulation
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