GEOG 1113 Intro to Landforms Lab #4 Questions and Answers Updated.

Which US state or territory has the most volcanoes? - Answer Alaska What is the name of the cinder cone volcano located in New Mexico? - Answer Carrizozo How would you describe the spatial patterns of earthquakes in the US? - Answer Predominately low magnitude along the west coast Globally, what was the highest magnitude recorded during this month? - Answer 7.9 Estimate the width of the Flood basalt fold using the scale bar - Answer 35km Why aren't there many faults in the Great Valley (San Joaquin Valley)? - Answer Most tectonic activity occurs to the east and west of the valley, leaving the valley relatively stable Given the direction of movement of the plates on either side of the San Andreas fault, Los Angeles and San Francisco are moving closer together. - Answer True Volcanoes and earthquakes tend to occur near each other because: - Answer Faults in the crust allow magma to rise to the surface and plates to move more easily. When was the last time Kilimanjaro erupted? - Answer Approximately 360,000 years ago What are the names of the two tectonic plates colliding near Sicily? - Answer Eurasian and African Why were the faults in the NMSZ initially difficult to detect? - Answer They were buried under hundreds of feet of river deposits In which state is no damage from a 7.6 quake predicted to occur? - Answer Kansas What is the contour interval of this map? (hint: look at the contour line on the NE side of the volcano). - Answer 20 feet