Test Bank for Physical Geology 17th Edition
Plummer
,1) Erosion is a result of Earth’s external heat engine, powered by (choose all that apply)
A) the Sun
B) gravity
C) heat flowing from Earth’s interior outward
2) The Earth's system that includes the oceans, rivers, lakes, and glaciers of the world is
called the _______.
A) biosphere
B) hydrosphere
C) atmosphere
D) geosphere
E) solid Earth
3) The _____ and the Alpine Fault of New Zealand are examples of transform plate
boundaries.
A) New Madrid Fault of Arkansas
B) Choctaw Fault of Oklahoma
C) San Andreas Fault of California
D) East African Rift
E) Rio Grande Rift
4) A ______ is a huge ocean wave usually caused by a displacement of the sea floor and
commonly associated with massive earthquakes.
, A) S-wave
B) tidal wave
C) tsunami
D) seiche
E) breaker
5) A ___ is a hot, turbulent mixture of expanding gases and volcanic ash that flows rapidly
down the side of a volcano.
A) pyroclastic cloud
B) mud flow
C) lava flow
D) pyroclastic flow
E) hyaloclastic flow
6) Eruptive activity at the summit of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia in 1985
caused snow and ice to melt, generating a ___ that killed 23,000 people in the village of Armero.
A) gas cloud
B) mud flow
C) lava flow
D) pyroclastic flow
E) hyaloclastic flow
7) To understand geology one must understand how the solid Earth interacts with water, air,
and living organisms. For this reason, it is useful to think of Earth as being part of a ____.
Plummer
,1) Erosion is a result of Earth’s external heat engine, powered by (choose all that apply)
A) the Sun
B) gravity
C) heat flowing from Earth’s interior outward
2) The Earth's system that includes the oceans, rivers, lakes, and glaciers of the world is
called the _______.
A) biosphere
B) hydrosphere
C) atmosphere
D) geosphere
E) solid Earth
3) The _____ and the Alpine Fault of New Zealand are examples of transform plate
boundaries.
A) New Madrid Fault of Arkansas
B) Choctaw Fault of Oklahoma
C) San Andreas Fault of California
D) East African Rift
E) Rio Grande Rift
4) A ______ is a huge ocean wave usually caused by a displacement of the sea floor and
commonly associated with massive earthquakes.
, A) S-wave
B) tidal wave
C) tsunami
D) seiche
E) breaker
5) A ___ is a hot, turbulent mixture of expanding gases and volcanic ash that flows rapidly
down the side of a volcano.
A) pyroclastic cloud
B) mud flow
C) lava flow
D) pyroclastic flow
E) hyaloclastic flow
6) Eruptive activity at the summit of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia in 1985
caused snow and ice to melt, generating a ___ that killed 23,000 people in the village of Armero.
A) gas cloud
B) mud flow
C) lava flow
D) pyroclastic flow
E) hyaloclastic flow
7) To understand geology one must understand how the solid Earth interacts with water, air,
and living organisms. For this reason, it is useful to think of Earth as being part of a ____.
