Earth Science Exam 2
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1. Which of the following statements is part of the continental drift hypothesis?
CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.
A. Deep-sea drilling indicates that sediments increase in age with increasing
distance from spreading ridges.
B. A single supercontinent consisting of all Earth's landmasses once existed.
C. Convective flow in the mantle is the underlying driving force of continental
drift.
D. A chain of volcanoes known as "hot spot tracks" can determine the direction
of continental drift.
E. The continents of South America and Africa fit together like pieces of a jigsaw
puzzle.: B and D
2. How does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere? CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY.
A. The lithosphere overlies the asthenosphere.
B. The lithosphere tends to break, while the asthenosphere tends to flow.
C. The asthenosphere overlies the lithosphere.
D. The asthenosphere is composed of various plates.
E. The asthenosphere tends to break, while the lithosphere tends to flow.: A and
B
3. Why are oceanic ridges more elevated than the rest of the sea floor?
A. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are hot.
B. Ridges are elevated because two plates are colliding and pushing each other
up.
C. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are more dense.
D. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are old.
E. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are cold.: A
4. Where does new lithosphere form?
A. at subduction zones
B. at divergent plate boundaries
C. at transform plate boundaries
D. at convergent plate boundaries
E. at mountain ranges: B
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5. Which of the following locations is a modern-day example of an active conti-
nental rift?
A. Aleutian Island arc
B. East Africa and the Red Sea
C. Alpine Fault in New Zealand
D. Himalayan Mountain range
E. west coast of South America: B
6. Where would you expect to see deep ocean trenches?
A. continental rift valleys
B. oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries
C. transform boundaries
D. oceanic ridges
E. continental-continental convergent boundaries: B
7. Which of the following features is considered a destructive plate margin?
A. subduction zone
B. transform plate boundaries
C. oceanic ridge
D. where two continental plates collide with each other
E. continental rift: A
8. What happens to the lithosphere at transform plate boundaries?
A Lithosphere moves up.
B. Lithosphere is neither destroyed nor created, simply maintained or con-
served.
C. Lithosphere is destroyed.
D. Lithosphere moves down.
E. Lithosphere is created: B
9. What is a hot spot?
A. an area of volcanism created by a mantle plume
B. pockets of warm water created by a mantle plume
C. pockets of warm water created by sea floor spreading
D. an area of volcanism created by subduction
E. an area of volcanism created by sea floor spreading: A
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10. Which of the following processes drive plate tectonics? CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY.
A. subduction
B. convection
C. transform faults
D. mantle plumes
E. paleomagnetism: A and B
11. What causes an earthquake?
A. Earthquakes result from landslides.
B. Earthquakes result from ground shaking.
C. Earthquakes result from liquefaction.
D. Earthquakes result when a block of rock rapidly slips past another along a
fault plane.
E. Earthquakes result from tsunamis.: D
12. What is the difference between the epicenter and the focus of an earth-
quake?
A. The focus is the surface location of an earthquake and is located above the
epicenter.
B. A focus location for a single earthquake varies depending on seismometer
location; epicenter locations do not vary.
C. There can be more than one focus for a single earthquake but only one
epicenter.
D. The epicenter is the surface location of an earthquake and is located above
the focus.
E. An epicenter location for a single earthquake varies depending on seis-
mometer location; focus locations do not vary.: E
13. Which of the following terms are types of seismic waves? CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY.
A. secondary waves
B. tidal waves
C. surface waves
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1. Which of the following statements is part of the continental drift hypothesis?
CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.
A. Deep-sea drilling indicates that sediments increase in age with increasing
distance from spreading ridges.
B. A single supercontinent consisting of all Earth's landmasses once existed.
C. Convective flow in the mantle is the underlying driving force of continental
drift.
D. A chain of volcanoes known as "hot spot tracks" can determine the direction
of continental drift.
E. The continents of South America and Africa fit together like pieces of a jigsaw
puzzle.: B and D
2. How does the lithosphere differ from the asthenosphere? CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY.
A. The lithosphere overlies the asthenosphere.
B. The lithosphere tends to break, while the asthenosphere tends to flow.
C. The asthenosphere overlies the lithosphere.
D. The asthenosphere is composed of various plates.
E. The asthenosphere tends to break, while the lithosphere tends to flow.: A and
B
3. Why are oceanic ridges more elevated than the rest of the sea floor?
A. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are hot.
B. Ridges are elevated because two plates are colliding and pushing each other
up.
C. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are more dense.
D. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are old.
E. Ridges are elevated because the rocks are cold.: A
4. Where does new lithosphere form?
A. at subduction zones
B. at divergent plate boundaries
C. at transform plate boundaries
D. at convergent plate boundaries
E. at mountain ranges: B
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5. Which of the following locations is a modern-day example of an active conti-
nental rift?
A. Aleutian Island arc
B. East Africa and the Red Sea
C. Alpine Fault in New Zealand
D. Himalayan Mountain range
E. west coast of South America: B
6. Where would you expect to see deep ocean trenches?
A. continental rift valleys
B. oceanic-oceanic convergent boundaries
C. transform boundaries
D. oceanic ridges
E. continental-continental convergent boundaries: B
7. Which of the following features is considered a destructive plate margin?
A. subduction zone
B. transform plate boundaries
C. oceanic ridge
D. where two continental plates collide with each other
E. continental rift: A
8. What happens to the lithosphere at transform plate boundaries?
A Lithosphere moves up.
B. Lithosphere is neither destroyed nor created, simply maintained or con-
served.
C. Lithosphere is destroyed.
D. Lithosphere moves down.
E. Lithosphere is created: B
9. What is a hot spot?
A. an area of volcanism created by a mantle plume
B. pockets of warm water created by a mantle plume
C. pockets of warm water created by sea floor spreading
D. an area of volcanism created by subduction
E. an area of volcanism created by sea floor spreading: A
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10. Which of the following processes drive plate tectonics? CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY.
A. subduction
B. convection
C. transform faults
D. mantle plumes
E. paleomagnetism: A and B
11. What causes an earthquake?
A. Earthquakes result from landslides.
B. Earthquakes result from ground shaking.
C. Earthquakes result from liquefaction.
D. Earthquakes result when a block of rock rapidly slips past another along a
fault plane.
E. Earthquakes result from tsunamis.: D
12. What is the difference between the epicenter and the focus of an earth-
quake?
A. The focus is the surface location of an earthquake and is located above the
epicenter.
B. A focus location for a single earthquake varies depending on seismometer
location; epicenter locations do not vary.
C. There can be more than one focus for a single earthquake but only one
epicenter.
D. The epicenter is the surface location of an earthquake and is located above
the focus.
E. An epicenter location for a single earthquake varies depending on seis-
mometer location; focus locations do not vary.: E
13. Which of the following terms are types of seismic waves? CHOOSE ALL THAT
APPLY.
A. secondary waves
B. tidal waves
C. surface waves
