ISP 203B FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● T/F: A hot rock deep in earth may melt if it is subjected to an
increase in temperature
Answer: True
●● T/F: Wegener used plate tectonics to explain continental drift
Answer: False
●● T/F: Basaltic magma generally produces non-explosive eruptions
Answer: True
●● T/F: Volcanoes in subduction zones are caused by excess heat
Answer: False
●● T/F: Volcanoes can only form along subduction zones
Answer: False
●● T/F: Hawaiian volcanoes are usually more violent than the ones in
Pacific Northwest
, Answer: False
●● T/F: Subduction Factory process is ultimately driven by gravity
Answer: False
●● T/F: With current technology, humans can create volcanoes
Answer: False
●● T/F: Tsunami only occurs around the pacific ocean
Answer: True
●● The theory of plate tectonics is:
Answer: theory that improved on the hypothesis of continental drift
●● Lithosphere:
Answer: Hotter and more rigid than the asthenosphere, and located
below it
●● The newest oceanic crust will be found at what type of plate
boundary
Answer: Divergent
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE
●● T/F: A hot rock deep in earth may melt if it is subjected to an
increase in temperature
Answer: True
●● T/F: Wegener used plate tectonics to explain continental drift
Answer: False
●● T/F: Basaltic magma generally produces non-explosive eruptions
Answer: True
●● T/F: Volcanoes in subduction zones are caused by excess heat
Answer: False
●● T/F: Volcanoes can only form along subduction zones
Answer: False
●● T/F: Hawaiian volcanoes are usually more violent than the ones in
Pacific Northwest
, Answer: False
●● T/F: Subduction Factory process is ultimately driven by gravity
Answer: False
●● T/F: With current technology, humans can create volcanoes
Answer: False
●● T/F: Tsunami only occurs around the pacific ocean
Answer: True
●● The theory of plate tectonics is:
Answer: theory that improved on the hypothesis of continental drift
●● Lithosphere:
Answer: Hotter and more rigid than the asthenosphere, and located
below it
●● The newest oceanic crust will be found at what type of plate
boundary
Answer: Divergent