GEOGRAPHY 2152 MIDTERM 2026 FIELDWORK
AND THEORY ASSESSMENT TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉ Collision Boundaries
Answer: - very tall mountains
◉ Transform Boundaries
Answer: at these boundaries, plates slide horizontally past each
other
◉ Transform fault
Answer: the zone along which the movement occurs. when slabs
slide past one another.
◉ Where are the faults located?
Answer: Most of these faults are located beneath oceans, but some
occur on continents
Ex. San Andreas Fault
◉ San Andreas Fault
,Answer: In california
High risk area for earthquakes
◉ Plate Boundaries
Answer: - volcanoes form along the coast
◉ Hot Spots
Answer: These areas are found away from plate boundaries.
They are spots where magma rises up from the mantle because the
current is strong enough
◉ Magma erupting at the surface results in what?
Answer: Magma erupts at the surface and results in the formation of
volcanoes.
String of islands are usually indicative of a hot spot.
Ex. Hawaiian Island
◉ What moves? Hot spot or the plate?
Answer: Hot spot does NOT change position. Stays fixed. The plate is
moving, slowly moves past hot spot, hot spot stays fixed. Magma
flumes up and forms mountains and islands
◉ Which Hawaii Island can erupt?
,Answer: Only island where a volcano could erupt: the big island at
the front because it is over the hot spot. Oahu is where most people
live, islands are pushing away from hot spot
◉ How Islands form and how they are connected?
Answer: Islands form in strings, all connected under the water and
sea level but we see them as separate.
All of Hawaii is cooled magma
◉ Convergent, Divergent and Transform produce what?
Answer: Convergent and Divergent: volcanoes and earthquakes
Transform: only earthquakes ex. San Andreas
◉ A Rock
Answer: a rock is an aggregate of one or more minerals
◉ The Rock Cycle
Answer: refers to a group of interrelated processes that produce the
three different rock types
◉ 3 Rock Types
Answer: 1. Igneous (used to be magma, was a volcanic eruption in
that area)
, 2. Sedimentary
3. Metamorphic
◉ Types of Rocks give clues to what?
Answer: In a given location, the types of rock give clues to geological
events of the past
◉ The Rock Cycle Steps
Answer: SEDIMENTARY ROCK --> heat, pressure and fluids -->
METAMORPHIC ROCK --> melting --> crystallization of molten rock -
-> IGNEOUS ROCK --> weathering of rocks at surface --> erosion and
transport --> deposition of sediment --> lithification --> SED
◉ The Hydrologic Cycle / Water Cycle
Answer: the movement and exchange of water among the land,
atmosphere and oceans by changes in state (of matter -->
evaporation and condensation)
◉ Hydrologic Cycle is driven by what?
Answer: Solar energy drives the movement of water among the
atmosphere, oceans and continents
◉ Residence time of water
AND THEORY ASSESSMENT TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
◉ Collision Boundaries
Answer: - very tall mountains
◉ Transform Boundaries
Answer: at these boundaries, plates slide horizontally past each
other
◉ Transform fault
Answer: the zone along which the movement occurs. when slabs
slide past one another.
◉ Where are the faults located?
Answer: Most of these faults are located beneath oceans, but some
occur on continents
Ex. San Andreas Fault
◉ San Andreas Fault
,Answer: In california
High risk area for earthquakes
◉ Plate Boundaries
Answer: - volcanoes form along the coast
◉ Hot Spots
Answer: These areas are found away from plate boundaries.
They are spots where magma rises up from the mantle because the
current is strong enough
◉ Magma erupting at the surface results in what?
Answer: Magma erupts at the surface and results in the formation of
volcanoes.
String of islands are usually indicative of a hot spot.
Ex. Hawaiian Island
◉ What moves? Hot spot or the plate?
Answer: Hot spot does NOT change position. Stays fixed. The plate is
moving, slowly moves past hot spot, hot spot stays fixed. Magma
flumes up and forms mountains and islands
◉ Which Hawaii Island can erupt?
,Answer: Only island where a volcano could erupt: the big island at
the front because it is over the hot spot. Oahu is where most people
live, islands are pushing away from hot spot
◉ How Islands form and how they are connected?
Answer: Islands form in strings, all connected under the water and
sea level but we see them as separate.
All of Hawaii is cooled magma
◉ Convergent, Divergent and Transform produce what?
Answer: Convergent and Divergent: volcanoes and earthquakes
Transform: only earthquakes ex. San Andreas
◉ A Rock
Answer: a rock is an aggregate of one or more minerals
◉ The Rock Cycle
Answer: refers to a group of interrelated processes that produce the
three different rock types
◉ 3 Rock Types
Answer: 1. Igneous (used to be magma, was a volcanic eruption in
that area)
, 2. Sedimentary
3. Metamorphic
◉ Types of Rocks give clues to what?
Answer: In a given location, the types of rock give clues to geological
events of the past
◉ The Rock Cycle Steps
Answer: SEDIMENTARY ROCK --> heat, pressure and fluids -->
METAMORPHIC ROCK --> melting --> crystallization of molten rock -
-> IGNEOUS ROCK --> weathering of rocks at surface --> erosion and
transport --> deposition of sediment --> lithification --> SED
◉ The Hydrologic Cycle / Water Cycle
Answer: the movement and exchange of water among the land,
atmosphere and oceans by changes in state (of matter -->
evaporation and condensation)
◉ Hydrologic Cycle is driven by what?
Answer: Solar energy drives the movement of water among the
atmosphere, oceans and continents
◉ Residence time of water
