ESS 101 Final Exam – Questions & Accurate Answers
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The stress rate __________ the is proportional to
strain rate for elastic
deformation.
-near the surface within the North American plate
Where do earthquakes
-deep within the Juna de Fuca plate
occur in the Pacific
-along the Cascadia subduction zone
Northwest?
(ALL of The Above)
According to Brian none of the above recurrence intervals are correct
Atwater's research along
the Washington coastline,
the recurrence interval of
large Cascadia subduction
zone earthquakes is
___________.
How did geologists they had accurate tsunami logs from Japan that
determine the exact day of recorded this event
offset on the Cascadia
subduction zone in 1700
AD?
The Great Lakes basin The NORTHERN Great Lakes area is still isostatically
presently drains through RISING and will change the drainage topography
the St. Lawrence River
drainage. Why will the
Great Lakes basin
eventually drain south
through the Mississippi
River drainage?
Zigzag outcrop patterns erosion of plunging anticline and syncline
are the result of ___________.
, All of the above
What factors influence -magnitude of the earthquake
earthquake intensity? -proximity to the earthquake's epicenter
-substrate that underlies the surface
-along subduction zones where vertical offset has
Tsunamis may be generated occurred on the ocean floor
_________. -submarine landslides due to seismic events
(Answers b and d)
A minimum of _______ seismic 3
stations is necessary to
determine the focus of an
earthquake.
If an earthquake occurs, P. S ARE LAST TO ARRIVE
the _________ waves are the
first to arrive at a seismic
station.
Topset beds of a delta are graded to the elevation of the lake or sea level
_________.
In order to relieve stress 900
buildup that would cause a
magnitude 7 earthquake,
approximately how many
magnitude 5 earthquakes
would have to occur?
If you dated a volcanic rock would appear younger than the true age of the volcanic
that unknowingly lost argon rock
through diffusion the
resulting potassium- argon
age _________.
A high strain rate is brittle fracture
conducive to _______________
deformation in rock.
During offset of the Seattle -the upthrown side of the fault was uplifted ~27 feet
Fault, 1100 years ago -a tsunami wave was generated in the Puget Sound
__________.
The ________ is exposed in the oldest rock
center of an eroding dome.
, -may have repeating strata exposed in a vertical cross-
section
A reverse fault _______________. -may result in older rock units overlying younger units in
a vertical cross-section
(Answers a and b)
-filling and emptying a reservoir
________________ is an example -isostatic unloading of the earth's lithosphere following
of elastic deformation. deglaciation
(B and C)
-permit water and other chemical agents to penetrate
below the surface
Joints facilitate weathering
-provide more surface area for the weathering front to
because ________.
attack
(B and C)
Why did the depth of rilling the lower moraine was older and subjected to longer
increase on the limestone weathering
boulders deposited on the
three glacial moraines we
observed in lecture?
Limestone will tend to -carbon dioxide content decreases
precipitate in sea water -it is agitated by wave action
when ______.
Frost wedging occurs in water expands when it freezes to form ice.
rock because:
Besides frost wedging none of the above answers are correct
which of the following are OR
examples of mechanical -Only answers a & b are correct; bioturbation and
weathering? spalling of boulders from range fires.
H+ ions utilized in carbonic acid
hydrolysis weathering
reactions come from
_________.
Over time angular joints will the corner of the angular joint is weathered faster than
become rounded due to the joint edge or face
surface weathering
because _______.
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Terms in this set (213)
The stress rate __________ the is proportional to
strain rate for elastic
deformation.
-near the surface within the North American plate
Where do earthquakes
-deep within the Juna de Fuca plate
occur in the Pacific
-along the Cascadia subduction zone
Northwest?
(ALL of The Above)
According to Brian none of the above recurrence intervals are correct
Atwater's research along
the Washington coastline,
the recurrence interval of
large Cascadia subduction
zone earthquakes is
___________.
How did geologists they had accurate tsunami logs from Japan that
determine the exact day of recorded this event
offset on the Cascadia
subduction zone in 1700
AD?
The Great Lakes basin The NORTHERN Great Lakes area is still isostatically
presently drains through RISING and will change the drainage topography
the St. Lawrence River
drainage. Why will the
Great Lakes basin
eventually drain south
through the Mississippi
River drainage?
Zigzag outcrop patterns erosion of plunging anticline and syncline
are the result of ___________.
, All of the above
What factors influence -magnitude of the earthquake
earthquake intensity? -proximity to the earthquake's epicenter
-substrate that underlies the surface
-along subduction zones where vertical offset has
Tsunamis may be generated occurred on the ocean floor
_________. -submarine landslides due to seismic events
(Answers b and d)
A minimum of _______ seismic 3
stations is necessary to
determine the focus of an
earthquake.
If an earthquake occurs, P. S ARE LAST TO ARRIVE
the _________ waves are the
first to arrive at a seismic
station.
Topset beds of a delta are graded to the elevation of the lake or sea level
_________.
In order to relieve stress 900
buildup that would cause a
magnitude 7 earthquake,
approximately how many
magnitude 5 earthquakes
would have to occur?
If you dated a volcanic rock would appear younger than the true age of the volcanic
that unknowingly lost argon rock
through diffusion the
resulting potassium- argon
age _________.
A high strain rate is brittle fracture
conducive to _______________
deformation in rock.
During offset of the Seattle -the upthrown side of the fault was uplifted ~27 feet
Fault, 1100 years ago -a tsunami wave was generated in the Puget Sound
__________.
The ________ is exposed in the oldest rock
center of an eroding dome.
, -may have repeating strata exposed in a vertical cross-
section
A reverse fault _______________. -may result in older rock units overlying younger units in
a vertical cross-section
(Answers a and b)
-filling and emptying a reservoir
________________ is an example -isostatic unloading of the earth's lithosphere following
of elastic deformation. deglaciation
(B and C)
-permit water and other chemical agents to penetrate
below the surface
Joints facilitate weathering
-provide more surface area for the weathering front to
because ________.
attack
(B and C)
Why did the depth of rilling the lower moraine was older and subjected to longer
increase on the limestone weathering
boulders deposited on the
three glacial moraines we
observed in lecture?
Limestone will tend to -carbon dioxide content decreases
precipitate in sea water -it is agitated by wave action
when ______.
Frost wedging occurs in water expands when it freezes to form ice.
rock because:
Besides frost wedging none of the above answers are correct
which of the following are OR
examples of mechanical -Only answers a & b are correct; bioturbation and
weathering? spalling of boulders from range fires.
H+ ions utilized in carbonic acid
hydrolysis weathering
reactions come from
_________.
Over time angular joints will the corner of the angular joint is weathered faster than
become rounded due to the joint edge or face
surface weathering
because _______.
