ESS 101 Review questions with answers
The stress rate ___________ the strain rate for elastic
deformation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is proportional to
Where do earthquakes occur in the Pacific Northwest? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Near the surface within the North
American Plate
-Deep within the Juan de Fuca Plate
-Along the Cascadia subduction zone
Aka all the above are correct
According to Brian Atwater's research along the
Washington coastline, the recurrence interval of large
Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is... - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔None of the above recurrence intervals are
correct, because its every 500 years
How did geologists determine the exact day of offset on
the Cascadia subduction zone in 1700 AD? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔They had accurate tsunami logs from Japan
that recorded this event
, The Great Lakes basin presently drains through the St.
Lawrence River drainage. Why will the Great Lakes basin
eventually drain south through the Mississippi River
drainage? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The northern Greak
Lakes are still isostatically rising and will change the
drainage topography
Zigzag outcrop patterns are the result of... - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Erosion of plunging anticline and syncline
What factors influence earthquake intensity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-Magnitude of the earthquake
-Proximity to the earthquake's epicenter
-Substrate that underlies the surface
Aka all of the above factors influence earthquake
intensity
Tsunamis may be generated... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Along subduction zones where vertical offset has
occurred on the ocean floor
-Submarine landslides due to seismic events
A minimum of _____ seismic stations is necessary to
determine the focus of an earthquake. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔3
The stress rate ___________ the strain rate for elastic
deformation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔is proportional to
Where do earthquakes occur in the Pacific Northwest? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Near the surface within the North
American Plate
-Deep within the Juan de Fuca Plate
-Along the Cascadia subduction zone
Aka all the above are correct
According to Brian Atwater's research along the
Washington coastline, the recurrence interval of large
Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is... - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔None of the above recurrence intervals are
correct, because its every 500 years
How did geologists determine the exact day of offset on
the Cascadia subduction zone in 1700 AD? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔They had accurate tsunami logs from Japan
that recorded this event
, The Great Lakes basin presently drains through the St.
Lawrence River drainage. Why will the Great Lakes basin
eventually drain south through the Mississippi River
drainage? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The northern Greak
Lakes are still isostatically rising and will change the
drainage topography
Zigzag outcrop patterns are the result of... - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Erosion of plunging anticline and syncline
What factors influence earthquake intensity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔-Magnitude of the earthquake
-Proximity to the earthquake's epicenter
-Substrate that underlies the surface
Aka all of the above factors influence earthquake
intensity
Tsunamis may be generated... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
Along subduction zones where vertical offset has
occurred on the ocean floor
-Submarine landslides due to seismic events
A minimum of _____ seismic stations is necessary to
determine the focus of an earthquake. - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔3
