GEOLOGY TEST 3 PART 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Which of the following features exhibits the greatest relief? - Answers Mountains
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a craton? - Answers Only consists of
underformed sedimentary rocks younger than 500 million years
One way by which continents grow through addition of igneous material along ________ -
Answers Convergent plate boundaries
The following figure illustrates how the root zones of ancient mountain ranges consisting of
igneous and metamorphic rocks eventually reach the surface. These ancient root zones are
most likely exposed today.... - Answers Within the shield areas of cratons
Which of the following most likely causes a supercontinent to break apart? - Answers
Supercontinent prevents heat in the underlying mantle from escaping, thus generating
upwelling mantle plumes that break the supercontinent apart
_________ Stress and strain most likely occur along a divergent plate boundary - Answers
tensional
Horizontally-layered sedimentary rocks can be folded into arches called_______ and troughs
known as_______. - Answers Anticlines/Synclines
Which of the following is (are) LEAST LIKELY associated with a convergent plate boundary? -
Answers Tensional Stress
Which of the following steps is NOT considered with Elastic Rebound Theory for generating an
earthquake? - Answers A persistent earthquake causes the strain around the locked fault to
build-up (increase) even more
Which of the following LEAST LIKELY forms in response to compressional stress? - Answers Rift
Valley
Which of the following types of magma will most likely result in fluid, basaltic lava flows and
mild eruptions> - Answers Low silica and gas-poor magma
Where would composite volcanoes most likely form? - Answers Convergent plate boundary
Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY an environmental effect of an explosive volcanic
eruption? - Answers Net increase in solar radiation at Earth's surface
Cinder Cones - Answers are generally small and constructed of pyroclastic material
Which of the following features exhibits the greatest relief? - Answers Mountains
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a craton? - Answers Only consists of
underformed sedimentary rocks younger than 500 million years
One way by which continents grow through addition of igneous material along ________ -
Answers Convergent plate boundaries
The following figure illustrates how the root zones of ancient mountain ranges consisting of
igneous and metamorphic rocks eventually reach the surface. These ancient root zones are
most likely exposed today.... - Answers Within the shield areas of cratons
Which of the following most likely causes a supercontinent to break apart? - Answers
Supercontinent prevents heat in the underlying mantle from escaping, thus generating
upwelling mantle plumes that break the supercontinent apart
_________ Stress and strain most likely occur along a divergent plate boundary - Answers
tensional
Horizontally-layered sedimentary rocks can be folded into arches called_______ and troughs
known as_______. - Answers Anticlines/Synclines
Which of the following is (are) LEAST LIKELY associated with a convergent plate boundary? -
Answers Tensional Stress
Which of the following steps is NOT considered with Elastic Rebound Theory for generating an
earthquake? - Answers A persistent earthquake causes the strain around the locked fault to
build-up (increase) even more
Which of the following LEAST LIKELY forms in response to compressional stress? - Answers Rift
Valley
Which of the following types of magma will most likely result in fluid, basaltic lava flows and
mild eruptions> - Answers Low silica and gas-poor magma
Where would composite volcanoes most likely form? - Answers Convergent plate boundary
Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY an environmental effect of an explosive volcanic
eruption? - Answers Net increase in solar radiation at Earth's surface
Cinder Cones - Answers are generally small and constructed of pyroclastic material
