Transcript MC Practice testx

Which factor does not influence the rate of chemical
weathering?
A) Climate
B) Altitude
C) Time
D) Mineral Composition
E) Surface area
Which of the following is not an agent of mechanical
weathering?
A) Frost wedging
B) Plant Wedging
C) Animal wedging
D) Wind/Water Abrasion
E) Thermal expansion and contraction
Where is the age of the ocean crust the oldest?
A) Hot spots
B) Mid-ocean ridges
C) Subduction zones
D) In the middle of the plate
What type of crust is the oldest?
A) Oceanic
B) Volcanic Islands
C) Continental
D) Igneous
What type of climate are you more likely to see erosion from
wind?
A) Cold and wet
B) warm and wet
C) Hot and Dry
D) Hot and Wet
Landslides are a type of?
A) Mass Falling
B) Mass wasting
C) slope wasting
D) slope falling
Which is not a type of mass wasting
A) fall
B) slump
C) fold
D) flow
E) slide
Which of the following is not a factor influencing mass
movements?
A) Animals
B) Slope Angle and Topography
C) Climate
D) Vegetation
E) Water
F) Time
Where does erosion occur in a stream?
A) inside of a bend(point bar)
B) In a straight area
C) Outside of a bend (Cut Bank)
D) At a waterfall
What is the largest type of volcano?
A) Composite
B) Shield
C) Cinder Cone
D) They are all the same size
What is the most destructive type of volcano?
A) Shield
B) Composite
C) Cinder Cone
D) They are all the same
A seismogram is located 4500 miles away from the epicenter of an earthquake. What is the difference in time between
when the P-waves reach the seismogram and the S-waves reach the seismogram?
A.
22 minutes
B.
3 minutes
C.
10 minutes
D.
6 minutes
P-waves reaches a seismogram and the S-waves arrive 3 and a half minutes later. How far is the seismogram from the earthquakes epicenter?
A.
3000 km
B.
4000 km
C.
1000 km
D.
2000 km
Features found at divergent boundaries include ____.
A.
deep-sea trenches
B.
crumpled mountains
C.
island arc volcanoes
D.
ocean ridges
Where is the ring of fire located?
A) Russia
B) The Indian ocean
C) Africa
D) The pacific rim
Continental-continental plate collisions produce ____.
A.
rift valleys
B.
deep-sea trenches
C.
island arcs
D.
very tall mountain ranges
At an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary, ____.
A.
old crust is recycled by subduction
B.
slide past one another
C.
old crust is deformed or fractured
D.
new crust is created
Igneous rocks that cool slowly beneath Earth’s crust are ____.
a.
extrusive
c.
sedimentary
b.
intrusive
d.
always magnetic
A clastic sedimentary is:
A) made of fossils
B) made of fragments of other rocks
C) made from magma
D) a mineral
Which point marks the epicenter of the earthquake?
A.
B
B.
D
C.
A
D.
C
Which is not a mechanism of plate movement?
A) Slab pull
B) Ridge Push
C) Convection
D) Conduction
What type of metamorphism that occurs during orogenesis?
A) Mountain Metamorphism
B) Contact Metamorphsm
C) Regional Metamorphism
D) Regular Metamorphism
Where does convection take place in the earth?
A) The Crust
B)The Mantle
C) The Inner Core
D) The Outer Core
What type of plate boundary is at the San Andreas Fault?
A) Oceanic Continental Convergent
B) Oceanic-Continental Divergent
C) Continental-Continental Convergent
D) Transform
Which was not evidence used by Wegner for continental drift
theory?
A) The fit of the Continents
B) Similar Fossils on different continents
C) Climate similarities
D) Similar plants on different continents
E) Similar geologic features on different continents
What is the texture of igneous rocks cooled at the Earth's
surface?
A) Glassy
B) Medium Crystal
C) Large Crystals
D) Igneous Rocks only form inside the Earth
According to the diagram, which Hawaiian Island is the oldest?
A.
Loihi
B.
Molokai
C.
Hawaii
D.
Kauai
Where would the most active volcano be located on this diagram?
A.
Kauai
B.
Hawaii
C.
Oahu
D.
Maui