Geology Final

Which of the following would be examples of stress?

The fault in the block diagram to the left

Which of the following are true of P-waves

The largest earthquakes

Which of the following are true of Love waves

Which of the following are true of S-waves

When a fault slips, the released seismic energy travels…

Large earthquakes…

Deep focus earthquakes...

Deep focus earthquakes....

Which of the following are associated with transform plate boundaries?

a)oceanic crust is created b)Hawaii c)San Andreas fault d)both a and c are correct e)both b and c are correct

Which of the following are associated with continent-continent collisions

a)volcanic arc on the overriding plate b)ocean trench on the subducting plate c)uplift of huge mountain ranges d)both a and c e)choices a, b, and c are all correc

At hot spots…


A) mantle plumes result in the formation of volcanoes
B) diverging lithospheric plates result in the formation of volcanoes
C) subducting lithosphere causes melting in concentrated “hot spot” zones and the formation of volcanoes
D) a chain of extinct volcanoes will make a line from the active volcano in the direction the plate is moving
E) both a and d are correct

Which of the following statements about plate tectonics are correct?


A) the Earth’s surface consists of large, slowly moving ‘plates’ of lithosphere
B) most volcanoes and earthquakes on the Earth occur at boundaries between ‘plates’
C) lithospheric ‘plates’ form above mantle plumes at oceanic hot spots
D) both a and b are correct
E) choices a, b, and c are all correct

At subduction zones…
A) continental crust is subducted and recycled into the mantle
B) magma rises into the overriding plate
C) melting of the subducting plate creates a volcanic arc
D) a volcanic arc forms on the subducting plate
E) both b and c are correc

At oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundaries…
A) the older plate is subducted
B) the hotter plate is subducted
C) the denser plate is subducted
D) both a and c are correct
E) choices a, b,and c are correct

Which of the following are examples of convergent plate boundaries?
A) the Himalayan Mountains
B) Hawaii
C) San Andreas fault
D) both a and b
E) none of these

Which of the following are associated with divergent plate boundaries?
A) the Red Sea
B) the Andes Mountains
C) formation of oceanic crust
D) both a and c
E) both b and c

Mid-ocean ridges…
A) are found at divergent plate boundaries
B) are found at convergent plate boundaries
C) are found at oceanic hot spots
D) both a and c
E) none of these are correc

Continental rifts are…

A) young divergent plate boundaries
B) areas where continental crust is being subducted
C) very old and mature divergent plate boundaries
D) both a and b are correct
E) none of these are correc

How do tropical and extratropical cyclones differ?
A) tropical cyclones can only form over water
B) tropical cyclones form at frontal boundaries
C) extratropical cyclones rotate clockwise in the U.S., but tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise
D) both a and c are correct
E) choices a, b, and c are all correct

Tropical cyclones…
A) form only over warm tropical oceans
B) grow stronger through the latent heat released during condensation
C) grow stronger when they encounter the jet stream
D) both a and b
E) both a and c

A low pressure system in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, with wind speeds of 70 mile per hour and counterclockwise rotation would be called a…
A) mid-latitude cyclone
B) tropical storm
C) tropical depression
D) typhoon
E) hurricane