Earth Science Test 2
14 Questions
| Total Attempts: 59
SCI08 - Earth Science Test 2
Questions and Answers
- 1.How do convection currents occur in the mantle? Your answer needs to have the words: cool, warm, magma, core, and crust for full credit.
- 2.Provide one specific peice of evidence that supports the hypothesis of continental drift. Recall that there were three types of evidence:*Evidence from land features*Evidence from fossils*Evidence from climate
- 3.Summarize the process of sea-floor spreading. In your answer you need to have the words: magma, continental crust, oceanic crust, subduction, melt, deep-ocean trench, older rock, newer rock for full credit.
- 4.
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What is represented by the picture below?- A.
Strike-slip falut
- B.
Transform boundary
- C.
Divergent boundary
- D.
Convergent boundary
- 5.Which type of fault is represented by the picture below?
- A.
Normal fault
- B.
Abnormal fault
- C.
Reverse fault
- D.
Strike-Slip fault
- 6.What type of stress is represented in the image below?
- A.
Shearing
- B.
Srike-slip
- C.
Transform
- D.
Tension
- 7.Name or describe one method of measuring earthquakes.
- 8.
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At how many seconds did the P wave arrive? - 9.
![What is the SP lag time for the seismograph below? - ProProfs]( "What is the SP lag time for the seismograph below?")
What is the SP lag time for the seismograph below? - 10.What is the Ring of Fire and where does it form?
- 11.Hawaii is found on the middle of the Pacific Plate. Being that it is not near faults, how did these islands formed?
- 12.Name one compoent of magma that determines the type of eruption that will occur.
- 13.What type of volcano is shown below?
- 14.Provide to a earthquake or volcanic eruption plan for a community. Be detailed and provide at least 3 different methods you would use to protect its citzens.
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