Quiz About Volcanic Earthquake Or Tectonic
- 1.1) The San Andreas fault can best be classified as a __________ fault.
- A.
Rift
- B.
Subduction
- C.
Transform (strike-flip)
- D.
Divergent
- E.
Normal
- 2.The location inside the Earth where an earthquake originates is termed the ____________.
- A.
Focus
- B.
Orogeny
- C.
Epicenter
- D.
Face
- E.
Mineralogic substrate
- 3.The correct term for a marine wave caused by volcanic or earthquake activity is a ________.
- A.
Hurricane
- B.
Storm surge
- C.
Pingo
- D.
Tsunami
- E.
Tombolo
- 4.A major mud flow emanating from the eruption of a composite volcano is termed a(n)_______.
- A.
Aa
- B.
Lahar
- C.
Nuee ardente
- D.
Pahoehoe
- E.
Caldera
- 5.Lava associated with composite volcanoes is ________________.
- A.
Thick, gassy, and felsic
- B.
Thick, gassy, and mafic
- C.
Fluid, gassy, and mafic
- D.
Fluid, with little gas, and felsic
- E.
Fluid, with little gas, and mafic
- 6.Which of the following features may be associated with the eruption of a stratovolcano?
- A.
Frothy basalt ejected at high pressure from the vent
- B.
A cinder cone
- C.
A glowing avalanche of hot gases and fine ash
- D.
A low shield shaped volcano
- E.
Fluid flood basalt lava flows that cover large areas
- 7.Another term for stratovolcano is a ______________.
- A.
Composite cone
- B.
Cinder cone
- C.
Caldera
- D.
Shield volcano
- E.
Hot spot
- 8.Crater Lake in Oregon is an example which type of volcanic feature?
- A.
Composite cone
- B.
Cinder cone
- C.
Caldera
- D.
Shield volcano
- E.
Hotspot
- 9.Fragments ejected from a volcano ranging in size from boulders to fine dust are collectively referred to as ____________.
- A.
Lava
- B.
Lahar
- C.
Ash
- D.
Tephra
- E.
Pumice
- 10.Which of the following volcanoes is an example of a stratovolcano?
- A.
The volcanoes of hawaii
- B.
Heimaey
- C.
Crater lake
- D.
Mount St. Helens
- 11.Volcanoes associated with midoceanic ridges have lava that is ______________.
- A.
Thick, gassy, and felsic
- B.
Thick, gassy, and mafic
- C.
Fluid, gassy, and mafic
- D.
Fluid, with little gas and felsic
- E.
Fluid, with little gas, and mafic
- 12.A jetlike emission of steam and hot water where groundwater is heated by geothermal heat is referred to as a ____________.
- A.
Ejecter
- B.
Geyser
- C.
Plume
- D.
Hot spring
- E.
Hotspot
- 13.Trough-like downfolds are referred to as _____________.
- A.
Synclines
- B.
Anticlines
- C.
Foreland folds
- D.
Fault folds
- E.
Normal folds
- 14.Arch-like upfolds are referred to as ________________.
- A.
Synclines
- B.
Anticlines
- C.
Foreland folds
- D.
Fault folds
- E.
Normal folds
- 15.The surface across which movement takes place in a fault is referred to as the ___________.
- A.
Fault scarp
- B.
Strike- slip
- C.
Fault plane
- D.
Transcurrent
- E.
Focus
- 16.A fault scarp results from which of the following types of faults?
- A.
Reverse
- B.
Overthurst
- C.
Transcurrent
- D.
Strike-slip
- E.
Normal
- 17.The Richter scale measures what characteristic of earthquakes?
- A.
Amount of ground motion
- B.
Quantity of energy released
- C.
Amount of displacement in the fault
- D.
Degree of damage to local buildings
- E.
Area over which the earthquake was detected
- 18.The most intense earthquake activity is associated with which of the following plate boundaries?
- A.
Converging boundary
- B.
Spreading boundary
- C.
Transform boundary
- D.
Continental suture
- E.
Boundary that is currently not classified
- 19.The East African Rift Valley demonstrates the early stage of the ___________.
- A.
Formation of a new ocean basin
- B.
Formation of a new land mass
- C.
Formation of a continental suture
- D.
Formation of a transform plate boundary
- E.
Formation of a new subduction zone
- 20.Which of the following terms is most closely associated with the description of earthquake activity?
- A.
Volcanic
- B.
Tectonic
- C.
Tidal
- D.
Rifting
- E.
Seismic
- 21.Frothy magma ejected under high pressure from a narrow vent is most characteristic of which type of volcano?
- A.
Stratovolcano
- B.
Cinder cone
- C.
Shield volcano
- D.
Caldera
- E.
Hotspots
- 22.Erosion of volcanic landforms often leaves behind a table-topped plateau called a _______.
- A.
Lava mesa
- B.
Butte
- C.
Monadnock
- D.
Cuesta
- E.
Dome
- 23.A circular or oval structure in which strata have been forced upward, often associated with igneous intrusions or upthrusting on deep faults, is a/an ___________.
- A.
Mesa
- B.
Butte
- C.
Modanock
- D.
Cuesta
- E.
Dome
- 24.Sometimes sedimentary beds are tilted upward. When weaker layers erode, the stronger layers left behind are called _____________.
- A.
Synclinal mountains
- B.
Fault scarps
- C.
Hogback ridges
- D.
Cuestas
- E.
Domes
- 25.When a resistant rock type is exposed at the center of a downturned fold and the rock stands up as a ridge, which of the following features may result?
- A.
Synclinal mountains
- B.
Fault scarps
- C.
Hogbacks
- D.
Cuestas
- E.
Anticlinal valley
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