Quiz11

Question 1

Marks: 10

Volcanoes can form at ...

Choose one answer.

	a. Convergent plate boundaries
	b. Divergent plate boundaries
	c. Hot spots
	d. All of the above
	e. E) Transform-fault plate boundaries

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 2

Marks: 10

It is the downwelling branch of a convection cell in the mantle that produces decompression melting across convergent plate boundaries.

Answer:

True

False

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 3

Marks: 10

P-waves can only travel through the earth and S-waves can only travel through air.

Answer:

True

False

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 4

Marks: 10

Waves that do the most catastrophic damage to man made structures are known as _______

Choose one answer.

	a. P waves (body waves)
	b. S waves (body waves)
	c. Rayleigh Waves
	d. None of the above

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 5

Marks: 10

Fissure volcanism is most probable to occur along the Japanese island Chain.

Answer:

True

False

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 6

Marks: 10

Half-life represents the time needed for ...

Choose one answer.

	a. Half of the original radioactive element to leave the rock
	b. Half of the atoms in a radioactive element to convert from parent to daughter isotopes
	c. Half of the atoms in a radioactive element to convert from daughter to parent
	d. Half of a relative fossil age

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 7

Marks: 10

Energy emitted by an earthquake can do the following work...

Choose one answer.

	a. fold strong crystalline rocks
	b. generate surface waves
	c. initiate volcanic eruptions
	d. all of the above

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 8

Marks: 10

What does the elastic rebound theory describe?

Choose one answer.

	a. a) the fluctuations in groundwater prior to an earthquake
	b. b) the build-up and release of stress during an earthquake
	c. c) the strength of an earthquake
	d. d) All of the above

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 9

Marks: 10

The hypocenter is the location at depth where an earthquake is generated.

Answer:

True

False

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Question 10

Marks: 10

Which of the following geological products does NOT result from a volanic eruption ...

Choose one answer.

	a. lahars
	b. fumaroles
	c. pyroclastic flow
	d. welded tuff
	e. none of the above

Correct

Marks for this submission: 10/10.

Spring 2009 GEOL 1001 for Juan Lorenzo

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