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Textbook: Hess, Darrel, and Tasa, Dennis. (2017). McKnight’s Physical Geography: Fourth California Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc. Or, Hess, Darrel, and Tasa, Dennis (2017). McKnight’s Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation 12th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc.

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Chapter 13 test 2

Question 1 of 10

1

What are waves of energy that travel through Earth called?

Select one of the following:

  • Seismic Waves

  • P Waves

  • S Waves

  • Radio Waves

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

What was 16 Psyche and why is it being studied? Choose all that apply.

Select one or more of the following:

  • It is a metal asteroid about 140 miles in diameter.

  • It may have been a core of a protoplanet.

  • It was a comet about 230 miles in diameter.

  • The ice and minerals continuously fall into Earth's Atmosphere.

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

Name the layers of the Earth.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Crust

  • Mantle

  • The core

  • Highland

  • Center

  • Ozone

  • Troposphere

  • Stratosphere

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

The lithosphere (The Moho) is between the mantle and the crust. How thick is it?

Select one of the following:

  • 40 - 60 miles

  • 40 - 65 miles

  • 50 - 70 miles

  • 50 - 60 miles

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

How thick is the outer core and what does it generate?

Select one of the following:

  • it is 1400 miles thick and generates our magnetic field

  • It is 1400 miles thick and generates the earthquakes of the Earth.

  • it is 1300 miles thick and generates the rotation of the Earth

  • It is 1400 miles thick and generates iron/Nickel or iron/silicone

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

What are the theories of the tectonic plates? Choose all that apply.

Select one or more of the following:

  • The Lithosphere floats on the plastic Aesthenosphere.

  • There are 7 major plates, 7 medium sized plates, and a dozen smaller plates.

  • The lithosphere collides with the Mesosphere.

  • The crust is being moved by magma via the Aesthenosphere.

  • The mesosphere is the most unstable part of the mantle therefore it causes the tectonic plates to move.

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

Which part of the Earth is 900 miles thick and is made of solid iron/ nickel or iron/silicone

Select one of the following:

  • Inner core

  • Outer core

  • the core

  • Mantle

  • Crust

  • Aesthenosphere

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

What is the crust?

Select one of the following:

  • It is the outer-most layer and makes up less than 1% of the Earth.

  • It is the second layer and makes up about 1% of the Earth.

  • It is the surface of the Earth and is made from tectonic plate movements.

  • It makes up about 1% of the Earth and is situated between the mantle and the core.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

The slowest wave goes about 2.2 mph and cannot go through molten material. Which wave is it?

Select one of the following:

  • S waves

  • P waves

  • Seismic Waves

  • Gamma Waves

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

What is the area beneath the surface where the break occurs?

Select one of the following:

  • The Focus

  • The Mantle

  • The Epicenter

  • The Lithosphere

Explanation

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