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Geography Year 11 Unit 2 practice quiz

Question 1 of 34

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Facts about Earthquakes: Within the earth, there is tremendous heat as much as 1500 degrees fahrenheit. Heat rises and tries to escape between and through the plates. Consequently, the plates may be displaced and/or ruptured.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 2 of 34

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An earthquake can:

Select one of the following:

  • Make buildings split and crumble or fall into large cracks.

  • Destroy roads, railroad tracks, and bridges. Telephone poles and electric lines are ruined.

  • Change the course of rivers and streams. Mountains may have avalanches or be split and leveled, and flat land can become lumpy and even hilly or mountainous.

  • Break water pipes, cause flooding.

  • All of the above.

  • None of the above.

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Question 3 of 34

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Many earthquakes take place on ocean bottoms.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 4 of 34

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Describe how tectonic plates work.

Select one of the following:

  • They collide with one another and squish into big slabs of rock.

  • They are able to float due to the age of rocks. Since there are great variations in plate ages it can compensate for the length and weight of the crust, and since continental rocks are much heavier the much thicker crust below can hold it.

  • They are able to float due to the composition of rocks. Since there are great variations in plate thickness it can compensate for the weight and density of the crust, and since continental rocks are much lighter the much thicker crust below can support it better.

  • They are able to float because of the layout. The variations in where the plates lie allows them to move around freely and occasionally they will collide.

  • All of the above.

  • None of the above.

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Question 5 of 34

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What does the term "Polar Dinosaurs in Australia" refer to?

Select one of the following:

  • The dinosaurs who lived at the North pole a long time and swam to Australia later when they were in need of food.

  • It just refers to the animals that look like polar bears now living in Australia.

  • The Dinosaur bones found in Australia, discovered by Scientist R.J Polar.

  • Some of the well-preserved dinosaurs in Australia that are believed to have lived in cold areas a long time ago.

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Question 6 of 34

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A divergent plate boundary is when two plate boundaries move towards each other.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 7 of 34

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A convergent plate boundary is when the tectonic plates move towards each other.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 34

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A transform plate boundary is when two plate boundaries:

Select one of the following:

  • Move away from each other.

  • Move towards each other.

  • Slide past one another.

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Question 9 of 34

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A volcano belt is where:

Select one of the following:

  • Volcano action is most likely to occur.

  • The area is safe from volcanoes.

  • A volcano erupts every day.

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Question 10 of 34

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100% of volcanic eruptions occur in the northern hemisphere.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 11 of 34

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Describe the term "pyroclastic surge" and what can it do it do to humans

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Question 12 of 34

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The kind of Eruption that took place at Mount Vesuvius was a eruption, one of the most violent forces of nature.

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Question 13 of 34

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igneous rocks are formed when a volcano erupts and or , flows over the surface.

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Question 14 of 34

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igneous rocks are formed when molten rock deep within the lithosphere.

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Question 15 of 34

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You can account for the differences in appearance of rocks such as obsidian, basalt and tuff by knowing that basalt often has a crystalline structure and are intrusive, obsidian resembles black glass, and tuff is the result of volcanic ash which is cemented together.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 16 of 34

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Intrusive features eventually end up on the surface as gradually wears down the rock above it.

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Question 17 of 34

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Sediment is formed:

Select one of the following:

  • The same way as Igneous rock.

  • By deposits of broken up material that accumulates in lakes and oceans.

  • By deposits of grasses and other plant life that accumulates on hills and plains.

  • All of the above.

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Question 18 of 34

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occurs when new layers of sediment are deposited on top of older layers and the weight squeezes out any spaces between particles that make up the lower layers, flattening the particles and causing them to interlock. occurs when minerals, dissolved in water, filter through the sediment and act as cement grains together to form sedimentary rock.

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Question 19 of 34

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Metamorphic rocks are formed through enormous and temperatures reaching over 300 degrees celsius.

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Question 20 of 34

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There are more metamorphic rocks than any other kinds of rock since they are formed in low pressure.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 21 of 34

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Mineral deposits are concentrated in geological structures through ___ and ___.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Erosion.

  • Weathering.

  • Pollution.

  • Time.

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Question 22 of 34

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An element (a geologic building block) can be broken down into multiple substances.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 23 of 34

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Minerals are inorganic compounds consisting of one or more elements found in the lithosphere. It must be:
1) A solid. (Atoms are arranged consistently).
2) Occur .
3) Have a specific composition.

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Question 24 of 34

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3 types of crust include , , and .

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Question 25 of 34

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Igneous rock forms in what?

Select one of the following:

  • Magma (underground), lava (on surface).

  • Magma (on surface), laval (underground).

  • Cool, icy patches in the crust.

  • Just magma.

  • Just lava.

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Question 26 of 34

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Two types of Igneous rock. , which forms in lava and has very fine grains. , which forms in magma and has coarse grains.

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Question 27 of 34

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Sedimentary rock consists of sediment and originates from pre-existing rock.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 28 of 34

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is when the rock particles are cemented together and crystallized from tremendous heat and pressure.

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Question 29 of 34

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Sedimentary rocks are always formed into vertical layers.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 30 of 34

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Metamorphic rock undergo a change in shape AND mineral composition, changing a it's still solid.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 31 of 34

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What zones have the worst earthquake tremors, and how deep can they get?

Select one of the following:

  • Subduction zones, and 300 km.

  • Subduction zones and 1000 km.

  • Subduction zones and 500 km.

  • Extrusive zones and 300 km.

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Question 32 of 34

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Earthquakes are measured with (check all that apply):

Select one or more of the following:

  • Seismometer (measures intensity of quakes).

  • Seismograph (graphs created by seismometers).

  • Seisocharts (charts created by seismometers).

  • The Rinten Scale - most popular scale to measure quakes, based on intensity over a given distance.

  • The Richter Scale - most popular scale to measure quakes, based on intensity over a given distance.

  • The Susan Scale - most popular scale to measure quakes, based on intensity over a given distance.

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Question 33 of 34

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Body waves travel away from quake's focus. What are S, P, Rayleigh waves, and Love waves?

Select one of the following:

  • P waves - Primary waves, travel through air, solid, liquid, in a straight line. A body wave.
    S waves - Secondary waves, travels through solids, more violent zigzags. A body wave.
    Love waves - Travel like S waves, side to side, a surface wave.
    Rayleigh waves - Behaves like rolling ocean waves, surface wave.

  • P waves - Primary waves, travel through air, solid, liquid, in a straight line. A body wave.
    S waves - Behaves like rolling ocean waves, surface wave.
    Love waves - Secondary waves, travels through solids, more violent zigzags. A body wave.
    Rayleigh waves - Travel like S waves, side to side, a surface wave.

  • S waves - Primary waves, travel through air, solid, liquid, in a straight line. A body wave.
    Rayleigh waves -Travel like S waves, side to side, a surface wave.
    Love waves - Secondary waves, travels through solids, more violent zigzags. A body wave.
    P waves - Behaves like rolling ocean waves, surface wave.

  • P waves - Behaves like rolling ocean waves, surface wave.
    Love waves - Travel like S waves, side to side, a surface wave.
    Rayleigh waves - Primary waves, travel through air, solid, liquid, in a straight line. A body wave.
    S waves - Secondary waves, travels through solids, more violent zigzags. A body wave.

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Question 34 of 34

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Tsunamis are always a direct result of hurricanes.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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