Chapter 13 test 2

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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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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What are waves of energy that travel through Earth called?
Respuesta
  • Seismic Waves
  • P Waves
  • S Waves
  • Radio Waves

Pregunta 2

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

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Name the layers of the Earth.
Respuesta
  • Crust
  • Mantle
  • The core
  • Highland
  • Center
  • Ozone
  • Troposphere
  • Stratosphere

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
The lithosphere (The Moho) is between the mantle and the crust. How thick is it?
Respuesta
  • 40 - 60 miles
  • 40 - 65 miles
  • 50 - 70 miles
  • 50 - 60 miles

Pregunta 5

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

Pregunta 6

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

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Which part of the Earth is 900 miles thick and is made of solid iron/ nickel or iron/silicone
Respuesta
  • Inner core
  • Outer core
  • the core
  • Mantle
  • Crust
  • Aesthenosphere

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
What is the crust?
Respuesta
  • 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.

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
The slowest wave goes about 2.2 mph and cannot go through molten material. Which wave is it?
Respuesta
  • S waves
  • P waves
  • Seismic Waves
  • Gamma Waves

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
What is the area beneath the surface where the break occurs?
Respuesta
  • The Focus
  • The Mantle
  • The Epicenter
  • The Lithosphere
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