Chapter 6 Earthquakes and Volcanoes

T or F? Stress is a force on a rock that removes energy from the rock.

• True

• False

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The long tube in a volcano that connects the magma chamber to the Earth's surface is the ____.

• vent

• crater

• pipe

• lava flow

A(n) _______ is a fold in a rock that bends upwards and forms an arch.

• anticline

• syncline

• decline

• incline

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Compression is the type of stress force that produces a _______________ fault.

• strike-slip

• normal

• reverse

• convergent

T or F? An island arc may form along converging oceanic plate boundaries (subduction).

• true

• false

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A force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume is called _______.

• subduction

• stress

• force

• fault

T or F?Dissolved trapped gases in magma are the force that causes it to erupt to the surface

• true

• false

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T or F? The land between two reverse faults is known as a fault block mountain.

• true

• false

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A type of volcano that is erupting or will erupt in the near future is a(n) ________ volcano.

• extinct

• active

• dormant

• explosive

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These type of seismic waves can travel through both solids and liquids.

• (P) primary wave

• (S) secondary wave

• surface wave

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