Geosphere Test Review

What can be determined by comparing the time lag between arrival of the P waves and arrival of the S waves at seismograph stations?

• The amount of time until another earthquake occurs

• The location of the epicenter

• The magnitude of the earthquake

What type of volcano is pictured?

• Composite

• Shield

• Cindercone

How were the Appalachian mountains formed?

• Two plates sliding past one another

• Compression stress resulting in folding

• A divergent plate boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of plate boundary produces the mid atlantic ridge?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

When two continental plates collide...

• They are pushed down into the mantle

• One plate overrides the other and forms a trench

• They buckle and form mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of volcano is large, has alternating LAYERS of rock and lava, and has violent eruptions.

• Composite

• Shield

• Strato

The cross section shows how P waves and S waves move through Earth, away from an earthquake epicenter. What have geologists been able to infer from the paths of these waves?

• Where the next earthquake will occur

• The internal structure and composition of Earth

• The diameter of Earth

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What kind of plate boundary created volcanoes in California and the northern pacific states?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

According to plate tectonic theory, why is Earth not getting larger if the seafloor is spreading apart and a new crust is being formed?

• Volcanoes near the ocean ridge melt the older rock

• The older oceanic crust is being weathered by the ocean water

• Ocean crust is being pushed under continental crust, where it melts back into the mantle.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the most deadly part of a volcano?

• Lava

• Lahar

• Nuee Ardente

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2