APES S1 Final Review

Continental crust is primarily

• basalt
• pumice
• quartzite
• granite

Converging continental plates will result in

• Trench

• Volcanic island arc

• Mountain range

• Volcanic mountain range

Large volumes of lava have been flowing gently from Mt. Kilauea since 1952. Based upon this information, you can predict that this volcano

• Has gently sloping sides

• Is a cinder cone

• Has steeply sloping sides

• Is at a subduction zone

A volcano which has violent eruptions would be a mountain

• Surrounded by pillow lava

• That expelled a large volume of lava

• With gentle sloped sides

• With steep sloped sides

Which of the following events can occur at all types of plate boundaries?

• Earthquake

• Avalanche

• Tsunami

• Volcanic eruption

What is one possible cause of earthquakes?

• Gradual cooling & shrinkage of the Earth’s core

• Gravitational attraction between Earth & Moon

• Motion of material w/in Earth’s outer core

• Stress & dislocation of the Earth’s crust

Seafloor topography & magnetic reversal patterns provide evidence for

• Global warming

• Mass extinction

• Plate tectonics

• Natural selection

Of the Earth’s 3 major layers, which one contains the greatest portion of molten rock?

• Lithosphere

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• hydrosphere

Which of the following forces helps keep rock in the earth’s interior hot & molten?

• Radioactivity

• Global warming

• Subduction

• Solar radiation

• Friction between tectonic plates

In the Earth’s interior, hot, molten rock rises, & cooler rock sinks in a process known as

• Subduction

• Erosion

• Convergence

• Convection

• The law of superposition