Earth Systems Unit Test #2 Review

Seismologists study:

• ocean tides

• volcanic activity

• mountain erosion

• earthquakes

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the diagram shows the movement of the Pacific and North American plates along the San Andreas fault located in California. Why do earthquakes occur along the San Andreas fault?

• one plate slowly pushes the other plate up

• a trench is created as one plate slides under the other plate

• portions of the plates get stuck and then suddenly loosen or move

• one plate pushes hard enough to reverse the motion of the other plate

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The point beneath Earth’s surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the

• syncline

• footwall

• epicenter

• focus

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The type of seismic waves that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordion are called

• S waves

• P Waves

• surface waves

• Mercalli waves

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At which location in the picture would earthquakes be least likely to occur?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Volcanic activity is related to tectonic plate movement

• true

• false

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The Ring of Fire, a region with many active volcanoes, circles which ocean?

• Atlantic

• Arctic

• Pacific

• Indian

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Volcanoes occur at all of the following EXCEPT:

• divergent boundaries

• hot spots

• subduction zones

• anticline zones

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the basic component of soil is:

• leaves

• weathered rock

• sand

• animal droppings

The picture shows how a type of rock forms at the bottom of the ocean. What type of rock would be forming?

• lava

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

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