Ch 16 Test Your Knowledge

The image illustrates where the sea floor has been pushed up abruptly. What type of natural disaster could this cause?

• fault

• tidal wave

• tsunami

• epicenter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

True or False: A normal fault would occur from tensional stress (pulling apart).

• True

• False

The point within the earth where an earthquake starts.

• epicenter

• focus

• tsunami

• richter

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Select all options that are basic processes of mountain building.

• folding

• volcanism

• rifting

• faulting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which earthquake scale measures what humans are feeling and seeing happen at the surface

• Fujita Scale

• Moment Magnitude Scale

• Richter Scale

• Modified Mercalli Scale

Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering

• roots

• wedging

• exfoliation

• acid rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What type of stress formed this structure (picture of two plates sliding past one another in opposite directions) ?

• tensional

• shear

• compressional

• elastic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of fold is this? ( a picture of a fold that is curved downward like a smile)

• reverse cline

• normal cline

• syncline

• anticline

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

True or False: The Principle or Uniformity assumes that geologic laws of today are the same as those that happened in the past

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which property of minerals is the least reliable?

• luster

• color

• hardness

• cleavage