APES Unit 1 Test Study Guide

Which of the following is an effect expected in the United States during a strong El Niño event?

I. More rainfall in the Southeastern U.S.

II. Warmer weather in the Pacific Northwest

III. Warmer weather in the Northeastern U.S.

• I only

• II only

• III only

• I and II only

• I,II, and III

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Which of the following will occur at the location where a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?

• A Divergent Boundary

• Biological Hotspots

• An Oceanic Trench

• A Mountain Range of Volcanic Orgin

• A Mountain Range of Non-Volcanic Origin

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Oceanic ridges are found primarily along which type of boundary?

• Convergent boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• Subduction Boundaries

• All of the above boundaries would form oceanic ridges

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The diagram below shows which type of fault ofr boundary?

• Asthenopheric Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Subduction Boundary

Which of the following is most likely to occur from the diagram if it occurred between two continental plates?

• An Earthquake

• A Volcano

• Subduction of one of the plates

• A Tsunami

• Hydrothermal Vents

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The "Ring of Fire" is a series of volcanoes (and other seismic activity) found in which location?

• Along the continental borders of the Pacific Ocean

• Along the continental borders of the Atlantic Ocean

• Along the continental borders of the Indian Ocean

• Along the continental borders of the Arctic Ocean

• Along the continental borders of the Southern Ocean

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In 2004, an earthquake in which location caused the worst tsunami on record, which killed close to a quarter million people?

• South Pacific Ocean, near Chile

• North Pacific Ocean, near Alaska

• North Atlantic Ocean, near Iceland

• Indian Ocean, near Indonesia

• Indian Ocean, near South Africa

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Which of the following is the thinnest "layer" of the Earth?

• The inner core

• The outer core

• The lower mantle

• The asthenosphere

• The crust

Which term refers to a point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake?

• Focus

• Amplitude

• Magnitude

• Epicenter

• Fovea

Measured on the Richter scale, and earthquake with a magnitude of 7 is _ times greater than an earthquake of 4.

• 0.001

• 0.3

• 3

• 30

• 1,000