Quiz 2, unit 2 Geography

What causes earthquakes? How do earthquakes happen?

Any plate boundary/movement can cause an earthquake.

• True/Correct

• False/Incorrect

What is NOT a part of a volcano?

• Magma chamber

• Vent

• Tree

• Ash cloud

What kind of plate movement/boundary does this picture show? How was the volcano in this picture formed?

Which definition describes a cinder cone volcano?

• Small, steep-sided cone

• Looks like a sloping dome or a warrior's shield; made from slow-moving lava

• Large; looks like a mountain; tall with steep sides made from layer after layer of lava flow

• Looks like a bowl; large oval or circular hollow

Which definition describes a shield volcano?

• Small, steep-sided cone

• Looks like a sloping dome or a warrior's shield; made from slow-moving lava

• Large; looks like a mountain; tall with steep sides made from layer after layer of lava flow

• Looks like a bowl; large oval or circular hollow

Which definition describes a composite/stratovolcano?

• Small, steep-sided cone

• Looks like a sloping dome or a warrior's shield; made from slow-moving lava

• Large; looks like a mountain; tall with steep sides made from layer after layer of lava flow

• Looks like a bowl; large oval or circular hollow

Which definition describes precipitation?

• The process of liquid's surface changing to gas.

• The process of a liquid changing to a solid.

• The process of a gas changing to a solid.

• Any liquid or solid water that falls to Earth as a result of condensation in the atmosphere.

Which definition describes evaporation?

• The process of liquid's surface changing to gas.

• The process of a liquid changing to a solid.

• The process of a gas changing to a solid.

• Any liquid or solid water that falls to Earth as a result of condensation in the atmosphere.

Give one example of a reservoir in a step of the water cycle. Include the step and the reservoir. (A reservoir is where water exists at any point in the water cycle.)