Earth Science B Unit 2 Review

What is required for an ocean trench to form?

• Subduction

• Passive margins

• Erosion

• Submarine canyons

Which type of mountain is not formed due to plate collision?

• Continent-continent

• Andean

• Aleutian

• Fault-block

Only the most violent eruptions feature ____ flow.

• viscous

• pyroclastic

• cinder cone

• pillow lava

The seismic waves in a 5.5 magnitude earthquake are ____ times larger than those in a 3.5 magnitude earthquake.

• 10

• 32

• 100

• 1000

Which of these types of weathering does not require the presence of water?

• Hydrolysis

• Oxidation

• Frost wedging

• Solution

Which of these types of weathering requires the presence of water?

• Heat effects

• Carbonation

• Oxidation

• Abrasion

The Fjords is a glacial feature that is described by ___.

• steep cliffs

• where cirques intersect

• cracks in glaciers

• piles of rocks

Rift zones are an ocean feature that is described by ____.

• a site of crust formation

• very flat part of ocean floor

• part of the continental margin

• flat-topped, underwater mountain

A ___ forms when a volcano collapses in on itself.

Which of these volcanic eruption types is the least violent?

• Plinian

• Strombolian

• Pelean

• Hawaiian