WorksheetsES Unit 3 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
________ was an ancient reptile that lived in South America and Africa during the late Paleozoic.
a)
Granopteris
b)
Monastarious
c)
GlossopterisOption 3 (optional)
d)
Mesosaurus
2.
In the early part of the twentieth century, ________ argued forcefully for continental drift.
a)
Karl Wagner
b)
Peter Rommel
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Bill Kohl
3.
The former late Paleozoic supercontinent is known as ________.
a)
Pandomonia
b)
Pancakea
c)
Pangaea
d)
Panatopia
4.
Pull-apart rift zones are generally associated with a ________ plate boundary.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
all plate boundaries
5.
A typical rate of seafloor spreading in the Atlantic Ocean is ________.
a)
2 feet per year
b)
0.1 inches per
c)
20 feet per year
d)
2 centimeters per year
6.
New oceanic crust and lithosphere are formed at ________.
a)
divergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of rhyolitic magma
b)
convergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of rhyolitic magma
c)
divergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of basaltic magma
d)
convergent boundaries by submarine eruptions and intrusions of basaltic magma
7.
The instrument that records earthquake waves is termed a ________.
a)
polygraph
b)
seismograph
c)
thermograph
d)
barograph
8.
Which one of the following is true regarding tsunamis?
a)
They travel as deep-water waves at speeds greater than surface seismic waves but slower than S waves.
b)
Their wave heights decrease and wavelengths increase as they move into shallower water.
c)
They are started by fault-induced, horizontal shifts in the seafloor that suddenly propel great masses of water in opposite directions.
d)
They occur in the open ocean, wavelengths are many miles or kilometers and wave heights are only a few feet.
9.
Overall, this type of seismic wave is the most destructive.
a)
P wave
b)
surface wave
c)
S wave
d)
tsunami
10.
________ refers to the tendency for a foundation material to lose its internal cohesion and fail mechanically during earthquake shaking.
a)
Liquefaction
b)
Slurrying
c)
Motion slip
d)
Seismoflowage
11.
The lithosphere is defined as ________.
a)
a rocky layer having a relatively uniform chemical composition
b)
a rigid layer of crustal and mantle material
c)
a rocky layer composed mainly of crustal rocks
d)
a plastic layer composed mainly of mantle material
12.
Which type of basaltic lava flow has a fairly smooth, unfragmented, ropy surface?
a)
aa
b)
pegmatitic
c)
pahoehoe
d)
scoria
13.
________ magma is the most abundant type erupted on Earth.
a)
Basaltic
b)
Granitic
c)
Andesitic
d)
Pegmatitic
14.
________ are usually the most abundant gases emitted during basaltic volcanism.
a)
Chlorine and sodium
b)
Neon and ammonia
c)
Oxygen and nitrogen
d)
Water and carbon dioxide
15.
________ tend to increase the explosive potential of a magma body beneath a volcano.
a)
High viscosity and dissolved gas
b)
High viscosity, low dissolved gas content
c)
Low silica content, low viscosity
d)
Low viscosity, low dissolved gas content
16.
The largest igneous intrusive body is called a ________.
a)
batholith
b)
stock
c)
laccolith
d)
dike
17.
Which one of the following shows the correct order (left to right) of decreasing magma viscosity?
a)
rhyolite, andesite, basalt
b)
andesite, rhyolite, basalt
c)
basalt, rhyolite, andesite
d)
basalt, andesite, rhyolite
18.
Large circular downwarped structures are called ________.
a)
anticlines
b)
basins
c)
synclines
d)
domes
19.
Tensional forces normally cause which one of the following?
a)
normal faults
b)
strike-slip faults
c)
reverse faults
d)
thrust faults
20.
The concept that rocks of the crust and upper mantle are floating in gravitational balance is known as ________.
a)
isotropy
b)
isobration
c)
isostasy
d)
isomonism
21.
What structure is depicted here?
a)
monocline
b)
reverse
fault
c)
normal
fault
d)
transverse fault
22.
A(n) ________ is a thick accumulation of sediments and small, tectonic blocks formed of material scraped off a descending, lithospheric plate.
a)
mass movement complex
b)
continental shelf, terrain complex
c)
accretionary-wedge complex
d)
subterranean-accumulation complex
23.
A syncline is ________.
a)
a fold in which the strata dip away from the axis
b)
a fold in which the strata dip toward the axis
c)
a fold with only one limb
d)
a fold characterized by recumbent limbs
24.
Mount Pelée on Martinique is an example of a ________.
a)
composite volcano
b)
shield volcano
c)
cinder cone
d)
lava dome
25.
Which type of basaltic lava flow has its surface covered with sharp-edged, angular blocks and rubble?
a)
scoria
b)
pahoehoe
c)
pillow lava
d)
aa
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