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Earth structure and dynamics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Between the methods of study of the geosphere, it is an indirect study method:

a)

 Volcanoes

b)

The study of seismic waves

c)

Well drilling

d)

 Meteor studies

2.

Thanks to the direct methods of studying the geosphere, we have reached depths of, aproximately:

a)

3 Km

b)

7 Km

c)

12 Km

d)

100 Km

3.

The property that determines that the densest areas of the earth's crust tend to sink and the less dense to rise is called:

a)

Sphericity

b)

Isostasy

c)

The magnetic field

d)

The gravitational field

4.

The Richter scale to analyze earthquakes measures:

a)

Intensity

b)

Magnitude

c)

Duration

d)

Risk

5.

At what type of plate boundary is new crust created?:

a)

 At subduction zones

b)

At oceanic ridges

c)

At transform boundaries

d)

All of the previous are right

6.

The point on the earth's surface where seismic waves first arrive is called:

a)

Focus

b)

Hypocenter

c)

Epicenter

d)

Tectonic foult

7.

The fastest body seismic waves are:

a)

P waves

b)

S waves

c)

Love waves

d)

Rayleigh waves

8.

It is true with respect to S waves that:

a)

They are the fastest

b)

 Its speed increases in gases

c)

The particles vibrate in the same direction as the wave

d)

They are not transmitted through fluid materials

9.

The earth's magnetic field is originated by the convection currents of the material of:

a)

The crust

b)

The mantle

c)

The outer core

d)

The inner core

10.

The geochemical model of the internal structure of the Earth is based on:

a)

The fluidity of the layers

b)

The chemical composition of the layers

c)

The temperature of the layers

d)

None of the above

11.

The main component of mantle rocks is:

a)

Iron

b)

Nickel

c)

Aluminum silicates

d)

Iron and magnesium silicates

12.

Convection currents in the geosphere are originated because hot material tends to:

a)

Go up

b)

Go down

c)

Stay at the same point

d)

None of the previous is correct

13.

Theories that affirm that the continents move are the theories:

a)

Fixists

b)

Mobilizers

c)

Orogenic

d)

All of the previous

14.

The general average value of the geothermal gradient in the earth's crust is:

a)

 3 ºC every 100 meters.

b)

10 ºC every 100 meters

c)

50 ºC every 100 meters

d)

100 ºC every 100 meters

15.

The Earth's core is made up of:

a)

More nickel than iron

b)

More iron than nickel

c)

The same amount of nickel as iron

d)

It is not very clear yet, but what is known is that it does not contain iron or nickel

16.

The evidences of continental drift based on the existence of fossils of identical organisms in places on the planet that are today thousands of kilometers away are:

a)

Paleoclimatic evidences

b)

Geographic evidences

c)

Paleontological evidences

d)

Geological and tectonics evidences

17.

The evidences of continental drift that are based on the coincidence between the shape of the coasts of some continents, especially between South America and Africa, are:

a)

Paleoclimatic evidences

b)

Geographic evidences

c)

Paleontological evidences

d)

Geological and tectonics evidences

18.

Mid-ocean ridges are a boundaries of type:

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

None of the previous

19.

The continental drift hypothesis was proposed by:

a)

Harry Hess

b)

Tuzo Wilson

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Beno Gutenberg

20.

The discontinuity, in the internal structure of the Earth, between the crust and the upper mantle is called:

a)

Mohorovicic discontinuity

b)

Lehman discontinuity

c)

Gutenberg discontinuity

d)

Repetti discontinuity