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Ch 15 & 21 Quiz

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tectonic plates can bend and stretch until their ________ limit is reached and energy is then released in the form of seismic waves caused by formation of a fault or movement along a fault.

a)

Rock

b)

Elastic

c)

Richter

d)

Stretchy

2.

Which is the major force that forms the highest mountains?

a)

compressional force

b)

tension force

c)

shear force

d)

seismic force

3.

What type of formation is most likely represented here?

a)

isoclinal

b)

overturned

c)

anticlinal

d)

synclinal

4.

Which is formed when a large piece of Earth's crust is tilted. uplifted, or dropped between large faults?

a)

fault-block mountains

b)

uplifted mountains

c)

single volcanic peaks

d)

Basin and Range Province

5.

type of stress that made this?

a)

shearing

b)

compressional

c)

tensional

6.
What happens in strike slip faults?
a)
Fault blocks move past each other horizontally. 
b)
Fault blocks move past each other vertically.
c)
The faults do not move at all. 
d)
The faults do move but not enough to cause anything. 
7.
What happens in a normal fault?
a)
The faults move apart and completely separate.  
b)
The faults move side to side because of pressure. 
c)
The faults move in a normal way (down) due to gravity.
d)
The faults do not move because they are normal faults. 
8.
How do Folded Mountains form?
a)
Forms when layers are turned upside down.
b)
Forms when layers are small and begin to grow. 
c)
Forms when layers are move downward into the core. 
d)
Forms when layers are squeezed and pushed together upward. 
9.

A pulling apart force

a)

compression

b)

shear

c)

tension

10.

What is strain?

a)

any force acting on rocks

b)

a change in a rock's shape due to stress

c)

a balance between the crust and the matle

11.

Parallel forces acting in opposite directions

a)

compression

b)

shear

c)

tension

12.

What part of a folded and eroded belt has the oldest layer at its middle?

a)

syncline

b)

anticline

13.

How are Reverse Faults formed?

a)

form when two blocks of rock are pushed together.

b)

form when two blocks of rock are pulled apart.

14.

What is Syncline?

a)

is a type of fold in an arch-like shape pointed vertically downwards where the sequence of rock layers become progressively younger toward the center of the fold.

b)

is a type of fold in an arch-like shape pointed vertically upwards where the sequence of rock layers become progressively older toward the center of the fold.

15.
When rock folds, it can fold up or down, an upward fold is called a/an
a)
Anticline
b)
Syncline
c)
Fault Block Mt.
d)
Horst
16.
What type of fault is shown?
a)
Reverse Fault
b)
Normal Fault
c)
Strike-Slip Fault
d)
Divergent Fault
17.

What fault seems to be present here?

a)

compression fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

normal fault

d)

strike-slip

18.

What type of fault is seen here?

a)

normal

b)

reverse

c)

strike-slip

d)

obtuse

19.
What type of stress is sliding past each other?
a)
shearing
b)
compression
c)
uniform
d)
tension
20.

What boundary are reverse faults often found at?

a)

transform

b)

divergent

c)

convergent

21.
A stress force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks:
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
d)
uplifting
22.
A stress force that pulls Earth's crust apart and becomes thin in the middle is known as:
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
d)
uplifting
23.

The top and bottom geological terms missing in this figure are...

a)

Tilt & Fault

b)

Strike & Dip

c)

Joint & Uplift

d)

Fault & Angle

24.

What extreme folding seems to be present in this rock?

a)

symmetrical folding

b)

anticlinal folding

c)

recumbent folding

d)

overturned folding

25.

What type of folding is present in this rock?

a)

symmetrical folding

b)

anticlinal folding

c)

recumbent folding

d)

synclinal folding

26.

What type of folding seems to be present in this rock?

a)

synclinal

b)

anticlinal

c)

recumbant

d)

isoclinal

27.

Where would the youngest rock be found in the picture seen

a)

Near the river bed

b)

On the banks surrounding the river

c)

Near the hills to the sides of the river

d)

All of the exposed surface has the same age

28.

Looking at the fault shown it appears that this a _______________ fault caused by ________________?

a)

normal , tension

b)

normal , compression

c)

reverse , compression

d)

reverse , tension

29.

This picture of mountains in the "Grabens" section of the Canyonlands National Park. The grabens are represented by the

a)

rock outcroppings

b)

the valleys filled with sediments

c)

both the valleys and the rock outcroppings are consider the grabens

d)

there are no graben formations present

30.

This picture of mountains in the "Horsts" section of the Canyonlands National Park. The grabens are represented by the

a)

rock outcroppings

b)

the valleys filled with sediments

c)

both the valleys and the rock outcroppings are consider the grabens

d)

there are no graben formations present

31.

What type of fault is this?

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike-slip fault

32.

Which type of force is involved with this type of fault?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shear

33.

A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move is called ___________

a)

stress

b)

compression

c)

dormat

d)

fault

34.
Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
35.
a)
normal fault
b)
reverse fault
c)
strike-slip fault
36.
The cat is standing on the...
a)
foot wall
b)
hanging wall
c)
left
d)
weirdest elevator ever
37.
What type of fault is shown in this picture?
a)
normal
b)
reverse
c)
strike slip
d)
tension
38.
What type of fault is this?
a)
Normal
b)
Reverse
c)
Strike-slip
39.

________________ pulls on crust which results in a normal fault.

a)

tension

b)

compressions

c)

stress

40.

Which type of force is involved with this type of fault?

a)

Compression

b)

Tension

c)

Shear

41.

How are greenhouse gasses harming our environment?

a)

They aren't

b)

Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to cool down

c)

Less heat is able to escape causing the Earth to warm up

d)

More heat is able to escape

42.
Which diagram shows a planet with the least eccentric orbit?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
43.
The place where a planet is closest to the Sun as it orbits the Sun is called the
a)
perihelion
b)
aphelion
44.
The place where a planet is farthest away from the Sun in its orbit around the Sun is called the
a)
aphelion
b)
perihelion
45.
Which of the following causes seasons?
a)
the earths tilt
b)
the earths rotation
c)
the earths revolution around the sun
d)
the earths size 
46.

Which variable of the Milankovitch Cycles did Milankovitch think was most responsible for the different seasons on Earth?

a)

eccentricity (the shape of Earth's orbit)

b)

obliquity (the tilt of Earth's axis)

c)

precession (the wobble of Earth's axis)

47.

If you decrease the axial tilt of the Earth, what will happen to the seasons?

a)

milder summers and milder winters

b)

hotter summers and colder winters

c)

cold summer and cold winters

d)

extreme summers and extreme winters

48.

When the orbit is more oval (elliptical) there is a bigger difference in earth-sun distance. This refers to...

a)

eccentricty

b)

obliquity

c)

precession

49.

Which astronomical change has a 100,000 year cycle?

a)

eccentricity

b)

obliquity

c)

precession

50.

This cycle will be responsible for swapping the North Star (now called "Polaris") with another star.

a)

eccentricity

b)

obliquity

c)

precession

51.

Axial precession makes ________.

a)

the Earth have the same season in both the Northern and Southern hemipshere

b)

seasonal contrasts extreme in both hemispheres

c)

seasonal contrasts more extreme in one hemisphere and less extreme in the other

d)

no changes to the seasons

52.

Giant eruptions on the sun's surface are called

a)

solar flowers.

b)

solar flares.

c)

sun spots.

d)

solar eruption.

53.
What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
54.
When the southern hemisphere has winter, what season does the northern hemisphere have?
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
fall
55.

What is the slight movement over a period of 41,000 years that changes where Earth's axis points?

a)

Obliquity (tilt)

b)

Precession

c)

Eccentricity

d)

Rotation

56.
Who studied variations in the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis?
a)
Isaac Newton
b)
Aristotle
c)
Milutin Milankovitch
d)
Edison 
57.

What is the most important factor that affected climate on Earth in the past?

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Solar Forcing

c)

Ocean currents

d)

Wind currents

58.
How many factors did Milankovitch studied that could act as mechanisms to change the climate?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
59.

What region of earth has the greatest land mass and thus the most significance when it comes to changes in climate?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Western Hemisphere

d)

Eastern Hemisphere

60.

What is the current angle of the Earth's tilt and which way is it going?

a)

24° , and getting larger

b)

23.5° , and getting smaller

c)

23° , and getting larger

d)

22.5°, and getting smaller

61.
The ______ is the angle of the Earth's axis.
a)
Precession
b)
Tilt
c)
Orbital Eccentricity
d)
Latitude
62.

By how many degrees does the Earth's tilt changes?

a)

12°

b)

5.5°

c)

2.4°

d)

3°

63.
How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?
a)
one day
b)
one week
c)
one month
d)
one year
64.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
65.

What type of radiation do greenhouse gases absorb?

a)

shortwave solar radiation

b)

longwave terrestrial radiation

66.

What material has the highest albedo?

a)

ice and snow

b)

water

c)

forests

d)

grasslands

67.

When CO2 levels were low, temperatures were ______ and Earth was _____________.

a)

cooler; in an ice age (glacial period)

b)

cooler; warming (interglacial period)

c)

warmer; in an ice age (glacial period)

d)

warmer; warming (interglacial period)

68.

When CO2 levels were high, temperatures were ______ and Earth was _____________.

a)

cooler; in an ice age (glacial period)

b)

cooler; warming (interglacial period)

c)

warmer; in an ice age (glacial period)

d)

warmer; warming (interglacial period)

69.

Ice Cores can tell us the amount of CO2 in the air from hundreds of years ago

a)

True

b)

False

70.

The CO2 levels on earth are about 415 ppm today. CO2 has not been this high in a million years.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

What is the relationship between the two variables shown on the graph?

a)

As temperatures rise, CO2 levels decrease

b)

As CO2 levels rise, temperature decreases.

c)

As CO2 levels rise, temperature also rises.

d)

Temperature and CO2 levels have no correlation.

72.

According to the graph, which gas is the most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions?

a)

CO2

b)

methane

c)

CFC

d)

HFC

73.

Which gas is represented by Gas #1?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Argon

d)

NItrogen

74.

_______________ is one of the most abundantly found gases on earth.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Nitrogen

75.

What percentage of oxygen is in the air?

a)

78%

b)

0.97%

c)

21%

d)

100%

76.

What is the percentage of carbon dioxide in air?

a)

Less then 1%

b)

More then 1%

c)

Less then 5%

d)

More then 5%

77.

It is the lowest and the densest layer of the atmosphere

a)

Troposphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Stratosphere

78.

Ozone is concentrated in the lower part of

a)

Thermosphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Tropopause

d)

Exosphere

79.

Generally, as altitude increases, temperature ___.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Fluctuates

d)

Stays constant (the same)

80.

Which of the following are layers of the atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Dabosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Stratosphere

81.

Based on the choices provided, the outermost layer of the atmosphere is called the ___.

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

thermosphere

d)

mesosphere

82.

Which layer has the coldest average temperature?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

83.

Large bodies of water such as oceans or lakes ________________ temperatures.

a)

Raise

b)

Lower

c)

Moderate or Even out

d)

Don’t change

84.
Changes in the orbit of the Earth around the sun
a)
Rotation
b)
Obliquity
c)
Precession
d)
Eccentricity
85.
What is obliquity?
a)
The measure of the tilt of the Earth
b)
The change in the shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun
c)
The change in the orientation of Earth’s axis
d)
The measure of solar intensity of the sun
86.
Which of the following absorbs heat faster?
a)
Water
b)
Land
c)
They absorb heat at the same rate.
87.

How much incoming solar radiation is reflected from the Earth?

a)

30%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

90%

88.

The reflectivity of a surface is referred to as its:

a)

Heat index

b)

albedo effect

c)

milokovich cycle

d)

solar glare

89.

What happens to the average global temperature whenever there is an increase in carbon dioxide and methane?

a)

It goes up

b)

It goes down

c)

It stays the same

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