The Scientific Method/Properties of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
In a data set, there are the numbers of 2, 2, 3, 4, 5. What is the mode?
What is '2'?
100
The _______ Ocean is currently growing in size due to sea floor spreading.
What is 'Pacific'?
100
Of the following, earthquakes of which magnitude occur most often? Options: 8.0, 3.4, 5.6, 2.1
What is '2.1'?
100
Jagged mafic lava which has cooled quickly is known as ______. Options: lapilli, pahoehoe, aa, volcanic bombs
What is 'aa'?
100
Does 'Foliated Texture' mean that a rock has stripes, or does not have stripes?
Foliated Texture is caused by minerals being compressed and flattened, therefore making the rocks have 'stripes'.
200
The Earth is technically not a perfect sphere, but a type of sphere.
What is an 'oblate spheroid'?
200
Continental Crust is ______ and ____ _____ than oceanic crust.
What is thicker, more dense?
200
A minimum of ________ seismograh stations are required to pinpoint the location of an earthquake's epicenter. Options: one, two, three, four
What is 'three'?
200
Most volcanoes form due to _________, where one plate is forced under another. Options: sea floor spreading, hot spots, subduction, continental-continental convergance
What is 'subduction'?
200
Minerals have all the following characteristics except ________. Options: they are solid, they are organic, they occur naturally, they have an orderly crystalline structure
What is 'they are organic'?
300
The cooridinates of the point where the Equator crosses the International Date Line are
What is '0 degrees S, 180 degrees W'?
300
Ocassionally, volcanoes such as Kilauea form from ________ in the middle of plates.
What is sea-floor spreading?
300
The bending of rocks and snapping back into place when stress is released is known as the _________. Options: Seismic Adjustment, Elastic Rebound Theory
What is 'The Elastic Rebound Theory'?
300
Ocassionally, volcanoes such as Kilauea form from ________ in the middle of plates. Options: continental-continental convergence, hot spots (magma plume), sea floor spreading, subduction
What are 'hot spots (magma plumes)'?
300
_____________ is a technology where pressurized water and chemicals are used to fracture shale, in order to obtain natural gas. Options: Pressurization, Fracking, Fracturing, Pressurized Gas Acquisition
What is 'fracking'?
400
Here are the choices; Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner core. What are they made of?
1. Crust: Thin layer made of mostly rigid, rocky material 2. Mantle: Transitional layer made of both solid and liquid materials where heat is transferred 3. Outer Core: Layer made of almost entirely molten, liquid metals 4. Inner Core: Layer made of almost entirely solid metals
400
Seafloor Spreading is _____________. Options: The subduction of old seafloor underneath continent, the formation of underwater volcanoes as one section of seafloor subducts underneath another section of seafloor, the formation of new seafloor and the movement of older seafloor outward, the formation of mountains as two sections of seafloor collide
What is 'the formation of new seafloor and the movement of older seafloor outward'?
400
The ________ scale demonstrates the intensity or damage caused by an earthquake.
What is The Modified Mercalli Scale?
400
Order the Pyroclasts from largest to smallest. Options: Lapilli, Volcanic Dust, Volcanic Bombs, Volcanic Ash
1. Volcanic Bombs 2. Lapilli 3. Volcanic Ash 4. Volcanic Dust
400
The most common type of coal found in Pennsylvania is _________ coal, although the state produces more __________ coal than any other state in the United States. Options: a. bituminous, anthracite b. anthracite, lignite c. bituminous, lignite d. anthracite, bituminous
What is 'a. bituminous, anthracite'?
500
The five steps of the Scientific Method in order. Options: Test the Hypothesis, Gather Information, Draw a Conclusion, State the Problem, Form a Hypothesis
1. State the Problem 2. Gather Information 3. Form a Hypothesis 4. Test the Hypothesis 5. Draw a Conclusion
500
1. Primary Cause of Earthquakes 2. Forms trenches and volcanic islands 3. Forms trenches and inland volcanoes 4. Forms non-volcanic mountains 5. Forms mid-ocean ridges Options: Continental-Continental Convergent Boundaries, Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundaries, Transform Boundaries, Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundaries, Divergent Boundaries
1. Transform Boundaries 2. Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent Boundaries 3. Oceanic-Continental Convergent Boundaries 4. Continental-Continental Convergent Boundaries 5. Divergent Boundaries
500
An increase in one point of magnitude indicates ______ times more wave amplitude than the previous point.
What is '10'?
500
A. Most explosive, erupts mostly pyroclasts: B. Gentle Sloped Volcano, erupt low viscosity lava: C. Shortest and steepest volcano, erupts medium-viscosity blobs of lava Options: Shield, Cinder Cone, Composite (Stratovolcano),
A. Composite (Stratovolcano) B. Shield C. Cinder Cone
500
Magma | a. ______ \/ Igneous Rock | b. ______ \/ Sediment | c. ______ \/ Sedimentary Rock | d. ______ \/ Metamorphic Rock | e. ______ \/ Igneous Rock Options: Heat & Pressure, Melting, Weathering & Erosion, Crystalization, Compaction & Cementation
a. Crystalization b. Weathering & Erosion c. Compaction & Cementation d. Heat & Pressure e. Melting
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