4. Gravity, ice, wind, and water are agents of________________.
a) erosion
b) abrasion
c) runoff
d) deflation
What is a) erosion
100
Which of the following would be considered a rapid change to the Earth's crust?
a. creating fossils
b. Volcanic Eruptions
c. forming canyons
d. forming mountains
What is b. Volcanic Eruptions
100
18. Which of the following is NOT a method for making buildings more earthquake resistant?
a) buildings on rubber supports
b) building with steel structures
c) building with wood structures
d) buildings with stone and brick
What is c) building with wood structures
100
20. What type of formation occurs when two tectonic plates push against one another and one plate is pushed underneath the other?
a) Fault
b) Divergent
c) Subduction
d) Convergent
What is c) Subduction
100
8. How could the removal of trees and other vegetation negatively impact the environment?
a) by increasing oxygen production
b) by increasing soil formation
c) by increasing transpiration
d) by increasing erosion
What is d) by increasing erosion
200
The Grand Canyon in Colorado was created by what type of erosional process?
a) glacial erosion.
b) wind erosion.
c) water erosion.
d) chemical erosion.
What is c) water erosion.
200
The United States is located on the North American plate. Where in the United States are volcanoes more likely to be a natural hazard?
a) east coast
b) west coast
c) mid-west
d) none of the above
What is a) east coast
200
What type of plate boundary will most likely be associated with the fault shown in the picture?
a) divergent
b) transform
c) convergent
d) none of the above
What is b) transform
200
19. Plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
a) convergent
b) transform
c) divergent
d) fault
What is c) divergent
200
5. Rocks that are deposited in a different area is known as ______________.
a) Weathering
b) Deposition
c) Erosion
d) Deflation
What is b) Deposition
300
Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion?
a) gravity
b) planting flowers
c) wind
d) glacier
What is b) planting flowers
300
12. Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. It became the most catastrophic volcanic eruption in United States history. The eruption of Mount St. Helens is an example of a ________________geological event that_______________ changed the Earth's surface.
a) local; rapidly
b) global; rapidly
c) local; gradually
d) global; gradually
What is a) local; rapidly
300
16. Cross bracing is a design used in architecture and engineering. Cross braces are X-shaped beams placed on the outside of building. The braces reinforce the building. The human impacts by which natural hazard would be most reduced by using cross bracing?
a) floods
b) tsunamis
c) earthquakes
d) volcanic eruptions
What is c) earthquakes
300
14. The motions of the plates cause changes to the Earth's surface including the formation of mountain ranges and positions of the continents. Which best explains the time period over which these changes occur?
a) weeks and months
b) years and decades
c) hundreds to thousands of years
d) millions to billions of years
What is d) millions to billions of years
300
6. A large, scratched boulder is found in a mixture of unsorted smaller sediments forming hills in central New York state. Which agent of erosion most likely transported and the deposited this boulder?
a) running water
b) ocean waves
c) glacier
d) wind
What is a) running water
400
Process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces is called
a) weathering
b) melting
c) freezing
d) deposition
What is a) weathering
400
13. Approximately what percentage of the world's earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire?
a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 65%
d) 90%
What is d) 90%
400
17. Earthquakes may result from
a) sudden movements of rock beneath the earth's surface.
b) movement of volcanic gases and magma.
c) a severe landslide or the collapse of a cave.
d) any of the causes listed above.
What is d) any of the causes listed above.
400
15. Where on Earth's surface are volcanoes and earthquakes most likely to form?
a) Near the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates
b) Only at transform boundaries
c) At the mantle
d) None of the above
What is a) Near the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates
400
7. How does grazing by cows on grass affect the surrounding soil?
a) all answers are correct
b) Overgrazing can leave soil vulnerable to wind and water erosion
c) Grazing can be used in place of plowing in no-till farming
d) Grazing can improve soil quality due to organic matter that livestock leaves behind
What is b) Overgrazing can leave soil vulnerable to wind and water erosion
500
10. What geological process can change any type of rock into sediment?
a) Cooling
b) Heat and pressure
c) Melting
d) Weathering and erosion
What is d) Weathering and erosion
500
Which of the following is the best way to lower the risk to the students in the school if the volcano erupts?
a) Have an evacuation plan in place.
b) Listen for storm watches and warnings.
c) Build the school mostly from wooden materials.
d) Teach students to move into hallways and away from windows.
What is a) Have an evacuation plan in place.
500
Scientists are studying graph showing the time differences between the seismic P-waves and the seismic S-waves as they travel through Earth. Which information can they learn from the graph?
a. the magnitude of an earthquake
b. the duration of an earthquake
c. the epicenter of an earthquake
d. the intensity of an earthquake
What is c. the epicenter of an earthquake
500
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes (with the exception of Hawaii) usually occur, and why?
a. Hot Spots
b. Atlantic Ridge
c. Ring of Fire
What is c. Ring of Fire
500
9. Any feature such as a land form, body of water, climate, vegetation, and erosion of the soil that defines a region of the earth.
a) human characteristic
b) physical feature
c) elevation
d) trend