Volcanoes and Hot spots
Earthquakes
Plate boundaries
Miscellaneous
100
Which island is oldest?
Island W?
100
The position on Earth's surface directly above where an earthquake begins underground
epicenter
100
This type of folding is called?
anticlines/synclines, horsts/grabens, ups/downs, hills/valleys
anticlines and synclines
100
According to the law of superposition, which of the rock layers below would be oldest?
C
200
This type of volcano has explosive eruptions and layers of cinders and lava
Stratovolcano (or composite volcano)
200
The wave that travels the fastest
P wave
200
What kind of plate boundary is this?
transform
200
What type of mountain forms when magma inside the Earth forces the ground upward, but the magma does not break through the surface?
dome mountain
300
Volcanic eruptions are not always explosive. Which type of volcanoes have only non-explosive lava eruptions?
shield volcanoes
300
The city that would benefit from earthquake-resistant technology in building codes
Osaka, Perth, Sydney, or Shanghai
Osaka
300
What kind of plate boundary is this?
divergent
300
What type of plate boundary creates folded mountains?
convergent
400
Most volcanoes occur in what region?
The Ring of Fire
400
Most earthquakes occur in what region of the world?
The Ring of Fire
400
What type of fault line is this?
normal fault
400
What is happening at "3"?
Subduction
500
If a volcano has not erupted for an extended period of time, but still could erupt in the future, it is categorized as
dormant
500
Earthquakes are common at _____________ where the oceanic crust __________ under the continental crust.
subduction zones, subducts
500
What plate boundary is most likely to have compressive stress and what geologic feature is found at this boundary?
Convergent boundary, fold mountains
500
Fault block mountains result from what type of stress?
Tension