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Identification
Name the continents that fall under Laurasia.
North America, Europe and Asia
Multiple Choice
What type of stress causes rocks to be pulled apart, making them thinner?
A. Compression
B. Tension
C. Shear
D. Reverse
B. Tension
Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT used by Alfred Wegener as evidence for his Continental Drift Theory?
A. Matching fossils found on different continents
B. Similar rock formations on distant coasts of other continents
C. The jigsaw fit of South America and Africa
D. Movement of plates due to convection currents
D. Movement of plates due to convection currents
Multiple Choice
At a divergent boundary on the ocean floor, what process occurs that adds new material to the Earth’s crust?
A. Subduction of older crust beneath a continental margin
B. Spreading of the seafloor as magma rises and solidifies
C. Folding of crustal layers due to compressional stress
D. Horizontal shearing of plates producing strike-slip faults
B. Spreading of the seafloor as magma rises and solidifies
Modified True or False
James Hutton was the scientist that strengthen the Theory of Uniformitarianism, while Charles Lyell was the one to proposed it.
False (Correct: Charles Lyell was the scientist that strengthen the Theory of Uniformitarianism, while James Hutton was the one to proposed it.)
Multiple Choice
Internal heat of the Earth that powers endogenic processes is called ______.
A. Thermal energy
B. Geothermal energy
C. Nuclear energy
D. Hydrothermal energy
B. Geothermal energy
Modified True or False
San Andreas fault in California, USA is an example of reverse fault, when two plates are caused by compression (pushing together).
False (Correct: Strike-slip fault; caused by shear stress where plates move horizontally past each other)
Modified True or False
Faulting is an exogenic process.
False (Correct: endogenic)
Multiple Choice
Why was Wegener’s Continental Drift Theory initially rejected by many scientists?
A. He did not provide enough fossil and rock evidence to fully support his idea on the drifting of plates
B. He could not explain the actual mechanism that was strong enough to move continents
C. He was criticized because he was trained in meteorology rather than geology
D. He suggested that continents could have shifted positions in a very short period of time
B. He could not explain the actual mechanism that was strong enough to move continents
Identification
Among the types of folds, which is characterized by rock layers being warped downward forming an arc or curvature.
Syncline
Modified True or False
Endogenic processes are driven mainly by the Sun’s heat.
False (Correct: driven by Earth’s internal heat)
Identification:
The removal of soil or rock fragments by wind, water, or ice is called ______.
Erosion
Identifcation:
Which type of convergent boundary wherein Volcanic Arc forms on land while Deep Sea Trench forms at the subduction zone on the ocean floor?
Continental-Oceanic Convergence
Modified True or False
The superocean Panthalassa is the body of water that separated Laurasia and Gondwana
False (Correct: Tethys Sea)
Multiple Choice
The Himalayan mountain range was formed because of which type of plate boundary?
A. Divergent boundary with crust being pulled apart to form valleys
B. Convergent boundary where two continental plates collided
C. Transform boundary where plates slipped horizontally past one another
D. Subduction boundary where an oceanic plate moved under another oceanic plate
B. Convergent boundary where two continental plates collided
Identification
Name the two types of Surface waves that occurs during an earthquake.
Love Waves and Rayleigh Waves
Modified True or False
Exogenic processes occur on Earth’s surface.
True
Identification
This type of chemical weathering occurs when feldspars react with water to form clay minerals.
Hydrolysis
Multiple Choice
What device is used to measures magnitude of an earthquake (energy released at the source)?
A. Mercalli Scale
B. Richter Scale
C. Seismometer
D. Seismograph
B. Richter Scale
Identifiaction
Which scientist proposed the Theory of Seafloor Spreading?
Harry Hess
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an endogenic process?
A. Erosion
B. Weathering
C. Earthquake
D. Deposition
C. Earthquake
Multiple Choice
Which type of volcano is broad with gently sloping sides and has non-explosive eruptions?
A. Composite volcano
B. Cinder cone
C. Shield volcano
D. Lava dome
C. Shield volcano
Identification
The breaking down of rocks in place without moving them is called ______.
Weathering
Multiple Choice
What type of fault occurs when the hanging wall moves downward due to tensional stress?
A. Reverse fault
B. Strike-slip fault
C. Normal fault
D. Thrust fault
C. Normal fault
Multiple Choice
Which seismic wave moves particles in a side-to-side motion, perpendicular to the direction of wave travel, and cannot travel through liquids?
A. Primary (P) waves
Which seismic wave moves particles in a side-to-side motion, perpendicular to the direction of wave travel, and cannot travel through liquids?
A. Primary (P) waves
B. Secondary (S) waves
C. Surface waves
D. Rayleigh waves
B. Secondary (S) waves