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Semester Exam Review
2014
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A fault is ____.
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a fracture in the Earth where movement has occurred
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An earthquake’s epicenter is ____.
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the place on the surface directly above the focus
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The hypothesis that explains the release of energy during an earthquake is called the ____.
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elastic rebound hypothesis
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Which seismic waves travel most rapidly?
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P waves
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Which one of the following statements is true about P waves?
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They travel faster than S waves.
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A seismogram shows that P waves travel ____.
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faster than S waves
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of S waves?
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They temporarily change the volume of material by compression and expansion.
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Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis stated that all the continents once joined together to
form ____.
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one major supercontinent
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The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ____.
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Pangaea
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What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent?
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continental drift
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Which of the following statements correctly describes the asthenosphere?
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It permits plate motion.
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In the plate tectonics theory, the lithosphere is divided into ____.
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7 major plates and many smaller plates
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What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying
or producing lithosphere?
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transform fault boundary
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A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can result in a ____.
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rift valley
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What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together, causing one plate to descend into
the mantle beneath the other plate?
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convergent boundary
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New ocean crust is formed at ____.
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divergent boundaries
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Which of the following results when divergence occurs between two oceanic plates?
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seafloor spreading
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An example of a divergent plate boundary on continental lithosphere would be ____.
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the East African Rift Valley
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The Hawaiian Islands were formed when the Pacific Plate moved over ____.
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a hot spot
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Highly explosive volcanoes tend to have what type of magma?
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magma with high silica, high viscosity, and higher gas content
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What type of volcano is built almost entirely from ejected lava fragments?
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cinder cone
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The broad, slightly dome-shaped volcanoes of Hawaii are ____.
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shield volcanoes
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A volcano that is fairly symmetrical and has both layers of lava and pyroclastic deposits is a ____.
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composite cone volcano
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Structures that form from the cooling and hardening of magma beneath Earth’s surface are
____.
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plutons
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The largest intrusive igneous body is called a ____.
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batholith
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What is true about all plutons?
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They form below Earth’s surface.
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What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
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nitrogen
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Which of the following terms best describes air?
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mixture
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What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
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troposphere
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When does the summer solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
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June 21
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When does the autumnal equinox occur in the Southern Hemisphere?
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March 21
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When energy is transferred to air, what happens to the particles of air?
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They move faster.
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On average, how much of the sun’s energy that reaches Earth’s outer atmosphere is reflected
back into space?
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30 percent
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Which term describes the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the
liquid state?
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sublimation
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The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called ____.
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deposition
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Which of the following refers to the energy that is stored or released during a change of state of
water?
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latent heat
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What is the dry adiabatic rate?
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10C/1000 meters
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The wet adiabatic rate of cooling is less than the dry rate because ____.
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of the release of latent heat
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What is true about stable air?
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It tends to resist rising.
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Which cloud type is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky?
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stratus
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Which cloud type consists of globular cloud masses with a cauliflower structure?
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cumulus
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Which term means “rainy cloud”?
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nimbus
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Which clouds are often associated with thunder and lightning?
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cumulonimbus
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The most abundant element in Earth’s continental crust (by weight) is ____.
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oxygen
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Atoms containing the same numbers of protons and different numbers of neutrons are ____.
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isotopes