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1. (1 point) The location on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake is called the *

Focus
Magnitude
Epicenter
2. (1 point) The instrument that records earthquakes is called *
A seismogram
A seismologist
A seismograph
3. (1 point) In areas where the Earth’s surface is saturated with water, earthquakes can turn solid ground into a fluid through *
Liquefaction
Tsunamis
Subsidence
4. (1 point) What scale is most often used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake? *
Richter scale
Moment magnitude scale
Tsunami scale
5. (1 point) An earthquake in the ocean floor can cause a natural disaster known as *
A P wave
An S wave
Tsunami
6. (1 point) What is the weaker, hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of Earth’s rigid outer shell? *
Crust
Outer core
Asthenosphere
7. (1 point) Which type of tectonic plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward one another and one descends into the mantle below the other? *
Oceanic-continental convergent
Divergent
Continental-continental convergent
8. (1 point) Which of the following did Wegener NOT use as support of his theory of continental drift? *
Fossil evidence
Paleomagnetism
The fit of South America and Africa
9. (1 point) The most explosive volcanic eruptions are associated with *
Cinder cones
Composite cones
Sills
10. (1 point) The rock fragments, lava, ash, and other objects ejected from the vent of a volcano are called *
Sills
Pahoehoes
Pyroclastic materials
11. (1 point) Which type of lava is hotter? *
Aa flows
Pahoehoe flows
Lapilli flows
12. (1 point) What feature may form in an intraplate area over a rising plume of hot mantle material? *
A hot spot
A dike
A subduction zone
Questions 13-14

Captionless Image
13. (1 point) In the above image, which feature is shown at point #5? *
A dike
A sill
A batholith
14. (1 point) In the above image, which feature is shown at point #3? *
A dike
A sill
A batholith
15. (1 point) What type of mountains will form at an oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary? *
Volcanic mountains
Folded mountains
Fault-block mountains
16. (1 point) Which of the following are generally not associated with convergent boundaries? *
Volcanic mountains
Folded mountains
Fault-block mountains
Questions 17 & 18

Captionless Image
17. (1 point) In the image above, which feature is represented at point C? *
Accretionary wedge
Ocean trench
Continental volcanic arc
18. (1 point) In the image above, which feature is represented at point E? *
Accretionary wedge
Ocean trench
Continental volcanic arc


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Step-by-step explanation:

1-Epcenter

2-A seismograph

3-Tsunami

4-Richter scale

5-Tsunami

6-Outer core

7- Continent-continent convergent,

8- Fossil evidence

9- Composite cones

10-Sills

11- Pahoehoeflows

12- Hot Spot

13-

14-

15-Volcanic mountains

16-Folded mountains

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1. The location on the Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake is called the *

Epicenter

2. The instrument that records earthquakes is called *

A seismograph

3. In areas where the Earth’s surface is saturated with water, earthquakes can turn solid ground into a fluid through *

Liquefaction

4. What scale is most often used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake? *

Richter scale

5. An earthquake in the ocean floor can cause a natural disaster known as *

Tsunami

6. What is the weaker, hotter zone beneath the lithosphere that allows for motion of Earth’s rigid outer shell? *

Asthenosphere

7. Which type of tectonic plate boundary occurs when two plates move toward one another and one descends into the mantle below the other? *

Oceanic-continental convergent

8. Which of the following did Wegener NOT use as support of his theory of continental drift? *

Fossil evidence

9. The most explosive volcanic eruptions are associated with *

Composite cones

10. The rock fragments, lava, ash, and other objects ejected from the vent of a volcano are called *

Pyroclastic materials

11. Which type of lava is hotter? *

Pahoehoe flows

12. What feature may form in an intraplate area over a rising plume of hot mantle material? *

A hot spot

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