Mountain Building
Practice Test
1.
What type of magma has the lowest silica content and is the least explosive?
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a.
rhyolitic magma
b.
andesitic magma
c.
basaltic magma
d.
granitic magma
2.
What is a rating for an earthquake from the modified Mercalli scale based on?
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a.
amount of damage
b.
its P-wave
c.
amplitude of the largest wave
d.
frequency of the waves
3.
Which is not a boundary mountain?
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a.
island arc complexes
b.
some volcanoes
c.
fault-block mountains
d.
uplifted mountains
4.
Which type of fault results in horizontal shortening?
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a.
normal
b.
strike-slip
c.
reverse
d.
shear
5.
How are the convection currents set in motion?
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a.
slab push and ridge pull
b.
the heat from radioactive decay
c.
spreading mid-ocean ridges
d.
slab push
6.
What is a rating from the Richter scale based on?
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a.
damage from the largest wave
b.
wavelength of the waves
c.
frequency of the waves
d.
size of the largest wave
7.
What type of texture do most plutons have?
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a.
fine grained
b.
pegmatitic
c.
coarse grained
d.
intermediate grained
8.
What is thought to be the driving mechanism of plate movement?
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a.
continental drifting
b.
convection currents in the mantle
c.
volcanoes
d.
conduction of heat in the mantle
9.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge mountains are an example of mountains forming at __________.
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a.
uplifted areas
b.
hot spots
c.
convergent boundaries
d.
divergent boundaries
10.
Which is not a region of the Appalachian Mountain belt?
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a.
The Blue Ridge
b.
the Piedmont Province
c.
the Adirondack Mountains
d.
the Valley and Ridge
11.
Use the graph to determine how long it took for S-waves to reach Station B after the earthquake.
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a.
5 minutes
b.
30 minutes
c.
20 minutes
d.
10 minutes
12.
At what point in the graph would a rock be permanently deformed?
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a.
at the failure point
b.
at the start of the stress
c.
past the elastic limit
d.
at the elastic limit
13.
According to the map, at which latitude and longitude is most likely to experience an earthquake?
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a.
30
S, 60
W
b.
60
N, 120
E
c.
0
N, 180
W
d.
0
N, 30
W
14.
Rhyolitic magma has the __________ viscosity, the __________ gas content and the __________ silica content of any type of magma.
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a.
lowest, lowest, lowest
b.
highest, highest, highest
c.
lowest, highest, highest
d.
highest, lowest, lowest
15.
What type of igneous pluton is tabular and parallel to surrounding rock layers?
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a.
a batholith
b.
a sill
c.
a stock
d.
a dike
16.
Mount Pinatubo is an example of a mountain formed from __________.
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a.
a hot spot
b.
an oceanic-oceanic convergence
c.
a continental-continental convergence
d.
an oceanic-continental convergence
17.
A large ocean wave that is generated by vertical motions of the seafloor during an earthquake is called a
n
__________.
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a.
upwelling current
b.
tidal range
c.
tsunami
d.
seiche
18.
The record produced by a seismometer is called a __________.
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a.
seismogram
b.
seismochart
c.
seismograph
d.
plot
19.
Why does continental crust rise higher above the surface of Earth than oceanic crust?
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a.
Continental crust is thinner and less dense.
b.
Oceanic crust is under continental crust.
c.
Continental crust is less dense than the mantle.
d.
Continental crust is thicker and is less dense.
20.
Using the map, infer where the highest elevations are in the U.S.
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a.
in the center of the country
b.
in the western states
c.
in the northeastern states
d.
in the south, along the Florida coast
