Ch. 10 review questions- physical geography

an instrument used to record vibrations in the crust is the

Seismograph

Mount St. Helena is

a. composite volcano associated with an offshore subducting oceanic plate

Reverse faults are caused by

a. compression

The following pairing is INCORRECT:

a. normal fault- horizontal motion

Which type of orogeny formed the Indonesian and Japanese island arcs

a. oceanic-oceanic convergence

The term for a topographic region with local relief less than 100 m (325 ft.) is a:

a. plain

the more active tectonic regions of North and south america are the

a. western coasts

Which of the following is true of the moment-magnitude scale?

d. all of these are true

Hawaiian volcanos are

d. effusive in nature

Faults that result from tensional stress are calle

d. normal faults

According to the text, the major impact of an Earthquake prediction on a region would be

b. a decline of and damage to, the local economy

Which of the following statements is correct?

b. composite volcanoes have explosive eruptions

where would you go to find very old metamorphic rock?

b. continental shield region

Which of the following represents a second order of relief?

b. the Alps and the Rockies

Terranes refer to

c. displaced and migrating pieces of Earth's crust

the damage caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake

c. involved a portion of the San Andreas Fault in a strike-slip motion at depth deep below the surface

The Deepest single group of features on the ocean floor is

c. oceanic trenches

Continental shields are

c. regions where a craton is exposed at the surface

The San Andreas and Anatolian faults are

c. right-lateral strike slip faults

Which of the following is correct regarding Earth's elevation

c. the average elevation of Earth's surface is-- 2070 m (-6790 ft)