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)