Geology Reading Quiz 2

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If you wanted to see a relatively safe effusive eruption, which of the following places should you visit?

Hawai'i

Which scale is used if an earthquake measures XII?

Modified Mercalli scale

Which of the following was produced by oceanic-oceanic convergence?

Indonesia

Which of the following is correctly paired with the process that produced it?

Sierra Nevada: Oceanic-Continental Divergence

What is a general term for a force that affects rocks and can be measured as force per unit area?

Stress

Which location is correctly matched with the type of volcanic feature?

Sunset Crater, Arizona-cinder cone

What describes the Canadian Shield?

The Canadian Shield is the continental shield of North America.

What is the surface depression near the summit of most volcanic cones?

Crater

What is a folded landform that is a low area at the surface with rock strata that slope down and away from the axial plane?

Anticlinal valley

What is the name of the region where a craton is exposed?

Continental Shield

What is a piece of crust added to the edge of a continental shield or platform?

Displaced terrane

What is the subsurface location where seismic waves initiate an earthquake?

Focus

Tension:

Normal Fault

What human activity has been linked to increased earthquake activity in the United States?

Oil and gas injection wells

Which of the following statements related to seismic waves is correct?

P-Waves travel than S-Waves


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