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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY FINAL EXAM PRACTICE TEST 2
1. Which of the following is NOT a solid tectonic process:
a. Faulting
b. Eruption
c. Folding
d. Warping
2. The topography of the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin of the southwestern U.S. are primarily results of:
a. Faulting
b. Folding
c. Plutonic activity
d. Volcanic activity
3. An earthquake epicenter is the
a. point where the seismograph is located.
b. point within the Earth where movement along the fault occurs.
c. approximate center of a group of related earthquakes.
d. point on the surface directly above a subterranean fault’s rupture point.
4. The troughs in a series of simple folds are called synclines.
a. True
b. False
5. The opposite of a horst is a ___________.
a. ridge
b. crest
c. graben
d. weiden
6. The cycle
a.
b.
c.
d.
of rock formation that has no beginning or end is known as the_________________.
elemental cycle
crystal cycle
rock cycle
mineral cycle
7. The origin of most earthquakes can be traced to:
a. igneous activity
b. tectonic block activity
c. magmatic activity
d. climatic activity
8. Exfoliation refers to the breaking off or sheeting of large rock ‘shells’ in which of the following rock types?
a. Gneiss
b. Slate
c. Granites
d. Basalts
9. After gravity, _________ is the most important additional factor encouraging mass movement.
a. wind
b. water
c. sunlight
d. animal activity
10. Tilted telephone poles would most likely result from:
a. soil creep
b. slumps
c. rockfalls
d. mudflows
ANSWERS: 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. c 7. b
8. c
9. b
10. a