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Dynamic Planet School Name: ________________________________ Division C Team #: _____________________________ 1. The theory that the earth’s surface contracted and wrinkled over time due to the sun and drying out was known as what theory? a. The dehydration theory b. The contraction theory c. The shriveled theory d. The paleo-withering theory e. The paleo-contraction theory 2. Who first proposed the idea of continental drift? a. Harry Hess b. Alexander du Toit c. Alfred Wegner d. Fred Vine e. Drummond Matthews 3. Who wrote “History of Ocean Basins” in 1962? a. Harry Hess b. Alexander du Toit c. Alfred Wegner d. Fred Vine e. Drummond Matthews 4. Which of the following was NOT original evidence used to support the theory of continental drift? a. Continent Shape (South America & Africa) b. Coal Belts c. Paleoclimate Data d. Paleomagnetisim 5. What was the main reason that Continental Drift theory was NOT widely accepted when it was first put forward? a. It was purposed by a meteorologist b. It wasn’t possible to move a continent c. There was no purposed mechanism d. Oceanic crust and continental crust are different 6. Who published Our Wandering Continents in 1937 backing up the linking of the Gondwana fragments? a. Harry Hess b. Alexander du Toit c. Alfred Wegner d. Fred Vine e. Drummond Matthews 7. What is the driving process behind Continental Drift Theory? a. Convection b. Conduction c. Subduction d. Divergence e. Convergence 8. What is the largest layer of the earth? a. Crust b. Mantle c. Outer Core d. Inner Core e. All equal 9. What is the layer of the earth comprised of the crust and the upper mantle? a. Lithosphere b. Asthenosphere c. Baythosphere d. Geosphere e. Plastisosphere 10. What is the layer of the earth in the lower mantle, that moves like a thick, viscous material? a. Lithosphere b. Asthenosphere c. Baythosphere d. Geosphere e. Plastisosphere 11. Which of the following is a liquid layer of the earth? a. Crust b. Outer core c. Inner core d. None of the above e. All of the above 12. Which term is used to describe the measurement of land with relation to the sea level? a. Bathymetry b. Pycnocline c. Hypsometry d. Halocline e. Hyposemetry 13. What term is used to describe the depth of the ocean relative to sea level, or “submarine topography”? a. Bathymetry b. Pycnocline c. Hypsometry d. Halocline e. Hyposemetry Please use the chart below to answer questions 14-17. 14. What percentage of the earth’s surface area is found at an elevation of 1000m or lower? a. 20.8 % b. 37.95 % c. 51.75 % d. 68.15 % e. 91.45 % 15. What percentage of the earth’s surface is found at a depth of 3500m? a. 4.8 % b. 13.8 % c. 23.3 % d. 16.4 % e. 20.8 % 16. What percentage of the earth’s surface is found above sea level? a. 2.2 % b. 4.5 % c. 18.6 % d. 29.1 % e. 36.4 % 17. What percentage of the earth’s surface is found above 2000m of elevation? a. 0.1 % b. 0.4 % c. 1.1 % d. 2.2 % e. 3.8 % 18. What stage in the Wilson cycle is identified by “involves uplift and continental crust extension, resulting in the formation of rift valleys”? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 19. Which stage of the Wilson cycle is characterized by widening of basin and its continued development into a major ocean flanked by continental shelves and with the continual production of new, hot, oceanic crust along the ridge? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 20. Which stage of the Wilson cycle is described when this expanding system becomes unstable and, away from the ridge, the oldest oceanic lithosphere sinks back into the asthenosphere? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 21. What stage of the Wilson cycle involves the evolution of rift valleys into spreading regions with thin strips of ocean crust between the rifted continental sections? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 22. What stage of the Wilson cycle is represented by the image below? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 23. What stage of the Wilson cycle is represented by the image below? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 24. What stage of the Wilson cycle is represented by the image below? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 25. What stage of the Wilson cycle is represented by the image below? a. Embryonic stage b. Terminal stage c. Young stage d. Subduction stage e. Mature stage 26. What type of boundary is found between the Nazca plate and the South American plate? a. Oceanic – Oceanic Convergent b. Oceanic – Oceanic Divergent c. Oceanic – Continental Convergent d. Oceanic – Continental Divergent e. None of the Above 27. What type of boundary is found between the Pacific plate and the Philippine plate? a. Oceanic – Oceanic Convergent b. Oceanic – Oceanic Divergent c. Oceanic – Continental Convergent d. Oceanic – Continental Divergent e. None of the Above 28. What type of plate boundary results in the formation of volcanic island arcs? a. Oceanic – Oceanic Convergent b. Oceanic – Oceanic Divergent c. Oceanic – Continental Convergent d. Oceanic – Continental Divergent e. None of the Above 29. What type of plate boundary results in the formation of a trench? a. Oceanic – Oceanic Convergent b. Oceanic – Oceanic Divergent c. Continential – Continental Convergent d. Oceanic – Continental Divergent e. None of the Above 30. What type of plate boundary results in the formation of a volcanic mountain chain? a. Oceanic – Oceanic Convergent b. Oceanic – Oceanic Divergent c. Oceanic – Continental Convergent d. Oceanic – Continental Divergent e. None of the Above 31. What force is responsible for normal faulting in rocks? a. Compression b. Tension c. Shearing d. Vertical subsidence 32. What force is responsible for reverse faulting in rocks? a. Compression b. Tension c. Shearing d. Vertical subsidence e. Vertical uplifting 33. What force is responsible for left-lateral strike-slip faulting in rocks? a. Compression b. Tension c. Shearing d. Vertical subsidence e. Vertical uplifting 34. What force is responsible for the process of subduction in rocks? a. Compression b. Tension c. Shearing d. Vertical subsidence e. Vertical uplifting 35. What force is responsible for structural domes in rocks? a. Compression b. Tension c. Shearing d. Vertical subsidence e. Vertical uplifting 36. What force is responsible for folding in rocks? a. Compression b. Tension c. Shearing d. Vertical subsidence e. Vertical uplifting 37. What force is responsible for rifting in rocks? a. Compression b. Tension c. Shearing d. Vertical subsidence e. Vertical uplifting 38. Which of the following aspects can determine the viscosity of magma? a. Magma composition b. Magma temperature c. Dissolved Gas d. All of the above e. None of the above 39. What is the largest layer of the earth? a. Crust b. Asthenosphere c. Lithosphere d. Mantle e. Outer Core 40. What is the term for a narrow continental rift, which does not evolve into spreading ridge ocean basins? a. Back Arc basin b. Foreland basin c. Aulacogens d. Fore Arc basin e. None of the Above 41. Which of the following is NOT a type of hysteretic damper? a. Fluid Viscous Dampers (FVDs) b. Friction Damper (FDs) c. Tuned Mass Damper (TMDs) d. Straddelingpendulum Dampers (swing) e. Metallic Yeilding Dampers (MYDs) 42. What type of seismic engineering practice uses huge concrete blocks that move in opposition to the resonance frequencies of the structure? a. Dry Stone Walls b. Hysteric Damper c. Base Isolation d. Tuned Mass Damper e. Friction Pendulum Bearing 43. Which of the following is NOT an earthquake induced failure? a. Soft Story Effect b. Soil Liquification c. Sliding Off Foundations Effect d. Broken Roads Effect e. Landslide Rock Fall 44. The Hawaiian Island chain is an example of … a. a Volcanic Island Arc b. an Aulacogen c. a Hot Spot d. a Ridge and Rise system e. an Arc Basin 45. What type of earthquake occurs along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the earth’s surface? a. Doublet b. Interplate c. Intraplate d. Blind Thrust e. Megathrust 46. What type of earthquake occurs at subduction zones around destructive convergent plate boundries? a. Doublet b. Interplate c. Intraplate d. Blind Thrust e. Megathrust 47. What type of earthquake occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plates? a. Doublet b. Interplate c. Intraplate d. Blind Thrust e. Megathrust 48. What type of plate boundary is found between the North American and Eurasian plates? a. Oceanic – Oceanic Convergent b. Oceanic – Oceanic Divergent c. Oceanic – Continental Convergent d. Oceanic – Continental Divergent e. None of the Above 49. Which of the following lava/magma types has the highest viscosity? a. Basalt b. Rhyolite c. Andesite 50. Which of the following lava/magma types has the lowest viscosity? a. Basalt b. Rhyolite c. Andesite