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The Earth
1.
The seafloor of the Gulf of California is made up of is made up of frozen crack-filling lava.
(True). Hint: Ocean ridges are youngest near ridges and oldest far from the ridges.
2.
The earth is made up of four different layers. State them in an ascending order, starting from
the hottest.
A. Crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
B. Mantle, inner core, crust, and outer core
C. Inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
D. Crust, mantle, inner core and outer core
Answer- “C.”
Hint: The earth’s structure
3.
Which two parts of the earth’ layers are solid, but with little melt in a few places?
A. Crust and the outer core
B. Inner core and the outer core
C. Mantle and Crust
D. Outer core and mantle
Answer-“C.”
Hint: read on the layered composition of earth
4. Most of the earth’s heat is as a result of high pressures in its inner core. (False). Hint: The
decay of naturally radioactive materials inner rocks produces heat.
5. Convection cells are formed by heating and cooling of the earth’s mantle. (True). Hint:
heating of spaghetti on a stove.
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Earthquakes
1. The break between two batches of rocks moving past each other is called
A. A seismic wave
B. Small earthquake
C. An earthquake fault
D. Richter magnitude
Answer-“C.”
Hint: Read on the occurrence of earthquakes.
2. Earthquakes generate three types of seismic waves push waves, shear waves and longitudinal
waves. (False). Tip: read on types seismic waves
3. The technology that is used to compare the size of an earthquake is called
A. Scaling technology
B. Richter scale
C. Seismic technology
D. Atomic technology
Answer-“B.”
Hint: Read on earthquake sizes.
4. Earthquakes occur when big blocks of rock are moving past each other. (True). Hint: Effects
of seismic waves.
5. We can predict where big quakes are likely to occur. (False). Hint we cannot yet predict when
an earthquake will happen.
Introduction to Volcanoes
1. Which of the following is a hotspot volcano?
A. Ruwenzori
B. Mt Kilimanjaro
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C. Hawaii
D. Everest
Answer- “C.”
Hint: read on introduction to volcanoes in your notes
2. In melted rocks, which elements polymerize to form lumps during the formation of volcanic
mountains.
A. Silicone and carbon
B. Silicone and oxygen
C. Carbon and oxygen
D. Carbon and nitrogen
Answer-“B.”
Hint: Volcano characteristics
3. Hot spots originate from the mantle and are very similar to sea floors. (True). Hint: formation
of hotspot volcanoes.
4.
Which of the following is not a volcanic hazard?
A. Tsunami
B. Landslide and mudflows
C. Climate change
D. Formation of valuable minerals
Answer-“D.”
Hint: Volcanic hazards
5. A geological survey can always figure out if an eruption is likely to occur shortly. (True).
Hint: Predicting volcanoes
Plate Tectonic 3 (Obduction)
1. Which of the following mountain is as a result of obduction
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A. Mt Kenya
B. Everest
C. Himalaya
D. Mt Kilimanjaro
Answer-“C.”
Hint: Obduction is as a result of two continents colliding.
2. The Appalachians were first formed as Plato-Atlantic closed. (True). Hint: History on
obduction.
3. Which of the following is not a basic tectonic style?
A. Push-together
B. Pull-apart
C. Slide-past
D. Death-valley types faulting
Answer-“D.”
Hint: Basic tectonic styles
4. Tsunamis are as a result of undersea volcanoes, earthquakes, and landslides moving a lot of
water. (True). Hint: Read on causes of tsunamis
5. The sun hits the regions around the earth’s pole straight-on hence they get most of the sun’s
energy as compared to areas around the equator. (False). Hint: Read on weather, weathering,
and landslides from your notes.
Water, Rivers, Floods, and Caves
1. Most of the rain that hits the earth’s surface;
A. Evaporates
B. Sinks into the soil
C. Is absorbed by plant and animals
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D. Flows into the oceans.
Answer-“A.”
Hint: Revisit the topic on water, rivers, and floods
2. The ground acts like a sponge with air spaces filled with water during rainy seasons and drains
the water to keep the streams running during the rainy season. (True). Hint: Water table rises
during the wet season and sinks during the dry season.
3. Which of the following is not responsible for the formation of shallow braided channels?
A. Clay
B. Gravel
C. Sand
D. Large rocks
Answer-“A.”
Hint: gravel, sand, and larger rocks do not stick together.
4. The hurricane disaster in New Orleans is a result of most of New Orleans being subsided below
the river level. (True). Hint: natural sinking is balanced by new mud from annual floods.
5. The clean-up process for the polluted water in caves is very easy and fast, therefore we do not
have to keep pollutants out of the ground. (False). Hint in some rocks water moves very slowly