Question 1

What is one way that we determine the depth to the base of the crust?

Accepted Answer

A) drilling very deep wells along the San Andreas fault 
B) observing the deeper parts of underground mines 
C) observing whether seismic waves that travel through the crust arrived after those that traveled through the mantle 
D) using P- and S-waves to locate boundaries between molten and solid rock 
E) none of these 
A) drilling very deep wells along the San Andreas fault 
B) observing the deeper parts of underground mines 
C) observing whether seismic waves that travel through the crust arrived after those that traveled through the mantle 
D) using P- and S-waves to locate boundaries between molten and solid rock 
E) none of these

Question 2

Which of the following places did NOT experience a major earthquake?

Accepted Answer

A) Northridge area of Los Angeles 
B) Mexico City 
C) Charleston,South Carolina 
D) New Madrid,Missouri 
E) all of these experienced major earthquakes 
A) Northridge area of Los Angeles 
B) Mexico City 
C) Charleston,South Carolina 
D) New Madrid,Missouri 
E) all of these experienced major earthquakes

Question 3

On this map of South America and adjacent areas,which site would have earthquakes along a subduction zone?

Accepted Answer

A) 1,the oceanic trench 
B) 2,below the magmatic belt 
C) 3,along a passive margin 
D) 4,in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean 
E) both 1 and 2 
A) 1,the oceanic trench 
B) 2,below the magmatic belt 
C) 3,along a passive margin 
D) 4,in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean 
E) both 1 and 2

What is one way that we determine the depth to the base of the crust?

Which of the following places did NOT experience a major earthquake?

On this map of South America and adjacent areas,which site would have earthquakes along a subduction zone?

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Exam 12: Earthquakes and Earths Interior

What is one way that we determine the depth to the base of the crust?

Which of the following places did NOT experience a major earthquake?

On this map of South America and adjacent areas,which site would have earthquakes along a subduction zone?

The Nature of Geology

Investigating Geologic Questions

Plate Tectonics

Earth Materials

Igneous Environments

Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards

Sedimentary Environments and Rocks

Deformation and Metamorphism

Geologic Time

The Seafloor and Continental Margins

Mountains, basins, and Continents

Climate, weather, and Their Influences on Geology

Glaciers, shorelines, and Changing Sea Levels

Weathering, soil, and Unstable Slopes

Streams and Flooding

Water Resources

Energy and Mineral Resources

Geology of the Solar System

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