2008 Review Sheet for Earth Sciences 2 Quiz #2

The exam will be 100 questions, multiple-choice and T/F. You will need a ParSCORE form F-1712 (full
page, pink scantron form, available at the bookstore: BRING ONE and some #2 PENCILS to the EXAM).
ALL material is from lectures. Use your notes, web lecture notes and discussion information to prepare.
Do not worry about the book, as that is supplementary information for this part of the course. Questions
will address all material covered since Exam #1 – Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Volcanoes. Basic areas
listed below:

1. Know the major types of plate boundaries, and what types of earthquakes and volcanoes are found at
each?

2. What is Plate Tectonics, and what causes it? What is the primary evidence for Plate Tectonics? What
is Sea-floor spreading, and what is its relationship to Continental Drift?

3. Understand the notions of rheology of Earth materials, and how they account for short time and long
time properties of the Earth. What is the lithosphere and how is it related to plate tectonics?

4. What are the different types of seismic waves (body and surface)? What times of shaking motions does
each cause?

5. What causes earthquakes, and how do we study them?

6. Why are magnetic reversals important for studying plate tectonics and geological history?

7. Why did large earthquakes strike Kobe, Japan and Northridge, California? Were these on a major plate
boundary? What was the nature of destruction in each event?

8. Why are there different types of rocks in different volcanic regions? How does the type of magma
influence the volcanic behavior?

9. What causes volcanoes, and why do they differ? What processes cause melting in different tectonic
environments? How hot is the interior of the Earth? How extensive is melting in the crust/mantle/core?

10. How do we try to predict earthquakes? Volcanic eruptions?

11. What are the hazards associated with earthquakes and volcanoes? How do we mitigate the hazards
from earthquakes versus volcanoes?

12. How do volcanoes affect climate and temperature?

Key to scoring well on multiple-choice exams: Pace yourself; go through quickly to answer easy questions. Read questions carefully.
Use logic to eliminate unlikely answers. Mark your scantron clearly, and do NOT bend it. To save time, you can fill in the bubbles
(#2 PENCIL!) YOUR LAST/FIRST NAME and your 7-digit STUDENT ID NUMBER on the PARSCORE form. There will be 3
versions of the test; when you receive the test, note the version and fill in the corresponding bubble under TEST FORM on the
ParSCORE.
 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS FROM PREVIOUS YEAR EXAM

EART 2 EARTH CATASTROPHES QUIZ #2 - This is the second of 3 exams, each providing 25% of total
points in the class. ALL ANSWERS ARE TO BE ENTERED ON THE SCANTRON SHEET (#2 pencil!). MAKE
SURE YOU FILL IN YOUR NAME, AND All 7 DIGITS OF YOUR STUDENT ID ON THE ParSCORE SHEET.
TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS IS 100. 1 POINTS FOR EACH QUESTION ANSWERED CORRECTLY.
GOOD LUCK. Read the questions carefully, as some are a bit tricky. When you are done, give the TA BOTH this
exam and your parscore and they will check to make sure you have indicated the correct exam.

Test Form ____A_____

1) Earth's interior is a dynamic system with relatively warm rock rising and cool rock sinking, all as part of the
cooling process of the planet. a) True b) False

2) Alfred Wegener proposed the idea of Continental Drift based on all but which of the following:
a) Continental coastlines b) Magnetic Stripes c) Fossil Distributions d) Geologic Structures

3) The expanding Earth idea was based on a sound physical model. a) True b) False

4) Earthquakes are uniformly distributed over the surface of the Earth. a) True b) False

5) Maps of global earthquake occurrence produced before 1900 accurately indicated which of these:
a) mid-ocean ridges b) deep earthquake zones c) subduction zones d) core ruptures

6) The deepest earthquakes occur down to 700 km depth in subduction zones where old oceanic plate is sinking into
the mantle. a) True b) False

7) Magnetic field reversals have occurred many times, but the dipole field stays closely aligned with the rotation axis.
a) True b) False

8) The oldest ocean lithosphere is located near mid-ocean ridges, and the youngest is on continental margins. a) True
b) False