Test Bank For Natural Hazards and Disasters 5th Edition By Hyndman

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Test Bank For Natural Hazards and Disasters 5th Edition By Hyndman

Chapter 02 – Plate Tectonics and Physical Hazards

1. Earth’s crust is thinner than its mantle.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Earth Structure

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

2. The concept of isostacy states that high-density rock will stand higher than low-density rock, which explains the formation of subduction zones.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Earth Structure

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

3. The plates involved in plate tectonics are part of Earth’s lithosphere.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Plate Movement

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. A divergent boundary is responsible for rift zones.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: True

REFERENCES: Hazards and Plate Boundaries

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. Convergent boundaries produce a relatively low number of earthquakes compared to other boundaries.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Hazards and Plate Boundaries

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

6. The tallest mountain ranges are created at transform boundaries.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Hazards and Plate Boundaries

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

7. Transform boundaries are responsible for the formation of island chains such as the Hawaiian Islands.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Hazards and Plate Boundaries

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

8. Volcanoes are only formed at plate boundaries, and cannot exist in the middle of large plates.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Hazards and Plate Boundaries

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

9. The theory of continental drift was developed using the theory of plate tectonics.​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Development of a Theory

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

10. Earth’s magnetic field played a crucial role in understanding subduction zones​

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: False

REFERENCES: Development of a Theory

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

11. Which statement about the Earth’s is true?​

a. ​The lithosphere is less dense than the asthenosphere, and located above it.

b. ​The lithosphere is denser than the asthenosphere, and located above it.

c. ​The lithosphere is less dense than the asthenosphere, and located below it.

d. ​The lithosphere is denser than the asthenosphere, and located below it.

e. ​The lithosphere and asthenosphere are equally dense.

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Earth Structure

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

12. ​Compared to the lithosphere, the asthenosphere is ____.

a. ​cooler and more rigid

b. ​cooler and more plastic

c. ​hotter and more rigid

d. ​the same temperature and rigidity

e. ​hotter and more plastic

ANSWER: e

REFERENCES: Earth Structure

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

13. The concept of isostacy explains why ____.​

a. ​magnetic differences exist in stripes along the seafloor

b. ​magma plumes are created

c. ​continental crust stands higher than oceanic crust

d. ​convection moves magma under the lithosphere

e. ​lithospheric plates move in response to convection

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: Earth Structure

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

14. Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust because ____.

a. ​continental crust stands at a higher altitude

b. ​oceanic crust is rich in silica

c. ​oceanic crust is compressed at convergent boundaries

d. ​water pressure from the oceans makes oceanic crust thinner

e. ​oceanic crust is rich in iron- and magnesium-containing minerals

ANSWER: e

REFERENCES: Earth Structure

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

15. When oceanic plates meet continental plates at a convergent boundary, a ____.​

a. subduction zone will form because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate

b. subduction zone will form because the oceanic plate is less dense than the continental plate

c. rift zone will form because the oceanic plate is more dense than the continental plate

d. rift zone will form because the oceanic plate is less dense than the continental plate

e. ​subduction zone will form on the oceanic plate, and a rift zone will form on the continental plate

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Plate Movement

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

16. Earth’s crust is divided into ____.​

a. ​dozens of large plates and a much smaller number of small plates

b. ​about a dozen large plates and about an equal number of small plates

c. ​a small number of large plates and dozens of small plates

d. ​five large oceanic plates and an equal number of small plates

e. ​dozens of small plates

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: Plate Movement

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand

17. Areas of Earth’s sea floor can create new crust because ____.​

a. ​continental collisions raise mountains continuously higher

b. ​earthquakes consume new sea floor at transform zones

c. ​hot spots cause crustal material to sink into the mantle

d. ​continental plates rise higher through isostacy

e. ​crust is consumed in subduction zones

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: Plate Movement

KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Understand